The Washington Post Express Supplement featured the CFCNCA in the third special edition. It included: • A letter to Federal employees from the new national Honorary Chair, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton • The importance of involving executive leadership in the campaign • Creative ways the 2009 theme is being used to market the CFCNCA •Read… Read more »
What South Korea, Oman, and Slovenia can teach us about Gov 2.0 GovLoop inspires me. The idea of a network of people working to make governance more transparent, more effective, more efficient has an energizing effect. I’m glad to be a part of it, and know you are too. We’re a part of something biggerRead… Read more »
As many of you know there is this crazy mircoblog platform called Twitter, which mystifies many on how or why to use this communication platform. Simple answer is because millions of people are using Twitter and the numbers are increasing everyday. If you have not noticed there is a cultural communication change occurring and youRead… Read more »
Ralph Nader spoke to the students and the faculty at Fordham University on December 3, 2009. He delivered a lecture on gaining control in the marketplace where we grow up corporate. In a subtle analysis of culture Nader offered insights into how citizen’s imaginations are constrained by corporate power restricting their possibility for action. ForRead… Read more »
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) held an old-fashioned county fair today on the patio of their Whitten Building. The event featured food, a rummage sale, and many games of chance. All proceeds went towards this year’s Combined Federal Campaign of the National Capital Area (CFCNCA). One of the event’s highlights was the DeputyRead… Read more »
The Department of Veterans Affairs is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, December 9 at 10:00 AM EST to discuss the status of its Supplier Relationship Transformation Effort. VA began this innovative effort, working with the vendor community, to effectively and efficiently deliver the highest quality cost-effective products and services to Veterans, at the right time,Read… Read more »
The Life of a Flyer So I spend a lot of times on airplanes. Primarily this USAirways route from Tampa to DCA. It’s pretty good – on-time, free Coke Zero, and it is direct. Every flyer has a routine. Some do work, some read a Kindle, some have magazines. Lately, I’ve been using it asRead… Read more »
As a leadership coach, one of the issues that I hear about from my clients at the GS-14/15 level of the federal government is the lack of opportunities to demonstrate their capabilities and competencies through new and meaningful projects, tasks, or assignments. Often they will express their frustrations by saying that their senior manager doesRead… Read more »
My daughter-in-law passed along this email … it makes good sense! If you don’t have a gun, here’s a more humane way to wreck someone’s evil plans for you. Did you know this? I didn’t. I never really thought of it before. I guess I can get rid of the baseball bat. A friend whoRead… Read more »
The Forest Service is happy to announce that the 2009 Capitol Christmas Tree is from the Apache Sitgreaves National Forests in Arizona. As it has for decades, the Forest Service is proud to provide this beautiful and symbolic tree for the nation. Selected by the Superintendent of Grounds at the Architect of the Capitol, theRead… Read more »