Federal Eye: Report: VA Facilities Improperly Sterilized Colonoscopy Equipment

An internal investigation out today finds that fewer than half of Veteran’s Affairs facilities selected for random inspections had properly sterilized medical equipment used to perform colonoscopies, despite orders to comply with safety guidelines. The Veterans Affairs inspector general report(pdf) follows revelations that VA hospitals in Florida, Georgia and Tennessee possibly exposed 10,320 veterans toRead… Read more »

Sweet Government Conference Tweets – Crisis Camp Day 2 & Beyond (#crisiscamp)

(All times are Pacific) June 14, 2009 12:49 am younghahn: #crisiscamp 3:27 am xpeditenetwork: Ready for day two of #crisiscamp. No disaster is too great for us (unless we run out of coffee) 5:27 am svenburg: @vladvino thanks Vlad! Camping day # 2 today. #crisiscamp 6:03 am kgfreeman: Running late to #crisiscamp, but because theRead… Read more »

Sweet Government Conference Tweets – Crisis Camp Day 1 (#crisiscamp)

Crisis Camp was held on June 13, 2009 and June 14, 2009 in Washington DC. Below is the Twitter stream related to this conference along with some stats of the #crisiscamp hashtag on Twitter. Related Tweets made on the few days following the conference are included because they have links to some great blog postsRead… Read more »

Great Seminar in the Boston area

Wednesday, August 5th The Westin, Waltham, Boston MA FREE SEMINAR FOR GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY PROFESSIONALS A half-day seminar to explore the challenges of Information Assurance in an interactive forum. Engage with your local Boston military leaders and industry experts in dialogue about IA and its critical role in DOD operations. Learn firsthand how war fightersRead… Read more »

Sweet GovTweets 06.16.2009

Good Morning! Today’s tweets feature numerous updates from @dslunceford @GovTwit providing information about all of the new additions to the Government Twitter directory, including the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management from my home state. This is a great resource, continually expanding resource, check it out. My favorite tweet today was from @timoreilly quoting Vivek KundraRead… Read more »

Work stress can make it difficult to focus on tasks at hand, how do you handle work stress?

Work stress can make it difficult to focus on tasks at hand, how do you handle work stress? Check out this website link: http://stress.lovetoknow.com/Work_Stress_Website I tend to do a few different things depending on the level of stress i am experiencing in my work environment. If the level of stress is low, I bicycle itRead… Read more »

First blog on upcoming Personal Democracy Forum conference

The draft I pointed to earlier on GovLoop is now up: Personal Democracy Forum ramp-up: from vulnerability and overload to rage, mistrust, and fear

Interview on Blog Talk Radio

On June 14, 2009, I was interviewed on the Internet Radio show Until You Walk the Path You don’t Know Where it Goes, on BlogTalk Radio. To hear the archived show, go to: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theresachaze/2009/06/14/Until-You-Walk-the-Path-You-Dont-Know-Where-it-Goes/

Sweet GovTweets 06.15.2009

Monday, Monday! Some very good conversations and resources today. Enjoy. Caroline @WiiPigSooie WiiPigSooie Blog david_tallan: @shaneschick I think Gov 2.0 will make boundaries of government more porous to broader civic ecosystem incl. citizens #gov20 25 minutes ago from UberTwitter • Reply • View Tweet adrielhampton: Check out GovLoop today for short @GovFresh interviews with #Gov20Read… Read more »

Consolidation is good, but…

It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. Stocks were mixed on Friday, with the Dow and S&P 500 closing up on the day, while the small caps finished in the red – as did the I-fund after a rally in the dollar, which also helped bonds have a nice day. As much as I haveRead… Read more »

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