Bounce Rate
My Bounce Rate for the first 30 days of Google Analytic was 65.2%. 70% is Bad and 40% is really good.
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TSP Talk – Rally Quickly Fails, but Technically Still OK
Welcome to our Monday morning TSP / market commentary: (Updated daily at TSP Talk) Stocks could not follow-through on Friday after Thursday’s big reversal day, as the Dow gave back 338 of Thursday’s 553-point gain. The TSP stock funds dropped between 4% and 5.6%, which is really amazing, but quite routine lately. If there isRead… Read more »
GovLoop’s Bureaucrat on Sports – AP Top 25 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision – Selected Week 12 Picks (Call it Revenge Week)
Who’s a giant killer, baby? Virginia Military Institute defeated the University of Kentucky in a major college basketball upset tonight. The Hokie Guru loves David vs. Goliath stories. We all do!! It’s November madness with the Hokie Guru!! Cincinnati controls its own destiny in the Big East and has one college football’s best coaches inRead… Read more »
Going to DC for the weekend
Spending the weekend north of DC just heard that people are renting out their houses for upperward of 500 dollars a night for Obama’s inauguration. It is two months away and we have Vegas at New Years prices. I am thinking that it will be a mad house in all of DC come the endRead… Read more »
Federal Eye: Nuts and Bolts: Obama’s Flight to D.C.
A new presidential administration invokes plenty of great traditions and events, including the activity surrounding a transition and inauguration. Then there are all the other routine Washington occurrences, such as the State of the Union, confirmation hearings and the budget process. While other Post colleagues handle the hard news from those big events, The EyeRead… Read more »
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Federal Eye: What Would You Do? Adapting YouTube, Facebook and MySpace to Governing
One of the first things The Eye learned as he began his new beat is that many federal workers have felt undervalued, under-appreciated and frustrated in recent years about the lack of innovation and creativity allowed in the workplace. “Front-line employees have a really good idea of how to do the work of the federalRead… Read more »
Presidential Transition Update from The Council for Excellence in Government
Following a lengthy Presidential campaign and the historic election of President-elect Barack Obama, all eyes are now on the Presidential Transition. Selecting a team of excellent appointees, getting them on the job or shortly after January 20, and preparing them to hit the ground running to address urgent challenges are Jobs One, Two and ThreeRead… Read more »
Federal Eye: The Eye Opener: Nov. 13, 2008
Great news! Wednesday was our first full day of existence and The Federal Eye quickly became one of washingtonpost.com’s well-read blogs. This makes The Eye, his editors and Almost Mrs. Eye (the fiancee) very happy. Keep it up! Now onto the news and events of the day… Read More Here >>>
Review Teams for Treasury, State, Defense Announced
We told you yesterday that the Obama-Biden transition team would announce the names of those leading the agency reviews, and they’ve just released the names of those leading such efforts at the departments of treasury, state and defense. What do you think? Do you know these people? Like them? Don’t like them? Leave your thoughtsRead… Read more »