Gov’t & Industry – Partnering to Procure Smarter and More Sustainable Products and Services

Government and Industry – Partnering to Procure Smarter and More Sustainable Products and ServicesDate of Event: April 12, 2012Event Location: American Institute of ArchitectsEvent Time: 10:00 am (Registration Opens); 10:30 am – 12:00 pm (Program) Register Here: ACT-IAC Program Event Who should attend?Federal employees interested in: • Helping your organization set and achieve sustainability goals•Read… Read more »

Top 10 WWWD (What Would Washington Do)?

Nearly daily a political figure or commentator demands a return to the principles of America’s founding fathers. For a few of these speakers, incorporating colonial ideas on civility & decent behavior in company and conversation, might be very worthwhile. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, operator of the world’s largest living history museum in Williamsburg, Virginia holdsRead… Read more »

PM Podcast:Episode 208: Are You a Project Manager? Write!

This week’s episode of The Project Management Podcast: A while back we introduced The Project Management Answer Book written by Jeff Furman, PMP to you. I met up with Jeff recently and we recorded this interview in which he recounts all the doors that opened up for him simply because of the fact that heRead… Read more »

Is your Chief Security Information Officer really necessary?

Is your Chief Security Information Officer really necessary? That’s the questions being posed by some state and local governments who are looking for ways to cut budgets and save costs. Hord Tipton is the executive director at ISC2. He told Chris Dorobek on the DorobekINSIDER show that the CSIO’s duties are in large part beingRead… Read more »

PMP Exam Questions And Answers Webinar

In this 1 hour long webinar Cornelius Fichtner, PMP answers dozens of questions about the PMP Exam. In particular he looks at:– What topics are on the PMP exam and how many questions per topic?– Did the PMP Exam recently change?– Is the PMP exam based on PMBOK® Guide 4th or 5th Edition?– What isRead… Read more »

Free PMP Exam Sample Question

The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from the Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— Activity / Duration / PredecessorA / 2 / StartB / 4 / A,EC / 6 / AD / 3 / B,CE / 7 / StartF / 2 / E WhatRead… Read more »

Generation Flux (1)

The cover article in the February issue of Fast Company describes a way of being in which individuals thrive on change and constantly seek new challenges in the workplace. Members of this so called generation flux will change not only jobs but careers every few years, adding skills and experience along the way. Gen fluxRead… Read more »

Small and Large Contractors Needed for HUD IT Modernization Efforts

See the latest from Deltek editor Anthony Critelli Budgetary pressure is a major challenge to the IT modernization efforts of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), noted director of Innovation and Open Government Stan Buch at a Deltek Federal Executive Breakfast in McLean, Va., on March 22. Deltek analyst Douglas West pointed outRead… Read more »

The 2012 Edition of American Pictures

Alli Jessing, Joint Programs Coordinator for the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery, fills us in on our upcoming lecture series, American Pictures. Speakers at this year’s American Pictures lecture series (clockwise from upper left): James McBride (photo courtesy of the author), Maira Kalman (photo by Rick Meyerowitz), Tony Horwitz (photo by RandiRead… Read more »

GovBytes: NY emergency call center: Consolidated and over-budget

Consolidation of services and streamlined systems are a good thing, and usually cut costs. But what if the project costs billions? New York City has consolidated its emergency call-taking system, a project that began in 2004, and was implemented this month, 7 years behind schedule. It was also $1 billion over-budget. Contract managers for theRead… Read more »

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