The answer, apparently, might be something like India’s recent solar auction. India has a goal of installing 20,000 megawatts of solar power by 2022. But instead of subsidizing the industry to spur growth, India has set up a reverse auction. According to a recent article in Bloomberg, under the program, the government [of India] proposedRead… Read more »
Building on the success of its bicycle-sharing program, the City of Paris introduced a car-sharing scheme on Monday with a fleet of all-electric cars. Original post
There’s big news in the PR industry as the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) recently announced that they are embarking on an international effort to modernize the definition of public relations. Chartered in 1947, PRSA is the world’s largest and foremost organization of public relations professionals and boasts a community of more than 21,000Read… Read more »
The last chapter of the book on our life has not been written yet. We may feel that it won’t be turning out as we had hoped or expected. While we were working – the world changed! The Internet has evolved and many roles which were staffed before are on-line now; Processes which had requiredRead… Read more »
What does the Lord of the Sith have to do with Project Management? Read the link below to find out. http://www.geekwire.com/2011/top-10-reasons-darth-vader-amazing-project-manager
12/5/2011 Chantilly, VA – Mission Essential Personnel, LLC (MEP) announced today it has established a new multi-million credit facility with Bank of America that will provide MEP with additional operating liquidity and capital for strategic acquisitions and investments. MEP Chief Financial Officer Michael Jakobowski said, “The establishment of this facility will support MEP’s global operationsRead… Read more »
The federal government has approved West Virginia’s plan to get their statewide broadband plan back on track. The $126.3 million project has been delayed since early this year with state officials and private sector contractors blaming everything from the Washington D.C. earthquake to the tsunami in Japan as reasons for the lack of progress. TheRead… Read more »
Back in September, the GEICO Gecko ventured out of his GEICO office to set out on a journey across America to help people save money on car insurance. Our little green friend has been quite the traveler so far! We’ve seen on tv as he’s visited New York and Texas, but where else has hisRead… Read more »
The Silicon Valley and its citizens could soon become a testbed for emerging energy-efficient technologies, according to an article in GovTech. Palo Alto recently announced its plans to introduce a program, aptly named the Emerging Technology Demonstration Program, that would allow utility companies to evaluate new tech proposals submitted by private companies. If the proposalsRead… Read more »
It’s happened a few times recently. Well-meaning and capable professionals are committing networking suicide in a desperate attempt to land a job. Here’s The Skinny I have received several broadcast emails where I’m among who knows how many people in the BCC line. The title is the person’s name or the type of job theyRead… Read more »