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GovLoop’s Bureaucrat on Sports – 2009 AP Top 25 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision – Selected Week 1 Picks

It’s finally here!!! Everyone remain calm. Okay, the Hokie Guru told you to remain calm. That was classic… the Hokie Guru will always remember Kevin Bacon’s first movie… By the way, the great thing about the first weekend of college football is that it’s played ALL weekend long… through Labor Day… which most of usRead… Read more »

Rural Telehealth & Advanced Technologies Conference

(The full text of this excerpted blog post appears on Mike Russell’s blog at: blog.planetrussell.net) As the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania heads into the 60th day of its marathon state budget impasse, that’s no deterrent to some of the best and brightest minds in healthcare technology, military medicine, rural development and public policy. They’ll be convergingRead… Read more »

The Hokie Guru (Govloop’s Bureaucrat on Sports)… The SEC College Football Preview!!

The Hokie Guru caught up on a movie last night… Something New… You did what? With who? Well, can he? It’s everything that it’s advertised… the Hokie Guru loved it… you need to see it. Let’s get hyped up!!!! Let’s get it started… with the Conference that’s won the last three national championships… the SoutheasternRead… Read more »

Americans Claim to Like Diverse Communities but Do They Really?

Below is a link to the blog “Social Capital”. This blog discusses the impact and role of social capital as it relates to building a civic society. The PEW Research Center released a study on social segregation that is truly eye opening and illustrates the difficulty in achieveing an integrated society as well as workplace.Read… Read more »

Great DHS SOA/ESB/NIEM Topic to Follow at the Upcoming NIEM Training Event

Look for this very important NIEM topic at the upcoming NIEM Training event: “Implementing NIEM as a Canonical Model for Information Sharing at DHS/USCIS”. This presentation will be given by Hector Alicea, HLA & Associates, LLC ( http://www.linkedin.com/in/hectoralicea ) on behalf of DHS USCIS… From the NIEM Training Event agenda ( http://www.iir.com/registration/niem/pdf/SessionDescriptions.pdf ): “This presentationRead… Read more »

Show-and-tell 2.0

[Originally posted on Online Odyssey] I recall with great fondness show-and-tell Fridays in kindergarten and grade 1. Fuzzy new slippers, a bunny, a kid sister and a bag of coconut are among those that stand out in my memory. Listening to my classmates only talk about their precious treasures would surely have instilled in meRead… Read more »