The Easy Part of the Rebound May Be Over

Hi everyone! I have been gone for a while because of problems with the blog editor. I am trying something new so, here it goes. I hope it works… 08/16/11 The recent large moves in the indices made yesterday’s 213-point gain in the Dow look small on the chart, but of course a 2% gainRead… Read more »

Report: A/E Firms Will Need New Tactics To Stay Competitive

This was originally published by our assistant managing editor Sean Tucker The federal government is expected to cut spending and reduce the number of contracts it issues in coming years — even in fields that have seen rapid growth over the last decade. For architecture, engineering and construction (A/E) contractors, this means a tough, competitiveRead… Read more »

New York releases RFI to revamp procurement process

Deltek Analyst Derek Johnson reports. Most national vendors know New York probably ranks as one of the most private states in the country when it comes to divulging information about future contracting opportunities. While many states such as Virginia and Maryland are often happy to answer or even publicize upcoming opportunities, strict procurement laws inRead… Read more »

NASA. IT. OpenGov. Remote Engagement. Interested?

Over the next couple of days, we at the Open Forum Foundation are running the remote engagement program for NASA’s IT Summit and you may be interested in participating. Notes: 1. We’ve assembled a complex group of technologies into a simplified user interface that integrates text, video, and phone into one website. The lessons weRead… Read more »

A Modestly Proposed Replacement for the Primary Process

Retirement has given me time to muse and think about things and processes in a more dispassionate manner. The hugest farce we all have to endure is the political primary season leading up to the general election for President. The posturing, the posing, the empty and sometimes frightening political rhetoric, and above all the wasteRead… Read more »

New Research on the Sustainability of Free Access to Law Initiatives

Isabelle Moncion of Lexum and Mariya Badeva-Bright of the African Legal Information Institute (AfricanLII), have posted Reaching Sustainability of Free Access to Law Initiatives, on the VoxPopuLII Blog, published by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School. In this post, the authors summarize the key findings of the recently completed “Free Access toRead… Read more »

Did USA Staffing have a catastrophic outage last week?

Overheard from a Departmental Staffing Bulletin….. “USA Staffing Update Relating to System Maintenance Issues On August 9th, 2011 at 1:00pm, USA Staffing System (OPM’s Talent Acquisition System) was brought offline by OPM to perform unscheduled maintenance. {technical idiom for “CRASHED”} This period of maintenance was necessary to research, identify, and resolve problematic issues reported byRead… Read more »

Daily Dose: “Supercommittee” Uncertainty Over Federal Benefits

Federal workers have been wondering what employee benefits might be up for cuts under the new Congressional “Supercommittee”, but last week’s appointments don’t necessarily shed light on what the future might hold. The Washington Post has dug into the committee members’ voting records and found that most have little to no history in federal benefits.Read… Read more »