Basic Study Tips

Studying for the exam is a highly individual journey; however, here are a few basic study tips that you may want to consider: Go to www.pmi.org today and register for the exam. Having signed up and paid your fee is the best incentive possible. Read the PMI’s Credentials Handbook to learn everything there is toRead… 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: —————————— You are the project manager of a dress manufacturing company. You have been asked to estimate for a project that requires you to create 500 shirts. You know from experienceRead… Read more »

Job Opening Santa Barbara County, CA Mental Health Services Rehab Specialist-Deadline to Apply is Monday

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF: ADMHS Rehabilitation Specialist (English and English/Spanish) Job Bulletin# 11-5184-01 SALARY: $3798 – $4638 approximately per month; plus shift, weekend, and standby are given when applicable. OPENING DATE: 06/28/11 CLOSING DATE: 08/01/11 NOTICE OF CHANGE: This recruitment has been extended until 8/1/2011. If you applied fromRead… Read more »

Notice: Suicide Prevention

TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2011 EXCERPTS FROM THE ‘SPRC’ WEEKLY SPARK 7,28,11 I’ve posted the July 28, 2011 issue of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center’s Weekly SPARK newsletter to my BLOG ‘Suicide Prevention is Everybody’s Business’ located at: http://suicideprev.blogspot.com/ The Weekly Spark website occasionally includes their recommendation to “send a copy to a friend.” Please doRead… Read more »

Moore on OpenGovernment.org

David Moore of the Participatory Politics Foundation (PPF) — and a member of our community — discusses the technology, principles, and development of OpenGovernment.org — his new free, open, citizen engagement and transparency service for U.S. state legislation — in my new post at Slaw.ca, entitled “Sites of Real Engagement”: OpenGovernment.org Opens Up State Legislation.Read… Read more »

A do-over for LA-RICS?

Deltek Analyst Kristin Howe reports. As reported in this morning’s Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles County announced its estimated $700 million Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) project is in jeopardy. Patrick Mallon, the project’s executive director, announced yesterday that, to comply with various California codes, the project should have been divided into three separate contracts:Read… Read more »

Having a Little Fun with Official Social Media: Old Spice And @EPAgov

Are you familiar with last year’s Old Spice ad campaign? They featured a formed NFL player and were hilarious. Here’s one of my favorites for context: The true social media genius, though, was that they invited people to tweet requests to him, and then they shot short video responses. In each one, he reads theRead… Read more »