Twitter, Facebook and other social media tools have been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons this past week given the news about Rep. Anthony Weiner and his online liaisons. While this news can be enough to scare federal employees away from social media, digital communication is a potential tool that often times canRead… Read more »
National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association NARFE is hosting two off site seminars, one in Alexandria, VA 8/24/2011 and 8/25/2011 and one in San Antonio, TX 8/23/2011 and 8/24/2011. Go to our website narfe.org/prs, click on pre retitrement seminars and get a overview of our program, you can register and pay for the seminarRead… Read more »
I’d like to introduce a new blog series that I’ll be posting for comments here on GovLoop, starting today and (I hope) continuing each Monday throughout the summer: Seven Management Imperatives. The genesis of the report, upon which the blog items will be based, springs from more than 300 research reports and some 300 interviewsRead… Read more »
UPDATE: For those who weren’t able to attend Paul Culmsee’s seminar, you can check out video and slides here. He starts with a great comparison of Government 2.0 in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand and even riffs off a 2010 GovLoop discussion by Bill Brantley and Andrew Krzmarzick. Enjoy! /// Wanted to shareRead… Read more »
I don’t know if it’s running anymore, but there used to be a great ad campaign for Duracell batteries that featured the Energizer Bunny. This wind-up rabbit would parade through the scene, beating a drum and just kept going and going and going. That was the point. The bunny, fueled by the batteries, kept goingRead… Read more »
Energy, energy everywhere, nor any place to store it. We often read that one of the main challenges to renewable energy’s expansion is that renewable sources tend to be inconsistent. Typical concerns are that the wind doesn’t blow all of the time and the sun goes down just as homeowners turn on lights, ovens andRead… Read more »
We are moving some of our risk management training products into the public domain to share with other agencies and academia. Check out the Space Shuttle Super Light Weight Tank Risk Management Case Study at this link: http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/irkm-slwt/index.html David M. Lengyel Risk & Knowledge Management Officer Exploration Systems Mission Directorate NASA
So what do you think? Would playing a game inspire you into a future career? It seems more and more employers are entering the world of gaming – so look out Farmville! Recruiters are utilizing an organization specific game in hopes of snagging their next great employee – for those job seekers who are willingRead… Read more »
Several legal informatics papers / posters will be presented at dg.o 2011: The 12th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, being held 12-15 June 2011, at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. Here are the dg.o 2011 legal informatics papers / posters I’ve identified. Tom Bruce is a member of our community.Read… Read more »
Our new web graphic that makes it easy to browse outcomes of a 2011 Connecticut General Assembly (CGA) session during which nearly 3,000 bills were proposed in 23 weeks is available at http://readilyapparent.com The data visualization, produced by Readily Apparent of Georgetown, CT, includes pop-up summaries designed to enable people to browse results by policyRead… Read more »