The General Services Administration has recently launched a Carbon Footprint and Green Procurement Tool to assist agencies in managing their GHGs as required by Executive Order (EO) 13514 and recent energy laws. The tool can address a broad range of tasks including: Calculation of an agency’s GHG baseline, broken down by different scopes Assistance withRead… Read more »
I want to tackle the intersection of User-Centred Design (UCD) and Agile. I’ll start by saying I am fundamentally not an Agile detractor. I respect and appreciate the need for process to help shape and deliver complex projects. When it comes to UCD I am a strong believer in designing the ‘right’ thing for theRead… Read more »
Shouldn’t I be sleeping? Carol A. Spencer: Convincing Local Governments Tom Fox: Young government leaders – Lessons for the next generation Spencer Wilson: Can’t See the Social for the Media Sharon Weinberger: Pentagon Goes Wiki with Crowdsourced Tech Project Clay Johnson: Don’t Let the Municipal Crisis Go to Waste Jeff Stanger: Data Are Not InformationRead… Read more »
FederalResumeTips.com™ has been paying attention, and we have the inside scoop on how to crack the code and land a secure rewarding career with the Federal Government. There are hundreds of thousands of job that have been created by the current administration to help deal with the unemployment crises, so their hearts are in theRead… Read more »
Facebook recently marked the 500 million user milestone. With this accomplishment, the social networking website has more people than the populations of the United States, Indonesia and Brazil. In all of its amazing success, it’s easy to forget that Facebook is run by Mark Zuckerberg, a leader who is only 26 years old. Last week,Read… Read more »
Cartney McCraken is a Social Media Strategist and Client Relations Manager at Rainmaker, a political consulting firm in West Virginia. She was good enough to take some time out of her busy schedule to discuss the use of social media strategies by politicians in West Virginia. Q. How do you bring politicians into the discussionRead… Read more »
OK… let’s get real. How many of you have ever been rewarded, encouraged, or even allowed to use fowl language in your business communications? I’m hoping most of you answered in the negative to that one! I’m also hoping you would expect the employer to have some sort of discussion with someone who chose toRead… Read more »
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by President George H.W. Bush. The ADA prohibits, among other things, discrimination in employment by private companies and state and local governments based on an individual’s disability. Under the ADA, employers are required to find ways to accommodate aRead… Read more »
A recent Washington Post article detailed what it cites as a top secret national intelligence infrastructure that has been steadily growing since September 11th, 2001. The Post highlights the fact that some 854,000 people hold top secret security clearances, nearly 1.5 times as many people that live in Washington D.C. itself. According to Tully RinckeyRead… Read more »
You know people are chatting about you, your organization, or your brand on social media channels (or you hope they are). The problem is that most organizations cannot afford to spend money on expensive listening platforms and are often left scratching their heads about how best to approach this need without spending money. SocialMention providesRead… Read more »