Memorial Day 2010
Each year I try to put something together for Memorial Day. Please open the attachment MDay2010.ppt
Summary of Muhlberger dg.o 2010 Panel on Information Technology and Public Deliberation
Travis Kriplean of the University of Washington Department of Computer Science has posted a summary of Professor Peter Muhlberger’s panel entitled Information Technology and Public Deliberation: Research on Improving Public Input into Government, held at dg.o 2010: The 11th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, 17-20 May 2010 in Puebla, Mexico. The panel included:Read… Read more »
Federal Eye: Federal pay cuts proposed to offset war costs
Republican senators on Tuesday unveiled two $60 billion proposals that cut government salaries and operational costs to help pay for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and earthquake relief for Haiti. Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) said they will not vote for the $59 billion war supplemental unless lawmakers come up withRead… Read more »
My Fantastic Four for Today
I love this news for 4 Reasons… Here’s the headline: Ford to add 170 jobs for hybrid and electric cars My four reasons for celebration: 1. Jobs being added here in the US – 170 blue collar workers AND Green Jobs, specifically 2. The product is Green – friendlier to the environment 3. Michigan hasRead… Read more »
Applicable analysis methodologies???
does any one have a comment on what that means on some applications for employment. this is suppose to be one the competencies for some jobs but how does it apply? John at TxDOT
SBA CIO Robert Naylor resigns
Robert Naylor has resigned from his position as chief information officer at the Small Business Administration. SBA spokesman Jonathan Swain confirms that Naylor’s resignation is effective June 18 and chief technology officer Paul Christy will be acting in his place. Swain says SBA policy does not let him comment on why Naylor resigned. Naylor cameRead… Read more »
GovLoop Intern Blog: The First Day!
Hello, Attia Nasar here. The new intern @ GovLoop. I am currently a graduate student in the Public Diplomacy program at Syracuse University, which is a dual degree program in Public Relations and International Relations. I just moved to Washington D.C. last week to intern with GovLoop. I love engaging in dialogue (online) and tryingRead… Read more »
Government Agencies requesting no Ads on Their Facebook Pages
I will be creating a new Facebook page for a government agency that doesn’t want any ads to appear. Is that something I can guarantee and how do I request that? Christine
More practice please!
Does most of what we do seem to be a reaction to an occurrence rather than part of a plan? Maybe it is all the revelations about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico or those surrounding the recent “economic meltdown” but it seems to me that there is a lot less attention beingRead… Read more »
Federal Eye: Republicans propose cutting federal pay raises
Would freezing federal worker salaries help cut government costs? House Republicans think so, and are floating the idea as one of several potential government spending cuts. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) recently launched YouCut, an online contest designed to highlight government projects his colleagues consider wasteful. Participants are asked to vote each week onRead… Read more »