Project Management, Tech

GSA’s Third Annual Citizen Service Award – Deadline extended to 2/19

Nominations are being accepted until February 19, 2010. Start your online application now at http://www.citizenservices.gov/aboutus/AwardNomination.php In the interest of open and transparent government, the award applications are being posted on the program blog as they come in http://citizenserviceaward.wordpress.com/ Participate in the judging process by leaving comments. If your agency has already applied, engage your employees.Read… Read more »

Acquisition, Leadership, Project Management, Tech

2011 Budget Shows Evolution of IT Management Thinking

http://www.fedinsider.com By any measure, the 2011 budget request from the Obama administration is big. But when it comes to federal spending on IT in the next fiscal, it’s clear that the days of high single-digit or double-digit growth are over. Spending will be approximately $80 billion, a slight increase over enacted 2010 spending. But theRead… Read more »

Miscellaneous

Federal Eye: Senate confirms 27 nominees after Obama threatens recess appointments

The Senate confirmed 27 executive branch nominees Thursday after President Obama threatened earlier in the week to use recess appointments for some of the long-stalled picks. “At the beginning of the week, a staggering 63 nominees had been stalled in the Senate because one or more senators placed a hold on their nomination,” Obama saidRead… Read more »

Communications, Tech

Pip.io comes out of beta, mostly

I wrote about Pip.io at the end of October and I was very impressed with the product in its beta form. If you have not yet read the post, you should. The product, as I wrote about it then, has not changed dramatically in terms of functionality. The team has focused on the underlying platformRead… Read more »

Tech

Social CRM and the Death Eaters? Lord Voldemort lives!

Couldn’t resist the title or the tie-in given the the events of my day. Someone was asking me about the SCRM Summit that is taking place and I noted that I was not invited and knew nothing of the details of the summit. The dialog took place in the warm confines of twitter, where everythingRead… Read more »

Career

Federal Eye: Back to work for the feds on Friday

Washington area federal offices will open on Friday with a two-hour delayed arrival and with unscheduled leave policy in effect, following a week of record snow fall. Tomorrow’s forecast calls for higher, yet chilly temperatures and high winds and sun. The decision means Washington area federal offices will open and workers should plan to arriveRead… Read more »

Communications, Tech

How Should Elected Officials Use Twitter?

My husband loves USA Today (no offense to him or the paper, but it’s mostly because of the colors and graphics). A few weeks ago, he called me at work to ask if I’d seen their story “More governors finding Twitter tweets sweet.” (Background: This is relevant to me since I oversee social media forRead… Read more »

Uncategorized

Valentine’s Day Inspirations From the Farmers Market

Right around the corner is one of those holidays that strikes fear into the heart of many – Valentine’s Day. This day focused on romance and love reminds us that we have to come up with something creative to show that special someone in our life that we care. There is no better medium thanRead… Read more »

Acquisition, Project Management, Tech

Lisa Schlosser: CIO, Cyber Soldier, Data Sharing Maven

http://www.fedinsider.com Soon after returning from a year of active duty as an Army reserve officer, Lisa Schlosser left her job as CIO of the Housing and Urban Affairs Department to join EPA. Now, as Director of the Office of Information Collection, she finds herself at the center of the signature data-use initiative of the ObamaRead… Read more »