NASA hosted our first tweet-up at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, corresponding with the STS-129 Space Shuttle launch. Tweeters from around the world attended — from as far away as the UK, Morocco, and New Zealand. We exposed them to speakers who shared their experiences on what it takes to launch a Shuttle toRead… Read more »
Yes, if one goes by a report in Daily Mail. Read the report for details. Dr D.C.Misra
Originally posted on “osrin.net”, 20th October 2009 The level of activity around the world in opening up government data is nothing short of astounding. Governments at every level have engaged citizens, businesses and developers in combinations of public discussions and hackfests to look at how the data that they hold can be used in newRead… Read more »
The last couple of days have been just spectacularly beautiful in Denver with that Colorado blue sky that makes you just want to go out and play. But, instead of playing outside I have spent quite a bit of time reconnecting with old colleagues from the social and healthcare services projects I used to volunteerRead… Read more »
http://try.webex.com/mk/get/PTB_WWF_LP?TrackID=1020334 Panel discussion today sponsored by Cisco with execs from Coca Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Nokia and several others. Discussions will address topics such as CO2 emissions and the effect on each company’s bottom line. This is quite interesting in light of the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Conference and the looming 2012 expiration of the KyotoRead… Read more »
On Nov 4, GovExec featured an article on SPARC http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?filepath=/dailyfed/1109/11040… Given the criticality and need for more acquisition resources in government and the need for strategic recruitment, retention and training, I thought I’d provide some highlights from the article. Just as background – if you didn’t know already, the federal government spends approximately $530B annuallyRead… Read more »
It’s our benchmarking week in the Graduate School’s Executive Potential Program, and we’re in Kansas City, Missouri. Team O was assigned a benchmarking site visit at the Missouri Division of Youth Services. We had a simply amazing vist at the Northwest Regional Youth Center. We arrived at the facility at 9am, and were greeted byRead… Read more »
On the Homeland Security Watch blog earlier today, an article was reposted concerning the use of popular social networking tools and their possible endangering of a professional’s security clearance. Here is my response: Yes, professionals with security clearances have many concerns when it comes to maintaining their clearances. These are professionals who we have entrustedRead… Read more »
Dear Readers, Today we were given the unique opportunity of visiting Cerner Corporation a healthcare solutions company. The presentation of the CERNER Associates was designed to bedazzle the customer from the moment she walked into their building until she left. The company is noted for being one of the most innovative companies in the industry.Read… Read more »
Dear U.S. Government Community, My news service NewsRoom America is about to relaunch our site, and an important part of this will be publishing press releases from the private and public sectors in real-time. We have capacity for up to 100,000 per day. It will be free to contribute and free to access, and weRead… Read more »