I have been working as a project engineer in the energy industry for a number of years and am looking to transition into energy policy. I have recently returned to school to aid in this transition, but am not sure other than DOE EERE where else to look for job opportunities. Also, how do IRead… Read more »
We are well on our way with our EPP Training sessions. After hearing speakers from the Kansas City Convention Center and Mayor Mark Funkhouser we have now separated into our new teams. Team Sprint center is comprised of Debra Fisher, David Hohler, Kelly Lorick, Esteban Morales, Jon Nash, Jerry Pham, Jacqueline Rosier, and Jada Poindexter.Read… Read more »
The holy grail of web development testing is being able to easily test your website in various browsers. The biggest problem is not only having to install each browser, but then having to run hacks on system to get older versions of the same browser running (ehem…IE, I’m talking to you). Well, today I wasRead… Read more »
Hi everyone – It’s your govloop weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. Last week was a volatile week for the stock market and a strong finish on Friday solidified some decent gains for both the major indices, and the TSP stock funds. The C-fund closed up 2.33% for the week. The S-fund gained 1.64%Read… Read more »
Originally Posted on Unleash the Monster, a Monster Government Solutions blog On Unleash the Monster, we have talked extensively about a concept called the high-performance workforce. This concept is one in which labor statistics, training and advanced job placement programs and technologies work in unison to help attract new jobs and fill them with highlyRead… Read more »
It’s time for the federal government to finally follow through on its long-unfulfilled promise to evaluate the usefulness of special tax breaks. Does the research and experimentation tax credit, for example, actually encourage research? Or does it simply enrich high-tech firms? Does the mortgage interest deduction increase homeownership, or does it only reward people whoRead… Read more »
A previous post laid out the Focus on Efficiency Framework: Plan – Decide – Implement – Review – Repeat. If you’ve reached this stage, you’ve decided to implement your project. Implementing means just that: Implementing the plans you made back in the Planning phase. You’ll implement using traditional project management techniques like PMBOK or whateverRead… Read more »
Happy Monday! As the Obama administration nears some big decisions on the future of government contracting, it has for the first time proposed new rules on how some contractors should deal with potential conflicts of interest among their employees. The new proposed rules, issued Friday in the Federal Register, are aimed specifically at companies thatRead… Read more »
Cross-posted from Wired to Share – In a new book that applies systems thinking to complex government initiatives, “If We Can Put a Man on the Moon … Getting Big Things Done in Government,” authors Bill Eggers and John O’Leary describe the moment that a public initiative translates from design to reality – the momentRead… Read more »
Untold hours are spent by web designers and developers to make sure their creations work in different browsers and platforms. They may curse and mutter and otherwise cast aspersions upon the creators of various browsers – in fact, I think it’s in the job description – but they do it. They research and experiment toRead… Read more »