Local (UK) council blogging policy and self-censorship

Image by zachstern via Flickr Jack Pickard has a great post about policy on council staff blogging, which is sparked by Cambridgeshire making their Social Network and Blogging Policy publicly available. He notes that it is mercifully brief and written in plain English but points out that the bit which relates back to the council’sRead… Read more »

7 days and a 100 cities

Last week I posted about sending a request to several (100) cities whom used Google Analytic. The request was to be added to the GA account you can see the full request here https://www.govloop.com/xn/detail/1154385:Topic:597747?xg_source=activity So here is the results of what I have received so far. Time to be responded to. (with 26 responses) 1Read… Read more »

Public Affairs Specialist position for US Forest Service in Golden, Colorado

The US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Regional Office is looking for a public affairs specialist who can manage the Region’s web site and support field offices with their sites as well. We are interested in finding a candidate in the Denver Metro area. The pay scale is a GS 11/12; which translates to about $60,000Read… Read more »

Drug Information : Patient and Caregiver Resources at the National Library of Medicine® (NLM®)

NLM Reference and Consumer Health FAQs are at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/faqref.html . Five of our drug information FAQs: 1) FAQ: Discounted/Free Medical and Dental Care and Medicines – US and International – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/freemedcare_int.html 2) Pill Identification – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/drug_id.html 3) FAQ: US Drug Information – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/drug.html 4) FAQ: International Drug Information – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/drug_intl.html 5) FAQ: Dietary Supplements, ComplementaryRead… Read more »

Burn After Reading – Why knee jerk reactions need to be kept at bay

About a year ago my boss, a seasoned recruiter and government employee, called a staff meeting. He predicted the tough economic times to come and although he ended the meeting on a hopeful note, he warned us of the oddities we would begin to see in human behavior. Inevitably, when times get tough, people beginRead… Read more »

It’s FRIDAY!

It has been a long week. But, today is FRIDAY! I won’t be able to rest this weekend. Too much to do. My son moves to college tomorrow. Which is bitter sweet. But since he received a full ride in engineering, it is more sweet, than bitter. 🙂 At work the end of the fiscalRead… Read more »

Scary! SHORTER FISCAL YEAR for our office!

OK, so I miss one meeting a few weeks ago, and low and behold something important was put out. For some reason, first time I remember, the leaders cut our fiscal year work till 28OCT09. It makes since. Everyone needs time to do their jobs, all the way up the food chain. But, this wasRead… Read more »

Federal Eye: Stimulus Reports Could Cause Risk, Confusion

As Obama administration officials traveled the country this week announcing the distribution of hundreds of millions of dollars in new economic stimulus grants, a new government Web site began accepting the critical spending and jobs data from grant recipients that will provide the first fact-based progress report about the economic recovery efforts. By mid-October theRead… Read more »