Google trends helps see what is popular. What people are searching for as well as news reports. There are some stable searches like wine or Britney spears. Swine flu has passed them both in the past 30 days. Before that swine flu was so low Google report “not enough data” Here is the graph ofRead… Read more »
Webinar Information: FREE WEBINAR DATE: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 TIME: 11:00am EST (Webinar to last approximately 1 hour) WHERE: In the comfort of your own office REGISTRATION: REGISTER NOW INFO: Please direct all inquiries about the Webinar to: [email protected] ==>IF YOU CURRENTLY HAVE AN INITIATIVE, Contact: [email protected] What is this webinar about? During this FREERead… Read more »
Interestingly, servicers who originated loans that may have violated federal or state law could use the modification process to avoid liability if they securitized the mortgage but retained the servicing rights. The author writes that this may be an unintended consequence of the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 (H.R. 1106, passed byRead… Read more »
Good morning. It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. Stocks rose again on Friday as the bulls continue to push this rally for all that it is worth. The Dow and S&P 500 both gained over 1.5%, and are within a few points of another multi-month high. Just like last fall, the market seems toRead… Read more »
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is looking to hire a talented Web Project Manager (Management Analyst). The position is located in Washington, DC, in the Web Services Staff. The Web Services Staff supports the agency’s Internet, intranet, and emerging Web 2.0 strategy. The positionRead… Read more »
I have followed up, and received a very helpful, and courteous, reply and prompt from the site hosts – thanks Apparently there is no feed functionality as yet, so we can cross post http://scotweb2.co.uk/2009/04/26/scotweb2-helping-you-in-a-recssion/ For Scotland, this is the year of the Homecoming, so if you are over on June 19th, join the web2 folksRead… Read more »
Random Government Fact for the Day: NASA-developed technologies have found more than 30,000 secondary commercial uses in products ranging from plasma screens to heart rate monitors.
I’ll be visiting DC from Boston on the May 16-17 weekend and have some time on surrounding days to talk to federal government workers who are carrying on efforts in your agencies on the open government initiative. My intent is to write an article describing the psychological and social side of this work: the excitement,Read… Read more »
For the second time this year social media and diasters have worked well together. First Fargo North Dakota got out the message on twitter, fliker and webcams. People showed up not because of the news but IM and tweets. Now swine flu has been a topic on Twitter. CDCEmergency and others have posted links toRead… Read more »
Anyone old enough to remember that commercial – “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature?” The sooner we can get off the fossil fuel merry-go-round, the better, I say. And the better for Mother Earth. In this administration’s efforts to become more green, it’s possible to envision a day when government agencies will be requiredRead… Read more »