Did you know that recycling the 100 million cell phones that are no longer used annually would save enough energy to power 18,500 US Households for a year? This is the statistic (and I would imagine the motivation) the EPA is providing citizens this week during National Cell Phone Recycling Week! How it works: cellRead… Read more »
With the weekend’s hiccup in the IBM-Sun merger taking over this morning’s news, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at this article in last week’s Economist about IBM’s so-called “Open Cloud Manifesto” (basically, an appeal to industry to make cloud computing components work together around common standards). Both IBM and SunRead… Read more »
Homeland security with George Washington university have created a first person EMS and disaster training game. As part of National Emergency Medical Service Preparadness Initive (NEMSPI or Cooperative Agreement Number 2005-GT-T5-K003, administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/FEMA.) EMS folks can test their skills in chemical, biological, radiation scenarios. For just $14.95 you canRead… Read more »
I don’t know if you have given much thought to using Ads on Facebook. I really hadn’t, but got curious last week. We’re not using Facebook at Housing and Urban Development yet, so I thought of another way to test this capability. I put on one of my other hats: I serve on a non-profitRead… Read more »
I am contemplating a coffee table book of the most interesting and unique tattoos for federal employees. As I walk around daily, I notice more and more tattoos, some plain and some quite unique. Certainly there are some stories behind them. I am thinking just a photo, and an anonymous quote, place of employment, etc.Read… Read more »
You’ll need to be logged into www.communities.idea.gov.uk to follow these links Yesterday we had a lot of discussion about what it means to be local and providing a local view to people. We also had views from local politicians about using social media and how it helped to humanise their political persona and support informalRead… Read more »
The conference went off without many fireworks. People were educated and entertained. I served as host for five breakout sessions, so I did not experience much beyond those. Perhaps, not surprisingly, there was a lot of discussion on the stimulus efforts to date, and where we are going. Now to play catch up. I heardRead… Read more »
Professional/Personal Development Series & Brown Bag Discussions Brought to you by: SAMHSA & Young Government Leaders- Bethesda Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 12-1PM Young Feds 101: Reputation Management SAMHSA: Great Falls Speaker: Dave Uejio, Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Human Resources, NIH -Successful strategies for establishing and keeping a positive reputation. Tuesday, April 14,Read… Read more »
The biggest obstacle to emergency prepping can be the cost. Lanterns, sleeping bags, knapsacks, first aide kits, flash lights, water, cooking stove, etc., etc. It does not have to be that way. The best advice is to collect what you need when it is on sale. Right now winter camping gear is on sale. ItRead… Read more »
Just starting out with GovLoop and looking forward to making some online connections with people interested in Web 2.0 and leveraging these technologies to help thier organizations. Believe it or not many of us in the IT business in the DC area are in the perfect spot at the the perfect time to help rebuildRead… Read more »