Just thought folks might be interested in these two posts that capture the results of this interesting challenge….one of the game designs even featured a government situation! DevLearn08: The Great (and community-powered) ILS Challenge The Great ILS Challenge 08 – Part II – The Narratives
(cross-post from my blog, would love to be able to tie that into here) I am noticing a hockey stick-like moment for ning lately – at least in my circles. Brent stood up one for our summer session on 2.0, the folks behind Corporate Learning Trends and Innovations are using it as a framework forRead… Read more »
My Bounce Rate for the first 30 days of Google Analytic was 65.2%. 70% is Bad and 40% is really good.
Welcome to our Monday morning TSP / market commentary: (Updated daily at TSP Talk) Stocks could not follow-through on Friday after Thursday’s big reversal day, as the Dow gave back 338 of Thursday’s 553-point gain. The TSP stock funds dropped between 4% and 5.6%, which is really amazing, but quite routine lately. If there isRead… Read more »
Who’s a giant killer, baby? Virginia Military Institute defeated the University of Kentucky in a major college basketball upset tonight. The Hokie Guru loves David vs. Goliath stories. We all do!! It’s November madness with the Hokie Guru!! Cincinnati controls its own destiny in the Big East and has one college football’s best coaches inRead… Read more »
We have two challenges today. 1. The economy is in a funk and 2. We have too many organizational stovepipes So, why not convince the new administration to setup The Collaboration Fund. The fund would disburse awards to those government employees who were the best collaborators. The backbone of the program would be a governmentRead… Read more »
Spending the weekend north of DC just heard that people are renting out their houses for upperward of 500 dollars a night for Obama’s inauguration. It is two months away and we have Vegas at New Years prices. I am thinking that it will be a mad house in all of DC come the endRead… Read more »
From the Change.gov website: Apply for a Job This website is designed to provide prospective applicants with information to help them apply for positions in the Obama-Biden Administration. President-Elect Obama will make appointments throughout the federal government. Some positions will require Senate confirmation while others will not. Some appointments will be made during the transitionRead… Read more »
A new presidential administration invokes plenty of great traditions and events, including the activity surrounding a transition and inauguration. Then there are all the other routine Washington occurrences, such as the State of the Union, confirmation hearings and the budget process. While other Post colleagues handle the hard news from those big events, The EyeRead… Read more »
I’m the Executive Secretary of the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee (NMSAC). FACA is a fabulous idea, with the goal of keeping the public aware of what’s going on in their governemnt, but the rules are antiquated and mired in bureaucratic. The bottom line is that it’s not nimble enough to deal with the rapidRead… Read more »