The FBI is researching technologies intended to analyze, process and manage video content in an effort to create a road map for the bureau’s future video analytics infrastructure. FBI will host an industry day Dec. 11 at the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C. to brief contractors on the project, according to a FedBizOppsRead… Read more »
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Structure in Threes: Positioning and Lessons not Learned
Had great discussion last night at Starbucks on Mercer Island with some former Microsoft Alumni. One is at a Microsoft competitor now working at developing a competitive service to our mutual former employer’s. The change in strategy at Microsoft has yielded a large shift in the Architecture domain enabling competitors to move in and eventuallyRead… Read more »
How To Make Your Money Work For You
“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” – Jim Rohn Do you believe that you have to work hard for your money? Before you answer that, do you believe that it’s equally important to make your money work hard for you? Without a doubt, working hard is important, butRead… Read more »
BizFriend.ly: Putting the Web to Work for Businesses
Meet BizFriend.ly, an online resource where entrepreneurs can find free, easy-to-use tools to help them start, run, and grow their businesses. BizFriend.ly was created as part of a year-long partnership between Kansas City, Mo. and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan., and Code for America. Working in close collaboration with representativesRead… Read more »
Public Procurement: How Much Of It Really Transpires?
81% of government business is awarded without any competitive bidding Many people have an understanding of the basic principles of public procurement: in the U.S. it is, essentially, the process in which businesses and agencies from the private sector are allowed to bid on opportunities to produce goods and services for the public on behalfRead… Read more »
Work the GSA Schedules Program and Make MORE Money
The GSA is the centralized procurement arm of the federal government, establishing long term contracts with private businesses and agencies to provide billions of dollars of products, professional services, equipment, supplies telecommunications, and IT to federal agencies serving the public. Over 12,000,000 commercial items are made available each year through over 19,000 GSA Schedule contractsRead… Read more »
6 Successful Job Seeker Traits
One of my clients walked into our job search team meeting one day and declared: “Persistence. I think it just really takes persistence to get a job today.” The comment started me thinking. What had I noticed about the traits of successful job seekers? What did they seem to have in common? Job seekers whoRead… Read more »
Vacancy for a Lead Mathematician-Statistician – GS-14 equivalent
The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service has posted a job opportunity announcement for a Lead Mathematician-Statistician (1501 series), in Washington, DC, at the AP-5 level (equivalent to a GS-14). The announcement closes on Nov. 12. Candidates may use the links below for more information and to apply. Duties and qualifications follow the links. https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/354518600Read… Read more »
James Doyle: NRL Aims to Observe Ocean Battlespaces In Real Time
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has developed and demonstrated several tools for measuring atmospheric and ocean parameters to help predict the weather. NRL presented numerical weather prediction models and sensing systems at the U.S. Navy’s annual Trident Warrior sea trial exercise held from July 13 through 18, NRL said Wednesday. “These numerical experiments demonstrate, inRead… Read more »
Social media policies from across Australian governments
I’ve been compiling a list of social media policies released by government agencies and councils across Australia as a central resource bank for organisations who are either still in the process of creating their policies, or are interested in reviewing and improving them. Thus far I’ve identified just over 70 policies – a small numberRead… Read more »