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03.20.13: Your Morning Buzz

Man Rushes Stage During Kansas City Mayor’s State of the City Address Welcome Newest Members Abby Coppock, City of Portland, Office of Management and Finance, Management Analyst Upcoming Forums March 21: ELGL Willamette Valley Presents “No Comment” — and Other Stupid Things You Should Never Say to Media April 11: Greg Baker, Damascus City ManagerRead… Read more »

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Watercon 2013 – Day 2

On the second day of Watercon, I alternated between attending sessions and visiting with exhibitors. Because of access to an outlet, I was only able to live blog a few of the sessions. The links to those are below: Ice Pigging: Cleaning Mains with Ice – I first heard of this technique from a co-workerRead… Read more »

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GSA Cancels two more conferences, ICS’ are still under attack

By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Cloud security service protects WordPress content – “Developer NorseCrop has launched a cloud security service designed to protect open-source content management systems that many SMBs use to run their Internet sites.” NorseCrop has Joomla and Drupal versions to follow as well.Read… Read more »

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New Sensation with Nick Herrera, State of Oregon

Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would theyRead… Read more »

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Executive Search with Melissa Anzman, Author of Stop Hating Your Job

Our new feature the “Executive Search” will give you an inside look into the world of executive recruitments. The world of executive searches is often misunderstood and carries a veil of secrecy. We hope you will takeaway from these features a tips for improving your profile and a better understanding of how high level recruitmentsRead… Read more »

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03.18.13 Your Morning Buzz

2nd Annual ELGL Bureaucrat Bracket Challenge Welcome Newest Members Abby Coppock, City of Portland, Office of Management and Finance, Management Analyst Upcoming Forums March 21: ELGL Willamette Valley Presents “No Comment” — and Other Stupid Things You Should Never Say to Media April 11: Greg Baker, Damascus City Manager April 17: K.L. Wombacher, Hillsboro HopsRead… Read more »

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Debate about Work-at-Home or Telework: Banning or Not

Work-at-home or telecommuting is not new. The initiative was launched in the US Federal government for nearly two decades ago. Not everyone will like telework and not every position is suited for telework or work-at-home. Some cannot stand working in isolation. Some do want to be in the office as they want to have aRead… Read more »

TSP Talk Weekly Wrap Up

It was another week of stocks starting in the lower left hand corner on the chart, and ending in the top right. Momentum is on the bulls’ side and the positive economic data has justified the move, but have stocks gone too far, too fast? Here are the up to date TSP fund returns throughRead… Read more »

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UK Gov camp 2013

Last Saturday I made my annual pilgrimage to UK Gov Camp, or UKGC. This year was only my third, others have been going far longer than I including some of my colleagues though I’d not actually come across any of them before which considering past shyness, is not so surprising. Anyway. Had UKGC happened whenRead… Read more »

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Third Annual Big Data Forum Pre Event Survey

By Bob Gourley We have been meeting for three years in the Government Big Data Forum. The next will be 4 April 2013. Please help us evaluate the right issues to address and help us queue up a research agenda for the next year. And let us know if you have a lesson learned orRead… Read more »

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