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Law.gov Principles & Declaration Available

The Law.gov Principles and Declaration — issuing from the Law.gov legal open government data project — are now available. The Principles and Declaration — which are also being referred to as The Law.gov Core Principles — begin by offering a definition of “primary legal materials.” The Principles and Declaration then set forth ten “principles [that]Read… Read more »

mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none””> Every year more than 32 000 people die by suicide in the mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none””>United States mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none””> mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none””>http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/suicide/suicidedatasheet.pdf mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none””> mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none””> Rates of presentation to ’emergency departments’ for suicide-related reasons increased almost 50% from 1992-2001 and show no sign of declining.(3) These figures reflect Emergency Medicine’s increasing burden of responsibility and care for suicidal patients. mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none””> mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none””>TheRead… Read more »

The Social Ecosystem: Developing Social Usage Guidelines

Rules…. Guidelines…. It does not matter if you are in the 38% of companies blocking social media (in the United States), are leaving social media access wide open, or are looking to strategically leverage The Social Ecosystem. Guidelines about what is, and is not, acceptable, are critical to the success of your Social Organization. ThereRead… Read more »

Keys to Strengthening Buy-in, Trust and Team Coordination in a Generationally-Culturally Diverse (Military) Workforce — Part II

Part I of this two-part series has delineated five of the “Top Ten Tools and Strategies for Strengthening Buy-in, Trust and Team Coordination among a Generationally-Culturally Diverse (Military) Workforce,” including building communication bridges and fostering a team/systems concept that has application for both military and non-military work settings. The first five “Tools and Strategies” are:1.Read… Read more »

Three New State Legislatures to Increase Transparency with New Media

The Oklahoma House of Representatives, Virginia House and Senate, and the Illinois General Assembly – LIS Division recently partnered with Granicus to engage more people in the democratic process with new media tools such as video, bill systems integration, archiving, search, and podcasting. Granicus will be showcasing these and other clients at the National ConferenceRead… Read more »

Statement Of MEP CEO Chris Taylor To The Commission On Wartime Contracting

Available at http://www.missionep.com/news/press-release?id=21 Chairman Thibault, Chairman Shays, distinguished members of the Commission: I am honored to have the opportunity to represent Mission Essential Personnel, LLC (“MEP”) before you today. Our entire company appreciates the Commission’s hard work in reviewing U.S. Government contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I look forward to today’s specific discussion ofRead… Read more »

Mind the Gap: How Innovative Partnerships Can Help Fill the Funding Gap

In my introductory posting in the “jennovation” series for Govloop and Phase One Consulting Group’s Transformation in the Federal Sector Blog, I introduced you to an innovative platform known as the Department of Education’s Innovation Portal. This week I want to describe a little more about how that portal, in combination with data.ed.gov and theRead… Read more »

Crowd sourcing Meetup

Last night I attended “CrowdFlower’s Crowdsourcing Work Meetup” with Lukas Biewald, founder of CrowdFlower, Chris Callison-Burch, assistant research professor in the Computer Sciences department at John Hopkins University, and Heather Blanchard from Crisis Commons. All had really great examples of how crowd sourcing is changing the way we work and its impact on humanitarian effortsRead… Read more »

A Cleveland area SDVOSB was awarded an $18 million contract from NASA.

A North Olmsted firm has won an $18 million contract to build what NASA Glenn Research Center considers the flagship building in its effort to consolidate its campus. Northstar Contracting Inc. will build a centralized office building that will house 300 workers and include an auditorium with seating for 400. The three-story, 93,000-square-foot steel structureRead… Read more »