You know I love the Mars rovers and earlier in the week, we highlighted NASA workers on the NPR quiz show, Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me! And you have to check out the NASA Mars rover team’s parody of We’re Sexy and We Know It — yes, it is We’re NASA and We Know It!Read… Read more »
Welcome to GovLoop Insights Issue of the Week with Chris Dorobek where each week, our goal is to find an issue — a person — an idea — then helped define the past 7-days… and we work to find an issue that will also will have an impact on the days, weeks and months ahead.Read… Read more »
On today’s program Times are changing — and that is true for chief human capital officers. What are the challenges ahead? Click here for the full recap. And everybody has been there — where you feel like nothing is going right. How can you take your organization from so-so to WOW!? We’ll talk to theRead… Read more »
“Do more with less,” you hear that phrase all the time. But how do you actually do it? Turning around a struggling team has never been harder and managers must work to identify and maximize whatever potential strengths a team already has. As sports fans already know, behind every great underdog story is a leaderRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Thursday the 17th of August, 2012 The Washington area has survived the recession fairly well, but that could change if the across-the-board spending cuts happen in January, that could change. That according to new analysis by the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University. The WashingtonRead… Read more »
Chief human capital officers (CHCOs) have a very difficult job — a job that is only getting harder. Budgets are declining. Workloads are increasing. An aging workforce. Increased turnover and outdated or inadequate human resources (HR) systems and policies are adding additional hurdles, making their jobs more challenging than they have been in decades. TheseRead… Read more »
SEVEN stories that impact your life for Wednesday the 15th of August, 2012 The General Services Administration has frozen per diem travel rates. For fiscal year 2014, the standard rate will stand at $77 a day for lodging and $46 a day for meals and incidental expenses. Federal Times says the higher rates will stillRead… Read more »
On today’s program How do you change an organization? Some might say you need to be a rebel. We’ll talk to a former CIA official about how you are a successful rebel. Click here for the full recap. Ex-Federal — It’s like the match dot com site for former feds who are looking to goRead… Read more »
First let’s start out with a definition — what is a heretic? “From my point of view, a heretic is someone that has a point of view about an organization and the work that is being done. But after they have expressed that idea, they’ve had it rejected. But they don’t give up. They findRead… Read more »
If you haven’t already you should check out our new job site: Jobs.GovLoop.com.It’s an amazing resource. We’ve built it on top of USAJOBS data, mashed it up with LinkedIn, GlassDoor and GovLoop information, and basically tried to provide a new approach to searching for federal jobs (just like Kayak and Hipmunk provide new ways toRead… Read more »