Posts Tagged: jobs

Reflections on my career at the age of 30

Today is my 30th birthday. Since everyone says it’s an important milestone I figured it would be appropriate to sit back and reflect on my career so far. On Appreciation I am grateful for many things at this point in my career but most of all I am grateful for having the opportunity to haveRead… Read more »

It Is Time to Face the Music

I enjoy idioms and the richness of our culture that creates them—and none seems more apt for our current situation than “it is time to face the music.” We have long since passed this point and the current litany of woes facing our country can be traced back to our collective reluctance to face theRead… Read more »

AFGE Law Enforcement Committee Announces Officer of the Year

The American Federation of Government Employees Federal Law Enforcement Committee announced today that Officer Douglas Deese has been selected as AFGE’s Officer of the Year. As a member of Local 1101, Officer Deese served as Conservation Officer with the Department of the Army on Fort Richardson for three years, and currently is a Lead PoliceRead… Read more »

Are you fluent in the art of asking questions?

We all ask a lot of questions, but do we ask the right questions? In the right way? To the right person? At the right time? Who would have thought asking questions would be such an involved process, but it is. Particularly in government, where we deal with bosses, managers, supervisors, and colleagues in differentRead… Read more »

Defining, Accepting and Training “Innovation,” Part Two

If there were a key for ideas…maybe we would listen better. “We talk about innovation constantly, but step outside the chain of command and you get your hand slapped with the reminder that ‘You can’t understand the politics involved.’ The key to innovation is really believing that everyone has a worthwhile perspective — not sayingRead… Read more »

Daily Dose: Upgrades on the way for USA Jobs

The Washington Post Reports that USA Jobs will be getting new features to make the job application process easier. Between October 6 and12 the Office of Personnel Management will transfer data from monster.com to internal hosting due to cybersecurity concerns. During this time the site will be offline and no new jobs will be posted.Read… Read more »

Air Force Information Technology and HP

As we wrap up a busy week at the Air Force Air Force Information Technology Conference (AFITC) in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, I’m excited to announce that HP has been selected once again to provide new workstations, desktop PCs and other products to the U.S. Air Force (USAF) as a part of its enterprise IT purchaseRead… Read more »

Network-Centric Warfare on the Cheap

Aeryon Systems has recently gotten a good deal of media attention for Libyan rebels’ use of 3-pound (backpack, briefcase, or trunk-stored) Scout unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in tactical-level intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) functions. Dependent on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for their ISR needs, the rebels naturally opted to develop their own organicRead… Read more »