Check out Part 3 of the interview with Adobe’s Alec Chalmers
Alec discusses the biggest surprises that government agencies find when exploring how to better engage with citizens: http://adobe.ly/lExcKh
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Guest Post: Further Greening of Government Procurement
On May 31, 2011, the government issued an interim rule that implements two key executive orders directing environmental attributes of federal procurement actions. Executive Order 13423, “Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management,” was issued by President Bush on January 24, 2007 and set a number of different environmental goals for federal agencies related toRead… Read more »
Thursday’s political law links
GETTING THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE OFF THE BOOKS. The Hill. “The [FCC] stopped enforcing the rule in 1987 after concluding it was unconstitutional, but in recent years some Democrats have suggested reviving the policy in response to the increasingly partisan nature of cable news.” EARMARKS AND 2012. The Post. “Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has used op-edRead… Read more »
SLA 2011: Military Libraries Division Programming
I’ve already shared information with you about LexisNexis at SLA and the outstanding programming coming up in Philly from the Division of Government Information in this post: SLA DGI PROGRAMMING AT SLA 2011. I’ll be at SLA and if you are attending, I hope to see you there. I’ll be blogging the conference and liveRead… Read more »
The National Information Exchange Model
Deltek Analyst Stephen Moss reports. As I mentioned in my overview blog, the 10th Annual National Child Welfare IT Managers’ Meeting was a great event to discuss current hot topics in the child welfare market. One of those hot topics, the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM), was the subject of three sessions at the conference.Read… Read more »
Network Effectively At Your Next Government Contracting Event
Blog Post by: Karen-Michelle Mirko Director, Customer Advocacy, American Express OPEN Government contracting can give small businesses access to a portion of the $500 billion dollars the government spends each year on goods and services, but for most small business owners, finding a way into this market is challenging. Networking is one critical tool toRead… Read more »
GEICO Can Save You 15% or More..on Your Degree
We all know that GEICO is devoted to public servants, but you may not know that GEICO has a commitment to giving back to those who serve our country. GEICO has established a brand new scholarship program at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) for the spouses and children of federal government employees andRead… Read more »
Go Green, Recycle, and Educate
What do you do with your old cell phones? I know I have three sitting at my house. According to Qwest, Americans own about 500 million obsolete, broken or unused cell phones. “Recycling cell phones helps the environment by reducing the amount of resources extracted from the earth, keeping usable materials out of landfills, andRead… Read more »
INPUT Government Community
Providing Government with Vital Intelligence to Make Effective Procurement Decisions FREE access for government employees to: Over 1.3 million company profiles Over 480 organization charts of government agencies Nearly 2 million federal and state and local contacts Over 3.2 million labor rates from federal contracts Updates on thousands of active procurements Thousands of awarded RFPsRead… Read more »
Thinking about publishing a print or eBook — some points to consider
Majority of my experience in the publishing industry since 1990 has been in the commercial publishing arena — large publishers as Simon & Schuster-Prentice Hall, to mid-size Government/Political Science college text and reference publisher —CQ Press to the small, specialized publisher with a growing illustrated children’s books imprint — American Psychological Association and since 2005Read… Read more »