Notes From NAGWThe National Association of Government Webmasters (NAGW.org) submitted a response to the USDOJ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making, CRT Docket No. 110, (Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities and Public Accommodations) on January 24, 2011. Representing the interests and concernsRead… Read more »
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Last week, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in NASA v. Nelson [PDF] that the federal government can perform background checks on contractors as well as government employees. A group of employees at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) brought suit against the agency in 2007 after they were given the choice of undergoing a backgroundRead… Read more »
President Obama committed to reorganizing the government during his State of the Union address. He pointed to examples of how government agencies duplicate and overlap each other in their programs, and how this needs to be fixed. He also noted that it has been decades since the last major reorganization. And he’s right. The lastRead… Read more »
By Ev Chasen Jan 26 2011, 12:01 AM The State of the Union address is a speech like no other. Every word is scrutinized for hidden meanings; every gesture and inflection analyzed for authenticity; every fact checked for accuracy by hundreds of reporters hoping to score “gotcha” points. Getting a proposal or a project discussedRead… Read more »
I just came across the site The Fun Theory as a result of seeing this video posted on facebook by a friend … There are a number of other videos at the site that demonstrate the success of novel ideas to get people to act differently, such as reducing speeding by using a speed cameraRead… Read more »
President Obama said Tuesday night that he wants to dramatically overhaul the federal government by merging some agencies and departments together. “We live and do business in the Information Age, but the last major reorganization of the government happened in the age of black-and-white TV,” Obama said during his State of the Union address. HeRead… Read more »
In a letter to Congress yesterday, the National Governors Association (NGA) requested that federal officials follow a handful broad “principles” in reducing the state-federal deficit. The letter comes amid rising concerns from some Congressional leaders that states are in danger of needing bailouts or initiating bankruptcy procedures. According to the NGA, twenty-nine new governors areRead… Read more »
George Franchois, Coordinator of Library Services, U.S. Department of the Interior Library, extends an invitation to an upcoming DOI Library Training Session: “The National Technical Reports Library: Introduction and New Features”. Read on: Hi Everyone – I just wanted to send an e-mail to invite you and your staffs to the Department of the InteriorRead… Read more »
17 January 1944, the Office of Strategic Services in Washington D.C. published a book titled “Simple Sabotage Field Manual.” You can find this book for Kindle on Amazon.com for about $5, or you can download a free version by clicking this link to www.Gutenberg.org. Warning text on page 1 states: “The contents of this ManualRead… Read more »