Providing great services and products is difficult for businesses, government agencies, everyone. It is easy to blame the customers, or the citizens, for not understanding the complexity of issues ranging from how to install your product to the need for building permits. While, to be honest, there a likely a couple of knowledge-challenged people amongRead… Read more »
It’s the heart of the GovLoop philosophy that there are smarter people than the GovLoop team who have great ideas on how to make GovLoop awesome. That’s why we ask questions like “what do you want to see on govloop” and have groups like the GovLoop Community Leaders. As part of this push, I’ve beenRead… Read more »
Happy Monday! Almost half of the federal government’s human resources officials say they have not received adequate training on how to manage and retain employees with severe disabilities, according to the results of a survey by the Telework Exchange and the Federal Managers Association set for release Monday. Many of those officials are also unfamiliarRead… Read more »
Online Surveys & Market Research Has anyone not received their Census form yet? How do you feel about having to send in the Census form? To see poll results for week ending 03/28/10, click here.
New Employee Guide – Part 5 – Keep it Going Past Parts (Part 4 Part 3, Part 2, Part 1) Now that you’ve gotten started, you have to keep it going. You need to continue to evolve in order to grow – as the saying – Is your 10 years of experience really one yearRead… Read more »
Approximately one month has gone by since I became “participative” on GovLoop. I became a member almost a year ago, but it took me awhile start utilizing the great opportunities available here. My background includes county, city, airport and hospital based procurement and e-procurement blended with bidding some federally funded capital projects under federal rules.Read… Read more »
After getting out of Transparency Camp 2010, I wanted to post a summary of a talk I gave. While it is not acquisition related, I believe it is important enough to put here. There was a lot of feedback and talk on how to make this idea happen. The 2.0 version will be posted nextRead… Read more »
Last week during its weekly meeting, the NCOIC Cloud Computing Working Group (CCWG) examined some of the legal aspects surrounding electronically stored information. With government use of cloud computing expected to grow, the group reach out to Mr. Jason R. Baron, Director of Litigation for the United States National Archives and Records Administration for someRead… Read more »
President Obama has filled two vital leadership posts in the US Department of Commerce, announcing the appointment of a new Under Secretary for International Trade, and a new Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration and head of the Bureau of Industry and Security. Eric L. Hirschhorn, the nominee for Under Secretary of Commerce forRead… Read more »