Lead Contamination at EPA Headquarters also to be Discussed on “Inside Government” WASHINGTON—Service delivery issues and the significant claims backlog at the Social Security Administration (SSA) will be discussed this week on the American Federation of Government Employees’ (AFGE) “Inside Government” radio show. The show will air on Friday, May 7 at 10 a.m. ETRead… Read more »
The World Expo 2010 in Shanghai expects to draw 70 million visitors between May 1 and Oct. 31. This World’s Fair showcases the exhibits of 189 nations costing China an estimated at $58 billion, surpassing the $42 billion spent on the Beijing Olympics. Shanghai invested heavily in infrastructure and security preparing for this event. (USAToday.com,Read… Read more »
Two U.S. legacy carriers plan to merge forming the world’s largest airline. United will buy Continental through an all stock deal and combine the Continental logo and colors with the United name. It will begin servicing about 144 million passengers through coordinated international route networks. The new carrier will emerge with much needed cash reservesRead… Read more »
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Any and all welcome. Please let me know your nominations: where is government really exploring the use of gov 2.0 tools around child welfare and safety; environmental health; and the like. Domestic or international. Who is the star? Where can we see the best examples? Thanks much. – Zach
Merit-based systems have dominated the federal, state and local human resources landscape for decades with the purpose of creating a process of employee advancement and job-seeker selection that is based on individual skills and abilities. The current issue of PA Times includes a press release related to a report (.pdf) published in December of 2009Read… Read more »
By Dorothy Ramienski Internet Editor Federal News Radio Will your 9 to 5 work schedule soon be a thing of the past? Federal News Radio told you about a recent hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management and the Federal Workforce, where officials from the Office of Personnel Management gave the initialRead… Read more »
Not a Govloop Member? 30 Secs & Free to Join for Great Info & Perks Wow..so my Top 5 Worst Places to Have a Government Job really got people going. Some controversy of my five but such is life with any list. Let’s switch it around and go to the Top 5 places to haveRead… Read more »
Though the Obama administration has stressed its involvement with the April 20 BP oil spill since “day one,” at least one Interior Department official decided instead to phone it in and go white water rafting in the Grand Canyon with his wife and other officials. Tom Strickland — who serves as Interior Secretary Ken Salazar‘sRead… Read more »
Wow – there is a great new article on Ushahidi’s blog about an application I told you all about recently, which encourages crowdsourcing to stop Italian forest fires before they start. This has huge potential to increase community resilience and assist current firespotting efforts in a nonintrusive way. A lovely video by Elena Rapisardi, theRead… Read more »