Yearly Archives: 2012

Guns & Government: What’s the Solution?

It should be obvious by now that something is seriously wrong in America regarding the responsible use of firearms and effective enforcement of our nation’s gun laws. Last week’s gruesome shooting sprees in Newtown, Connecticut and Portland, Oregon, are the latest wake up calls in a long series of gun rampages. The latest gun massacresRead… Read more »

Thinking Outside The Box in Federal Hiring

I have been thinking more and more about the missed opportunities to hire the best and the brightest, and the right candidate for the right position at the right time if Federal agency managers allow for the perception or allow for invalid assumptions to influence their selection criteria and decisions. I see a missed opportunityRead… Read more »

TSP Talk – Weekly Wrap Up

We went into last week looking at some pretty strong chart action, and into Wednesday it looked like we were going to get some solid breakouts. Then, at the conclusion of the Fed’s FOMC meeting, the market indices reversed themselves and we ended with a flat to mixed week. Here are the updated weekly, monthly,Read… Read more »

Online Digital Reputation Management is a Requirement for Marketing Strategy & PR in DC

Nearly every business conducting business in the DC or Northern Virginia area (and elsewhere) is finding that more and more effort is required to manage their online reviews and feedback. Particularly for local or regional businesses, the very first thing online consumers do in considering to visit or buy, is to seek out online reviews,Read… Read more »

Management of Talented Employees

Federal managers don’t think of losing talented employees. I read the article below and cannot agree more. If they don’t have good strategy to retain these talented employees or utilize their talents in the right positions, they will lose them in different forms. The lack of the right senior leaders and managers in the rightRead… Read more »

Children, Our Future

20 Children dead today in school shooting. Completely unacceptable! We need better psychiatric screening, more treatment options, and safer schools. How can we expect children to excel, when they can’t even feel safe. Safeguard our children, protect our future. Originally posted at my blog thetotalcio. (Source Photo: here with attribution to Massimo Valiani, Source Quote:Read… Read more »

The Secret Ingredient in Open Source

This is cross-posted from opensource.com. Open source has a secret. Do you know what it is? It has to do with a common characteristic found across successful open source communities that set them apart from others. For those that are new to open source, understanding the intricacies of how open source communities share, communicate, andRead… Read more »

A week with the Nexus 4

By RyanKamauff The Nexus 4 can play all the latest games (and should be able to for a while) After numerous disappointments attempting to order the Nexus 4 (on the launch day I was one of the many ready and waiting and unable to get my order processed, on the next launch day it tookRead… Read more »

Women Techmakers Give Back

This blog post is cross-posted from Google Developers Blog. Google supports diversity and inclusion in all of its communities, including users, employees, and developers. In that spirit, Google Developers Live launched Women Techmakers (WTM) in November, an initiative to bring visibility to women in technology who are fearlessly innovating, honing technical expertise, and testing theRead… Read more »

Government Analytics For Dummies – A limited edition ebook from IBM

Discuss how analytics solutions are providing state and local agencies with insights into decision-quality information. These insights will help you stay ahead of trends and risks, manage budgets more effectively for the greatest returns, and predict outcomes to drive effectiveness and efficiencies. Chapter highlights include: What Is Analytics for Government? Measuring the Impact of DecisionsRead… Read more »