Project of the Week: NCMA’s Contract Management Leadership Development Program

A couple weeks ago, I saw a comment by Jaime Gracia over in our Young Acquisition Professionals (YAP) group regarding the Contract Management Leadership Development Program (CMLDP) for up and coming contracting stars. So I asked Jaime if he could share a bit more about it so that more potential applicants could throw their hatsRead… Read more »

What Skills Do Future Feds Need? Win Free Tickets For Your Answer!

Government is certainly changing but getting the job done can’t change. Human Capital and getting good people into government is becoming increasingly more important and hard at the same time. Never fear though GovLoop wants to help you out with FREE tickets to an awesome conference: FPMI’s Annual Human Capital Management Conference & Expo. JustRead… Read more »

The War – Knowledge Mgmt & Social Media – FREE Training – 6/9

***Register for June’s Free GL Training on Knowledge Mgmt & Social Media – 6/9 at 2pm est** It’s funny. A couple years ago I was in charge of a social media platform inside my agency for internal use amongst employees. At the time, I thought of it as a social media project or specifically anRead… Read more »

AFFIRM Luncheon: GSA, a Government Rockstar

I had the pleasure of attending yesterday’s AFFIRM luncheon which featured a panel of incredible government rockstars from GSA. The discussion took a look at GSA’s integrated technology services and what the future looks like. Government Rockstar, Marie Davie, GSA’s Assistant Commissioner for Integrated Technology Services and Federal Acquisition Services led a panel which consistedRead… Read more »

Friday Fab Five: Vanishing Pensions, Sting Operations, and the Wisdom of Crowds

It’s time to “take 5” for the… Friday Fab 5! We had a busy week here on the site. Lots of great content and even more great comments! I wish we could recognize them all, but alas, we only have the time to highlight a few. So without further ado… Today’s Blog of the WeekRead… Read more »

Looking for a Government HRIS job?

I had the pleasure of attending the IHRIM HRM Strategies conference yesterday and attended a great session on the Lifecycle of an HRIS Career. The speakers, Kevin Murphy, HRIP, Director SAID, NIH and Tim Newman, HRIP, Associate Director, HR Systems and Business Transformation, US Navy, offered great insight on what skill set and backgrounds translateRead… Read more »