The Phone Tips & Tricks series is supported by the Sprint Federal Employee Discount Program. To find awesome discounts visit the Sprint Federal Employee Discount resource center today. I’ve been seeing a lot of images from all over after last week’s east coast earthquake and Hurricane Irene. This got me thinking. Our world has changedRead… Read more »
I can’t tell you how many hours of my life have spent poking around Facebook. It’s one amazing (and addicting) website! But did you know that you can actually save money by being on Facebook? Money on your insurance that is. GEICO recently released their “Get a Quote” app on their Facebook page. I triedRead… Read more »
The United States Department of Defense (DOD) is dedicated to cutting costs over the next few years, but also it faces the challenge of contending with advancing technology and cyber threats. More information is a must, but that information also needs to be secure. In a time of strict budgets, how is the DOD providingRead… Read more »
Being a manager isn’t easy — especially when you’re confronted with tight resources and tough decisions. And being a manager is different from being a leader, right? Leaders cast an inspiring vision and empower people at an organizational level to achieve it. Managers are really the front-line supervisors responsible for ensuring the goals are executedRead… Read more »
The Back to School with Graduate School USA series is supported by the Graduate School USA. Ah. It’s back to school season. School kids are buying new backpacks and binders while college students are doing the annual run to IKEA to fix up their dorms. So where does that leave you? Ever thought of goingRead… Read more »
Join GovLoop and our partner IBM to learn how to use analytics to boost efficiency and cut costs in our next GovLoop training on 9/8 at 2pm – RSVP **************************************************************************************************************************************** I remember the first time I got excited about statistics. I was in an introductory to statistics class and was taught how to use SPSSRead… Read more »
The New York Times Insight Group recently came out with this really fascinating research on the Psychology of Sharing. Lots of super interesting stuff here, but one section that really interested me are these 6 personas of sharers: The New York Times study found there are six sharing personas for online fans. Understanding these differentRead… Read more »
Members of the GovLoop team recently attended the 2011 Esri User Conference located in beautiful San Diego, California. The conference hosted over 16,000 GIS users including a strong government user community. Here is our first installment of a multiple-part video series. This interview series focuses on how government is using GIS. We had the opportunityRead… Read more »
I’ve been watching the Hurricane bear down the East Coast and been following what various agencies are using for technology. Was trying to put together what each agency should need for communications in disaster 1) Web & capacity- NYC.gov went down for a little while yesterday and people were quite upset. Show’s the need forRead… Read more »
Ever wondered what the biggest online community killer is? I’ve been looking at communities lately of all shapes and sizes. Is it mean bloggers? Spam? Too controversial? Answer: Not Interesting So…how do you keep things interesting? 5 Ways to Make Your Community Interesting 1. Invite people passionate about your subject. I get kicks talking aboutRead… Read more »
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