Originally posted by Laureen Miles Brunelli, About.com Guide to Work-at-Home Moms Of course the big legislative news this week is the financial reform bill, but in other news, the House passed the Telework Improvement Act. The bill, which the Senate had already passed, calls for an increase in the number of telecommuting federal employees. President… Read more »
Not a Govloop Member? 30 Secs & Free to Join for Great Info & Perks I’ve had a lot of bosses and there are always things I wish they did. Some were subtle and others a little broader. So here’s my top 5: Fire the Lazy Worker – Everybody knows X, Y, and Z do… Read more »
Flash back to the GovLoop retro archives: President’s SAVE Award – Sounds Wicked Cool That was my blog post one year ago when I heard about President Obama’s new project that invites Federal employees to share money-saving ideas. Then this week, the White House sent me an email asking if GovLoop would help to promote… Read more »
Used Google Translate to offer the GovLoop community a glimpse of what’s happening with a sister community over in the Netherlands: Week 28 … Again, no World Cup, a grand welcome in Amsterdam. Netherlands loves to celebrate. The heat of summer days and holidays will thus gradually affect the activities ambtenaar20.nl. Also for editors. This… Read more »
USA.gov just launched a mobile app directory. What’s your favorite? Me – I have the TSA app and it’s pretty good for wait times. http://apps.usa.gov/?v=all Any other cool ones at state/local/interantional levels? Favorite
Thanks to our friends at Human Resources IQ we have several post event podcasts from our awesome speakers at this year next Generation of Government Summit. Hear what the speakers though about the conference and also elaborate on their talks. http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/podcenter.cfm?externalID=598 – Nick Charney http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/podcenter.cfm?externalID=597 – Tom Fox http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/podcenter.cfm?externalID=599 – Misti Burmeister http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/podcenter.cfm?externalID=579 – Dave… Read more »
Want to do something incredible in your life? 1. Get excited. 2. Get a vision. 3. Get it done! It’s not rocket science. It’s more having a pulse. Be honest with who you are, what makes you tick, and what drives you to bliss (ie; what you’re doing when you forget to eat/sleep). The world… Read more »
Hey guys, I’ll lay it out there for you. Coming out of a conference with 200+ emerging government leaders and priceless mentors is leaving me with a better jolt than 3 sugar-free redbulls could swing. Since I’m so ramped up, my head is not quite yet forming complete sentences, so I’ll write this post in… Read more »
Mary Cummings of NASA shared her experiences in setting up “Mentor and Reverse Mentoring” Programs and how to have a successful mentor relationship. There are many types of mentoring programs: – Formal – Informal – Traditional/One-on-One – Situational/Flash Mentoring – Peer – E-Mentoring – Group/One-to-Many – Reverse Mary shared an instance of where a very… Read more »
Career Conversations panel with Jim Williams (former GSA) and Lisa Schlosser (EPA), with awesome facilitation by Jeremy Rissi. For best results, read from the bottom up! nextgengovt: RT @ClearedJobsNet: get to know each other, emulate good leaders, know your leaders, don’t gossip & read about leadership as per Lisa Schlosser#ngg10 2 minutes ago via TweetDeck… Read more »
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