A butterflies wings flap. Someone sends a tweet. A government falls and rises again. But the beauty of Twitter is not in the very great consequences but in the small. Not the detail neither but in the flow and sway of unguarded conversations and chit chat about the weather. I can’t remember where my ownRead… Read more »
DHS CPO talks acquisition challenges and we answer your career questions with Frank DiGiammarino by GovLoop Insights On today’s program for Wednesday April 25th, 2012: Riding the procurement wave— and dealing with tight economic times with DHS top procurement official — Nick Nayak. Frank DiGiammarino answers your career questions. Are you ready? It’s just 195Read… Read more »
Federal procurement has seen a lot of changes since its inception back in the 1940s. Right now federal contracting does more than $500 billion dollars annually. 19 of those billion dollars are from the Department of Homeland Security. Nick Nayak is the Chief Procurement Officer at DHS. He joined Chris Dorobek on the DorobekINSIDER programRead… Read more »
How hard can it be to do federal business development? All you need is to be good with people and a willingness to talk to decision makers, right? If it were so easy, why for years has BD been given a bad name, and why have many companies struggled to hire business developers who produceRead… Read more »
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Well, we finished discussing the 3 parts of the career framework – the who, the what and the why. We’ve got them at the bottom of the post. I hope as you have listened to the discussions that some of it resonates with you and your personal situation. As you read the recommended books orRead… Read more »
What is worse than job hunting? Not a whole lot! Job searching is perhaps the most grueling tiresome task anyone can do. It can take forever to find the right job that has the salary requirement you are looking for, doing what you want to be doing, and qualified enough to get the interview. AfterRead… Read more »
After a two year investigation, hearing from twenty five witnesses and receiving 5,000 pages of evidence, a Special Grand Jury report in Suffolk County, New York concluded that a small but powerful group of Suffolk County Officials intentionally corrupted and undermined the county Ethics Commission. Some of the amazing findings of the Grand Jury include:Read… Read more »
According to the President, if Congress doesn’t act soon, the interest rates on student loans will double on July 1st. This is the equivalent of another $1,000 per year of interest. Personally, this doesn’t affect me. Thanks to the GI Bill, I never had student loans and I saved enough to pay my childrens’ tuition,Read… Read more »
All groups are now open and active on TheIntelligenceCommunity.com Two new member added groups today! These groups are great additions to our site and support our mission to support and serve the Intelligence & National Security Community. We look forward to the addition of future member created groups and are confident that these groups willRead… Read more »