Yesterday I had the chance to sit in on a hearing by the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. It was titled “Inspiring Students to Federal Service.” I took some notes and thought I’d share them in the form of brief summaries of each of theRead… Read more »
WILL THERE BE ANY REVISED LDA GUIDANCE THIS JUNE? Check here if you’re anxiously awaiting the potential release of new LDA guidance. LOBBYING AND THE DEBT LIMIT. Roll Call. “K Street lobbyists are scrambling to defend industry tax breaks and spending programs from ending up as fodder to reduce the deficit in the debt limitRead… Read more »
There are two separate components within Cost of Quality (COQ) and you must have a complete understanding of both of them for your PMP Exam. One is the Cost of Nonconformance, which is the money (and time) that will be spent due to the failure of a deliverable from your project. The other is theRead… Read more »
I didn’t attend the ‘why management wont come to camp’ session at the weekend because my own failed efforts to bring anyone else from my organisation felt like education enough. People wont give up their Saturdays. Some wont because they go home at 5 o clock and that’s it, because they feel they don’t getRead… Read more »
The Brainteaser Interview question As I mentioned in my last post, there are three types of stress-based interviews. The third type of stressful interview question is the brainteaser. This is an unanswerable Zen-Koan type question that has no easy answer and is designed to test whether you are going to drop dead when faced withRead… Read more »
FPMI has great training classes on Telework that will help those who take secure / nonsecure work home or to other remote sites. Check out their website in the Fall – that’s when they will be offering classes – even a short webinar. Current legislation mandates telework training for teleworkers and telesupervisors – this isRead… Read more »
I hear this a lot: “I only do FFP, so I don’t need to know cost reimbursement contracts”. When I hear that, my stomach turns over. You may not need to know that now, but you don’t know where you’ll be in the future. (Plus I just like learning). I wouldn’t want to work forRead… Read more »
The following job posting can be found on the MaRS website here. So here’s a job for an open data advocate living in, or willing to move to, Toronto. For the right person with the right vision, this could be about getting a group of organizations to open up their data to drive innovation andRead… Read more »
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According to a new report released by Fuel Cells 2000, America’s fuel cell market continues to expand. The new data is available in State of the States: Fuel Cells in America 2011. The new data provided in the report shows that California, Connecticut, New York, Ohio and South Carolina led the way last year inRead… Read more »