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The Federal Coach: Of Cigarettes, Rats and Trans Fats: CDC Director Thomas Frieden on Leading in Public Health, When Success is What You Don’t See

Dr. Thomas R. Frieden became the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in June 2009, following a seven-year stint as New York City Health Department Commissioner. He has worked on tuberculosis issues in New York and India and spent 12Read… Read more »

Celebrating FEEA’s 25th Anniversary: Two Remarkable Men Were Honored and Awarded!

On the evening of June 21, The Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund (FEEA) held their 25th Anniversary Celebration in a statuesque room in the United States Capitol where they celebrated the tremendous years of FEEA. While celebrating FEEA’s 25th Anniversary, FEEA Executive Director Steve Bauer kicked off the event with an overview of theRead… Read more »

Blog Recap: Yesterday’s Hearing On Inspiring Students To Federal Service

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 »

House ethics issues, lobbying guidance and debt, microdonors, and more political law links here

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 »

Why management wont come? #localgovcamp

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 »

Stress-based interviews: the Brain Teaser

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 »

Re; Taking Government Work Home

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 »