Career

Acquisition, Career

Proposals Writing: Solution Development – Win Themes, Management, Risk, Past Performance, Resumes, Technical Volumes

April 28-29, 2011 in North Bethesda, MD This course will offer you techniques, templates, checklists, and opportunities to develop win themes, management sections, risk sections, past performance references, resumes, and technical volumes. This course focuses on solution development, including Concepts of Operations (CONOPS), and explores in detail the type of content that goes into compliant,Read… Read more »

Career, Communications, Tech

Breaking Down the Social Business Roadmap – Development

Reposted from our AIIM Community Blogs – http://www.aiim.org/community/blogs/community/Breaking-Down-the-Social-Business-Roadmap-Development In continuing of the series of our AIIM Social Business Roadmap blog posts, I will be looking into the topic of development within an organization as one of the 8 steps needed in order to be successful in this new digital age of business, social collaboration andRead… Read more »

Career, Tech

Federal Sustainability Podcast: Grid Friendly Charger Controller for Electric Vehicles

Interview with Peter Christensen, Commercialization Manager at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Welcome back to another edition of CEIL’s Federal Sustainability and Green Government Podcast. In our latest episode, we chat with Peter Christensen, Commercialization Manager at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Peter is an electrical power systems engineer by training and worked for many yearsRead… Read more »

Career

Architecture for New Education

In Perth, Western Australia, yesterday, I met up with Dimitri Kapetas, architect from practice EHDO, who told me about their design for the Beehive Montessori School at Mosman Park. This is described as a “village”, with two phases of development. The first is a library and multi-purpose hall funded by the BER economic stimulus package.Read… Read more »

Career

Why government should be like Disney

Call me a sucker. I’m 42 and on my first visit to Disney World. Yes, it’s the happiest place on earth. Dreams do come true. Heck, it’s the land of milk and honey. And the Federal Government should run more like Disney. Why would I make such a bold audacious statement? Have I been drinkingRead… Read more »

Career

Scam roundup: asphalt pavers, fake payday loan collectors

Two scam alerts: Check N Go impersonators are contacting Washington residents regarding supposedly delinquent payday loans, reports the state Department of Financial Institutions. And the Department of Labor and Industries warns of a seasonal asphalt paving scam that may pressure you to repair your driveway. More details … Original post

Career, Communications

Less Is More: Dr. Diane Gayeski and Information Overload

The National Association of Government Communicators’ (NAGC) 2011 Communications School is a unique training event dedicated to helping government communicators hone their skills. The event will include featured speakers with diverse expertise in the field of communication. Diane M. Gayeski, Ph.D., Dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College, will beRead… Read more »

Career

Job Search Without a College Degree

A post from Patra Frame, ClearedJobs.Net’s HR Strategist Many enlisted military and retiring federal workers who do not have a bachelors degree face a surprise in the civilian job world – the demand for a degree for jobs that they have held. Many federal contracts demand a degree for such jobs when contracted out. SomeRead… Read more »

Career, Project Management, Tech

When APPS and AppStore Have Nothing to Do with APPLE – The Joy of Government Program Acronyms

Authored by Micheal Mullen Government’s long list of acronyms often comes with unintended (or perhaps intended) double meanings. While our first role is to help GovWin members find new opportunities that best suit their company’s specialties, here are a few program names that caught our eye as we were searching through the INPUT database. ForRead… Read more »