Meet MEP at a Recruitment Conference or Tradeshow
Keep checking our Events page to see the trade shows and recruitment events that MEP will be attending or exhibiting in 2011. We hope to meet you soon!
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Going to Citrix Synergy in SF tomorrow. Are you going?
http://www.citrixsynergy.com/I’m going to the learn latest and great about desktop virtualization tomorrow at Citrix Synergy. Are you going? Let me know what your think. Are you looking at VDI in your agency? What are the drivers? Key apps? Benefits? blog.cisco.com/government
Recruitment 411: Real Life Recruiting in a Virtual World
Today’s guest blogger is Frank Stipe; Frank manages the IRS Recruitment Office’s virtual recruitment program. We invite you to reach out to Frank in Second Life, where he’s known as RobinRasperry Sorbet. In today’s world, word-of-mouth is still the most powerful and trusted communications channel. In Second Life, IRS takes word-of-mouth marketing to the nextRead… Read more »
Washington gets $23m for health insurance exchange
Washington has received a $23 million federal grant to create a new health insurance exchange through the state’s Health Care Authority plan. The health insurance exchange is a key component of federal health care reform and builds on a series of recent legislative and funding moves designed to create a comprehensive response to health careRead… Read more »
What Skills Do Future Feds Need? Win Free Tickets For Your Answer!
Government is certainly changing but getting the job done can’t change. Human Capital and getting good people into government is becoming increasingly more important and hard at the same time. Never fear though GovLoop wants to help you out with FREE tickets to an awesome conference: FPMI’s Annual Human Capital Management Conference & Expo. JustRead… Read more »
Are You Impacted by BRAC and Wondering What To Do
A post by Patra Frame, ClearedJobs.Net’s HR Strategist. Once it seemed so far away and so full of tough choices that it was easy to postpone decisions. But here your BRAC changes still are and the deadlines approach. What now? Step 1. What are you actually facing? Great job, moving to a distant location –Read… Read more »
Friday Fab Five: Vanishing Pensions, Sting Operations, and the Wisdom of Crowds
It’s time to “take 5” for the… Friday Fab 5! We had a busy week here on the site. Lots of great content and even more great comments! I wish we could recognize them all, but alas, we only have the time to highlight a few. So without further ado… Today’s Blog of the WeekRead… Read more »
Unhappy About “unprecedented assault on the federal worker”
Federal workers have a message for the White House: Keep your hands off my retirement benefits. Already enduring a two-year pay freeze in the name of deficit reduction, federal employees are now facing cuts to their generous retirement packages — a possible outcome of bipartisan debt talks led by Vice president Joe Biden. “Federal workersRead… Read more »
Reducing Budget Concerns with Teleworking Programs
In this edition of CivSource’s The Gallery, Christina Morrison, HP Public Sector Marketing Manager, discusses the benefits of teleworking in state and local government agencies, from cost savings to environmental benefits. The recent recession took a significant toll on the finances of state and local governments, and despite the recent economic uptick, many government agenciesRead… Read more »
Open Grantmaking – Enabling high performance social enterprise
OpenRFP.net will function as a “Social Innovation Marketplace”. This means it will also help to incubate, launch and fast-track Social Enterprise organizations, achieving two key goals: Enabling Social Impact investing Pioneering Open Government Grantmaking best practices Enabling Social Impact investing As well as the Canadian Government RFPs from MERX, our other growth areas will includeRead… Read more »