The National Center for Telehealth and Technology develops technologies to support psychological health and traumatic brain injury recovery in the military community. They developed the Breathe2Relax appto help with mood control, anger and stabilization. The Breathe2Relax app, available on the iOS and Android, helps users learn the stress management skill called diaphragmatic breathing. According toRead… Read more »
Top Member Blogs The internet is a weird place and getting eyes to your content is hard. Of course there are tricks like SEO (search engine optimization), catchy headlines, and in the case of GovLoop getting in the carousel or newsletter. But more so than anything else the thing that drives eyes to content isRead… Read more »
This year’s collection of Ah-Ha moments in no particular order. Doing Leads to Understanding – I designed the software architecture for a project and saw clearly how the pieces related to each other. I made changes to enhance its functionality from this structural knowledge. Can’t Predict What May Move Readers – In a blog postRead… Read more »
It’s a rather obvious observation that the modern world is complex and confusing. There is a lot that have major influences on our lives but we don’t know much about. Things like climate change, global poverty, Mideast peace, etc. When we feel ignorant about a subject that affects us personally, we do research to learnRead… Read more »
GovLoop – Year in Review, A Look Ahead I love the end of the year as it’s a great time to reflect on the year that has been and plan for the year ahead. 2011 Review 2011 was an awesome year here in the Govloop community. This last week, as a community, we’ve done aRead… Read more »
Do you ever feel unproductive while driving to work? I’m all about cranking up my music and letting my hair fly in the wind – but are there ways to maximize our time other than letting off steam before walking into the office? Here’s a poll: If your boss mandated or simply offered audio trainingRead… Read more »
5. Elizabeth Warren – Former Chairman of the Congressional Oversight Panel; Former US Special Advisor to the President on Consumer Financial Protection; 2012 US Senate Democratic Candidate in Massachusetts After establishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Harvard Law Professor returned to Massachusetts to run for the United States Senate. Pundits were unsure how theRead… Read more »
VMware provides agility in much needed combat operations The US Army III Corps is headquartered in Ft Hood, TX. III Corps has a rich history of support to the nation, including forming the leadership element and HQ of Multi-National Corps – Iraq in 2004. They are a battle tested major element of the US Army.Read… Read more »
On a regular basis polling shows the American public has very little trust/faith in the ability of government. G. Edward DeSeve has a great post on Governing.com expressing his thoughts on six factors that are important for the public to regain trust in government. Excerpts from his post are below: Honesty: Ethical behavior is oftenRead… Read more »
With the holiday celebration over, the eggnog finished, and dinner a very pleasant memory, we went to see War Horse (liked it). Early in the movie, the boy and the horse took on the monumental challenge of plowing a field of thick deep-rooted grass and stone for the first time. They succeeded. What we watchedRead… Read more »