Abolishment of The National Security Personnel System (NSPS)
Abolishment of NSPS
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Federal Eye: Astronaut families press NASA’s case with administration
A group memorializing astronauts killed in the line of duty and their families has invoked their names in an effort to convince the Obama administration to drop its planned changes to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The group’s outreach comes as lawmakers and other space advocates have called on the White House to continueRead… Read more »
Law.gov Upcoming Events [Updated]
[NOTE: These events are being tweeted on Twitter at #lawgov.] Here are upcoming events in connection with the Law.gov legal open government data project: April 28, 2010: Duke Law.gov Workshop, co-sponsored by Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain, and to be held at Duke Law School, Durham, North Carolina [added 11 MarchRead… Read more »
How do you recognize and reward your people?
Messages about our upcoming “Best in Class Competition” (BICC) are going out at work. On the Coast Guard side of my life, I see folks taking a hard look at the Coast Guard Innovationprogram and considering how they can take part. These are both great programs in the two places where I spend my professionalRead… Read more »
The February Open Government Directive Workshop
This article is co-authored by Lucas Cioffi and Alex Moll, co-organizers of the February Open Government Directive Workshop in partnership with the US General Services Administration, the National Academy of Public Administration, NCDD, and GovLoop. Summary and Purpose of the OGD Workshop The February 17th OGD Workshop in Washington, DC was a blast. We convenedRead… Read more »
Database can Crack Missing Person Cases?
The Associated Press had a story this past Sunday regarding an online database (NamUs) that “promises to crack some of the nation’s 100,000 missing persons cases and provide answers to desperate families.” That’s some database! On further reading it becomes evident that the database isn’t really going to crack anything. How disappointing. Contrary to popularRead… Read more »
An Approach to Accessibility
As you may have heard last week, Google announced that they have added ‘Auto-Captions’ for all videos on YouTube. Google’s hope is to increase its user base and has chosen to focus its attention on accessibility with hopes that users with certain disabilities will leverage the site and find it useful. The reality is thatRead… Read more »
Do It Yourself
A great DIY site is http://www.therealtimjones.com. He gives great suggestions for home improvement projects.
Federal Eye: Eye Opener: The government wants to hand out more prizes
Happy Tuesday! Private companies and philanthropic foundations use contests and prizes all the time to solicit new business ideas or product ideas, and now the government wants in on the action. The Obama administration on Monday released new guidance on how federal agencies can use contests and prizes to encourage more participation from federal workersRead… Read more »
Heavenly Answers for Earthly Problems
I’m SO excited to share details about NASA’s newest, coolest, never-been-done-before sustainability initiative, LAUNCH:Water. Accelerating Innovation for a Sustainable Future. We’ve been working on this project for some time — an innovative collaborative process to “launch” ideas, or disruptive green technologies, that address some of this planet’s growing pains. All props to NASA’s Robbie Schingler,Read… Read more »