At the end of last week, the DOE and Commerce Department announced that they had teamed up to provide $1.3 million for green building skills training through the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program. The funding is intended for training programs that will increase energy efficiency, reduceRead… Read more »
Congratulations to the GovLoop Mentors Program Finalists! As many of you know, the GovLoop Mentors Program is a first-of-its-kind, government-wide initiative that connects public sector professionals across agencies and at every level (federal, state and local). This free program responds to the unprecedented need for effective knowledge transfer and leadership development throughout government. The SpringRead… Read more »
This week’s episode of The Project Management Podcast: I am once again joined by Todd Williams, author of the book Rescue the Problem Project: A Complete Guide to Identifying, Preventing, and Recovering from Project Failure. In our last interview Todd gave us an overview over the process, tools & techniques he recommends for rescuing problemRead… Read more »
When I talk with people in transition this is the question they are asking: will I ever work again? We are in a unique but interesting economic time. There’s the recession, of course. Even more important, however, is the confluence of advances in applying technology, coming of age of automation, and the New Normal ofRead… Read more »
Several months ago, I participated in a unconference in Santa Clara, California, called Overlap. I did it on my time as an investment in my growth. I came away with a renewed sense of purpose and energy that has improved my professional life. It also sparked a change in my awareness of what I do,Read… Read more »
This pointless brouhaha over the Kevin Rudd video has once and for all decided the fact that political reporting, and those that do it, in this country are bereft of what should be political reporting’s very core – objective policy and program analysis of all sides. It is indicative of two things, I think; theRead… Read more »
The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from the Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— Which of the following documents is in a text-oriented format compared to other documents? A.) Organizational Breakdown Structure B.) Responsibility Assignment Matrix C.) Resource Breakdown Structure D.) Role-Responsibility-Authority Forms ——————————Read… Read more »
Question Julie is a project manager leading a project in the hospitality industry. As part of the project she is working with a focus group to determine which flavor of pie people like most. She asked 100 people in the focus group “What is your favorite pie?” and then created the following chart: What typeRead… Read more »
It’s Friday, and we’re catching up on some things we’ve missed over the past few weeks. One of them was the installation of LED lighting on the National Mall. The new bulbs are expected to reduce lighting energy use by 65%. Adding the new bulbs to the Mall was a team effort, and at theRead… Read more »
A post from Patra Frame, U.S. Air Force veteran and ClearedJobs.Net’s HR Specialist. If you have spent a long career in the military or government, the change to the civilian world is often even larger than you expect. Week after week I see people who were accomplished pilots, program managers, XO’s, SMEs, — and whoRead… Read more »