A lot of Feds out there think of themselves as Project Managers but for the most of us that run projects where a contractor is doing the actual work, I hate to be the one to break it to you but you’re not just a Project Manager, you’re also a Contract Manager. Meaning, you’re responsibleRead… Read more »
press release Jan. 31, 2012, 1:00 p.m. EST Sprint Leads Wireless Industry in Green Power, Securing No. 13 on EPA Fortune 500(R) Green Power Partner List Only wireless carrier named to National Top 50 OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Jan 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Sprint Nextel /quotes/zigman/240259/quotes/nls/s S +1.28% announced today that the company has movedRead… Read more »
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: The Department of Education Released it’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness Forms and Instructions Today!!! Find it here! If you have student loans and you work for the government, non-profit, hospital, attorney, teacher etc…You will want this info. Full info below and at http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/PSF.jsp#Q9Downloads – Public Sector Loan Forgiveness Form – Employment Certification WhatRead… Read more »
One of the new and improved features of USAJOBS 3.0 is the ability to make your UPLOADED résumé searchable! This means your résumé saved as a Word document, or PDF, uploaded from your computer under the “Résumé” tab, is now searchable. However, just because you upload your résumé in Word, or a PDF, does notRead… Read more »
Possibly not of global relevance (yet), but since it is my home town I thought I’d give it a quick shout-out: Earlier today, Offenes Köln (Open Cologne) was officially announced. It’s a grassroots project by Marian Steinbach in Cologne, Germany that aims to make information, documents and data related to local government available (and accessible)Read… Read more »
CPAP is proud to announce that Dr. James C. Scott, Sterling Professor of Political Science and Professor of Anthropology at Yale University will be the Keynote Speaker at this year’s High Table event on March 30th–31st in Blacksburg. Program and registration information is available at http://www.cpe.vt.edu/hightable/.We hope to see you there! Original post
From the City of Virginia Beach: “City of Virginia Beach Summer Internship for Students Department of Public Works Summary: The City of Virginia Beach Department of Public Works Internship Program is designed to recruit diverse college students majoring in Public Administration, Government, Political Science or related field. The program provides viable full-time work experiences duringRead… Read more »
FREE eBook: 8 Success Factors For Successful Mentoring Learn how to optimize your Mentoring program! A comprehensive study in 2006 by Gartner, a Connecticut-based research firm of over 1,000 workers over a 5 year period, revealed the following benefits of mentoring: 25% of employees who enrolled in a mentoring program had a salary-grade change, whileRead… Read more »
No matter how small the problem, the potential for complexity can make it something else altogether. Watch! Original post
I’ve been working as part of a civic organization and recently noticed some illuminating behavior. One member of our team gets fairly constant praise for average work. I never thought much about it, but then as results got worse, the praise increased. It has gotten to the point where pointless adulation is a significant partRead… Read more »