Amtrak conductors to use iPhones for e-ticketing rollout
Amtrak expects to roll out its e-ticketing program next summer, providing conductors with scanner-equipped iPhones to register passenger tickets. Original post
Project Management
Encouraging Transparency, Accountability And Confidence In Government
Beginning in 2009, the city of Collinsville, Illinois, (pop. 26,000; in southern Illinois near St. Louis) implemented a performance management system that allows it to evaluate what programs are and are not working. A cross-functional group of employees from every city department, has worked over the past two years to build the foundation for theirRead… Read more »
Holiday Stress Management 1.0 : Five Tips for Reducing or Alleviating Stress This Holiday Season!
How many dinners and parties and office engagements have you been invited to this holiday season? Are you really ready for this? Emotionally and physically? Try not to think about what you were doing last year! Have you decided not to attend most of them? Perhaps you”re alone(relationship) this year and would rather just getRead… Read more »
Minh’s story
This month, we are featuring a series of stories from our Fellows, in their own words. We hope you’ll enjoy learning more about these remarkable young people, and how they are making our cities better places to live, work and play. Grit – “the willingness to commit to long-term goals, and to persist in theRead… Read more »
Approaching change (almost) asymptotically
The skill of a pilot is in bringing vertical speed to zero just at the landing point. The skill of a bell ringer is in bringing rotational speed to zero just at the balance point. The skill of managing change is in making the rate of change as close to zero as possible at theRead… Read more »
Me on The Future of Collaborative Enterprise
French collaboration expert, Thierry De Baillon and his colleagues have been working on a project entitled The Future of Collaborative Enterprise, that, in their words is intended to be: … a laboratory, an attempt to pave the path to a plausible future, by drafting actionable scenarios of what “social” organizations might look like and operateRead… Read more »
Free PMP Exam Sample Question
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: —————————— Sensitivity Analysis has strong similarities to which of the following?A.) Probability DistributionsB.) Risk IdentificationC.) Design of ExperimentsD.) Statistical Sampling ——————————Hint: Sensitivity Analysis is a risk analysis technique not a riskRead… Read more »
Wanted: Political Leaders Intent on Solutions, Not Adulation
This week President Obama laid out his vision for America and his rationale as to why he should be re-elected. In a nearly hour-long speech, he sought to firmly establish himself as the defender of the middle class. While the ideals underpinning his rhetoric are laudable, the approach of demonizing various segments of society isRead… Read more »
Deltek Pulse: Justice/Public Safety and Homeland Security November Review
Deltek Analyst Kristin Howe reports. November was a slow month for procurement within the homeland security and justice and public safety (JPS) verticals. The word cloud below provides a graphic representation of the words most commonly found in this month’s solicitation titles. Equipment, maintenance, services, police and security were all popular topics. Number of PublicRead… Read more »
Phone Tips & Tricks: Most Annoying Ringtone
The Phone Tips & Tricks series is supported by the Sprint Federal Employee Discount Program. To find awesome discounts visit the Sprint Federal Employee Discount resource center today. These days, everyone seems to have the same phone as the person next to them, and in most cases, the same generic ringtone to go with it.Read… Read more »