Blog Series: So You Hired a Gen Y – Now Get The Most Out of Them! Phase 3 – Target A Tolero Solutions blog series on how to utilize Gen Y using the Gen Y Recruitment and Retention Lifecycle™ by Scott Span! In a previous post So You Hired a Gen Y – Now GetRead… Read more »
Have you discovered Anne Holland’s wonderful website, “Which Test Won?” I discovered it through a recent Gerry McGovern article, “It’s Not What People Say – It’s What They Do;” and – of course – I had to play. Each week, Anne posts two side-by-side test sites. She tells you what specific element or words wereRead… Read more »
This program is online mentoring class to help expose and train people new to the acquisition field. Duties Be a member of the group “YAP Mentoring – Fall 2010 Class” Regularly communicate with your Mentor or Mentee. Participate in the group. Program lasts 3 months. You make the most of it once paired. Registering MentorsRead… Read more »
Ever wonder how much DC Government collects in “Out of state Vehicle Registration Fees”?. What about the “Underground Storage Tank Fines and Fees”? Library Fines? What about the proceeds from busting illegal gambling and narcotics operations? Where does this money go? What services does it fund? Now you can research this and other similar informationRead… Read more »
I used to be a project manager in government. There were many times that I had about 70 projects in the works, and all in different stages. Some of these projects were really struggling. In the government world, a floundering project meant that the community just couldn’t get it going for any number of reasons.Read… Read more »
Video and audio are available for Tom Bruce’s presentation on Technical Principles for Law.gov, given 18 June 2010 at the Harvard Law.gov Workshop at the Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The video and audio are provided by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. The presentation focuses on five proposedRead… Read more »
This post originally appeared on my external blog, “Social Media Strategery.“ I recently came across this funny (and too true) post by Todd Heim on social media villains that piqued both my long-time interest in super-heroes and super-villains and all things Government 2.0 too. While we pump up the Gov 2.0 Heroes (and even hadRead… Read more »
Sterling is an Acquisition Freak and keeps a blog at AllThingsSterling.Posterous.com. This touches on ontology (the study of existence), but it has a lot to do with government work. What is perfection? We normally think of it as ever-constant, singular, and unattainable. Whenever I think I’ve found the Perfect, and I’m perfectly calm and happy,Read… Read more »
In the last posting for my featured Govloop series and Phase One Consulting Group’s “Transformation in the Federal Sector” blog, otherwise known as “jennovation”, I highlighted the major motivations for public-private partnerships. In the discussion resulting from that posting, it was clear that there was some confusion about what forms public-private partnerships can take. AreRead… Read more »
Sara Estes Cohen Project Manager, Teracore, Inc. www.teracore.com Department of Homeland Security First Responder Communities of Practicehttps://communities.firstresponder.gov Govloop.com Gulf Coast Oil Spill Forumhttps://www.govloop.com/group/gulfcoastoilspillforum 1. What was your path to public service/current job? Born and raised in New Orleans, after college I moved home and I was living there and working as a rock and rollRead… Read more »