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By Derrick G. Silas (Деррик Дж. Сайлас), Communications Director for the National Association of GovernmentCommunicators and Web Communications Developer for the City of Enid (Oklahoma). In October 2012, I had the privilege of speaking to Russian delegates who visited Enid, Oklahoma as part of the Open World Program. The program brings young political and civicRead… Read more »
By BryanDouglass Editor’s note: We first saw this blog at WayIn and asked Bryan Douglass to repost here. We believe the conclusions in this post are relevant to most organizations today, especially federal government organizatioins. – bg. Times have been tough. Consumers lack comfort in spending and businesses are struggling for comfort without them. AsRead… Read more »
GSA’s SPF program is a professional development program that provides federal employees in-depth training on sustainability. The fellowship covers regulatory requirements, industry trends, systems thinking concepts, and provides hands on sustainability project experience. As part of the fellowship, each employee will receive training in relevant sustainability in procurement topics, perform substantive work on sustainability initiatives,Read… Read more »
Long-considered to be the “Oscars” of government service, the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals (Sammies) celebrate the best and brightest of our civil service – men and women who perform real-life acts of heroism away from the camera’s lens. The 2012 Sammies Winners Each day, federal workers are making high-impact contributions to theRead… Read more »
We depend on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure that the medical innovations are safe and effective. Director of Innovate FDA and PEW Health Expert, Kathleen Stratton, has said, “FDA has a critical mission to promote and protect the public health and we should all care about their ability to do that.” ChrisRead… Read more »
Most Americans will tell you that their number 1 issue in this past Presidential election was the economy. So Obama’s contribution to the economic upturn in various cities must have helped him clinch the win, right? Wrong. I read an interesting study on the relationship between votes for Obama and the economy and was surprisedRead… Read more »
I was watching a friend get crushed by his incompetent superior. It seemed inadvertent, unsuccessful, and painful. Actually, incompetent was too strong a word. The superior was overmatched by his environment, and didn’t take appropriate action. I see that happening a lot. Which got me thinking about loyalty. There is an internal efficiency to demonstratingRead… Read more »
By RyanKamauff Led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, with Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures Palo Alto, Calif. (December 5, 2012) – ClearStory Data, a company delivering a new big data solution that makes it simple for business users to find, combine and interactively analyze data from corporate sources and disparate third-party sources, today announcedRead… Read more »
Stop wishing and start asking for what you want It happens to everyone eventually. You don’t get what you want. Maybe it was the pony you really wanted at Christmas or the job promotion that went to a colleague. It really doesn’t matter because it always hurts, not getting what you want. I think mostRead… Read more »