AFGE was proud to be one of 18 unions that attended the Pride at Work Triennial Convention in Cleveland, Ohio last week. Pride at Work is an AFL-CIO constituency group that gives a voice to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community within the labor movement. The 16 AFGE members who attended the conventionRead… Read more »
By AlexOlesker Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Federal Trade Commission has charged several rent-to-own companies and a software maker over rental computers that illegally used spyware that took “pictures of children, individuals not fully clothed, and couples engaged in sexual activities.” More here. United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice stated thatRead… Read more »
Last week I posted the first in a series of articles about the many purposes for conducting an informational interview. Most commonly, they are used as a tool to build a network in new organizations and career fields. For those of us entering new jobs and career paths, why not use informational interviews to buildRead… Read more »
By RyanKamauff Here’s yesterday’s top tech news and updates iFixit did their teardown of the A6 chipset and Surprise! (it’s made by Samsung) – the Apple A6 was found to have dual custom 1GHz cores running ARMv7 instructions. As well they found 1GB of DDR2 RAM (the same RAM is found in the Droid RAZRRead… Read more »
Good Morning! I am a doctoral student at Rutgers University and would like to interview current or former federal employees for my dissertation on whistleblowing in the federal government. I am interested in talking to people with either direct or indirect experiences of whistleblowing in their agencies, with a focus on organizational and personal factorsRead… Read more »
Dark. Parking lot. I’m with a really smart research scientist, and we’ve been talking long enough we’re getting into new areas. “Have you ever finished a prototype on time?” He laughs, “If it’s controlled by time it’s a project, not a prototype.” Aha! Many watchers try to judge the value of prototype work as ifRead… Read more »
By BobGourley The 2012 FedCyber.com Summit is 15 Nov Please join us for the 2012 FedCyber Summit on 15 Nov 2012. And please help us shape the day by providing your inputs on what you want out of the event. Your engagement is what makes this event action-oriented and practioner-focused. If you have not alreadyRead… Read more »
While largely unreported, earlier this year the NSW government became the first state jurisdiction in Australia to provide a formal written commitment to open government at a Premier level. In Victoria, which took an early lead as a state, Government 2.0 (which isn’t quite the same as open government) never received a formal commitment fromRead… Read more »
Sleeping well is so important to being a good manager. You need the energy, and you have to prevent yourself from becoming irritable. You’ll also likely find, as I have, your high performing employees struggling with sleeping consistently well. On October 8th I’ll have a full post on this, but in the meantime enjoy thisRead… Read more »
by John Verrico, NAGC Director of Professional Development NAGC recently put out a Call for Speakers for the 2013 Communications School. Even at this early stage of planning, the School program is shaping up to be amazing. The theme for the 2013 School is “Government Communicators: Engaging Citizens in Democracy” and promises to touch onRead… Read more »