I found a story on American Public Media’s Marketplace fascinating. The interview discussed a recent paper by researchers at Stanford and Harvard that reveal that employers are more interested in what you may accomplish that what you already have. Essentially, people want to believe in the promise of what someone has to offer more thanRead… Read more »
I first became familiar with Code for America while interning for the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. Jen Pahlka and Abhi Nemani came to speak with us. I loved the work that I was exposed to at Brookings and wanted to discover how I could get more involved with cityRead… Read more »
Honored that our book, Seeing is Believing, was favorably mentioned in the book Millenial Momentum by Morley Winograd and Mchael Hais, http://www.amazon.com/dp/0813551501/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=8061054327&ref=pd_sl_1k1qyh699a_e … Also, in the new book about the BYU Football program entitled, Running into the Wind: Bronco Mendenhall – 5 Strategies for Building a Successful Team, by Paul Gustavson and Alyson Von Feldt,Read… Read more »
On July 26, 2012, the Center for Technology in Government (CTG) at the University of Albany / SUNY issued a press release announcing, in cooperation with SAP, an open government thought leadership program. I recently attended CTG’s workshop on this topic, along with 25 colleagues from government and academia, and we’re excited about the upcomingRead… Read more »
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 »