Non-supervisory positions above GS 12
Are federal agencies offering GS 12/13 or GS 13 (1102) non-supervisory positions? If so, please post the name of the agency or job announcement #.
Recorded Future for Corporate Security Monitoring
Recorded Future creates an index of past, present and predicted events from over 150,000 online sources and provides visualization tools to help analysts harness the predictive power of the web. Here’s another interesting use case for Recorded Future, this time from their website: Recorded Future for Corporate Security monitoring allows security professionals to track theRead… Read more »
Disaster Intervention Strategy: A Team Effort with local, state, federal and NGOs
Just hours after the Joplin tornado tore through Joplin, Missouri, an experienced team of Americorps and Senior Corps arrived in the devastated town and began relief efforts. Within three days, the Americorps and Senior Corps team had reached 200; by one month: 300. These members were crucial in directing and managing the 60,000 volunteers thatRead… Read more »
Pre-conference activities offered up by NCDD Seattle attendees
For this year’s NCDD conference, we’re encouraging attendees to self-organize workshops and gatherings on the day before the conference, and the list of options is growing! Check out the current list of pre-conference activities that have been popping up at www.ncdd.org/events/pre-conference. At this point, you can participate in workshops on Methods Mapping with the GroupRead… Read more »
Run your IT organization like a business
The current economic climate has put a particular emphasis on the efficiency and effectiveness of organizational projects and IT portfolios. Programs and projects that are unable to demonstrate a reasonable return on investment are being punished, and in many cases rightfully so. Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on your particular vantage point, management’s axe is fallingRead… Read more »
Lies, Damned Lies, and Open Data
I have an article titles Lies, Damn Lies and Open Data in Slate Magazine as part of their Future Tense series. Here, for me, is the core point: On the surface, the open data movement was about who could access and use government data. It rested on the idea that data was as much aRead… Read more »
The Impact of Health IT and What it Means for You
“Oh yeah, I totally understand the health care system and the role that I, as well as doctors, nurses and other medical staff interact on my behalf” – No One. Let’s face it, the health care system hasn’t been something that any of us would call easy to understand or even a comfortable experience. BetweenRead… Read more »
Call for Comments to the EEOC’s new strategic plan due 9/18
It seems that change is afoot. The EEOC is seeking public comments (see below) on a proposed new strategic plan that it hopes will be more effective than the EEOC’s prior practice of filing individual lawsuits against select employers. In its new plan, the EEOC says it will strategically attack practices and issues that adverselyRead… Read more »
Monday Pick Me Up
After a Labor Day hiatus, we are back. With none other than “The Work Song” by Corbin/Hanner. Original post
John Boyer and His World Regions Class at Virginia Tech Request a Visit From President Barack Obama
If you’re the President, can you say no to this? Of course not!! 🙂 Have a great rest of your weekend!! 🙂