By John Verrico, Director of Professional Development for NAGC On September 16, government communicators in the nation states of South Eastern Europe will be signing an historic declaration of commitment to the principles of open government. The signing will be the culmination of the first ever South Eastern European Government Communication Conference (SEECOM) in Budva,Read… Read more »
A baby girl, just taking her first steps, fell backwards, hitting her head on the sidewalk. She looked up at me trying to figure out what had just happened. I looked back at her and started a big laugh. She thought for a few seconds and started laughing with me. Crisis averted. Her mother startedRead… Read more »
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Information Innovation Office is requesting information on potential performers for classified Computer Network Operations Research and Development. More here. The Obama administration told a federal court that the public has no “reasonable expectation of privacy” in cellphone location data, andRead… Read more »
Hey folks! First of all, I want to thank each of you for connecting with Pulse + Signal and reading about issues, perspectives and people moving public health forward through innovation. Over the next few months there will be some changes that I think you all will enjoy when it comes to content here asRead… Read more »
Please join AFGE SSA Local 3615 on Thursday, September 20th in Falls Church, VA to meet our newly elected national officers and learn more about union benefits. Lunch will be served. Click here for more information. Filed under: AFGE Information, Events, Uncategorized Tagged: Local 3615, lunch and learn, national officers Original post
According to Stephen Covey, author of 7 Habits for Highly Effective People, habit two tells us to “Begin with the end in mind”. Part of this is developing a personal mission statement that speaks to your character – the values, ideals, and morals that inform your life decisions. A well-developed personal mission statement can serveRead… Read more »
BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE September 5, 2012 by Ron Manderscheid 0 Comments Share on facebookShare on linkedinShare on twitterShare on google | More Sharing ServicesShare | Print The Coalition for Whole Health has undertaken key election tasks this year With the annual demarcation of the Labor Day Holiday, Election 2012 is now in full swing. As inRead… Read more »
Here is yesterday’s top tech news and stories. Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, reported on the status of Android devices – they are seeing 1.3M activations a day, to total 480M devices, and even 70k tablet activations a day. A lot of their strength is on sales of devices such as the Samsung Galaxy SIII,Read… Read more »
Conventional wisdom among many stock market analysts used to be that highly successful social media companies such as Facebook, Groupon and others would fare well in the U.S. stock market. Yet, surprisingly, just the opposite has occurred in many instances invovling the largest and most successful social media sites. Some social media outfits have seenRead… Read more »
Here is a fun piece by The Next Web highlighting a variety of predictions that were made regarding the internet, some dating as far back as 1969. I love retrospectives like this because they are a good way to learn how to make better predictions and, as a result, better decisions. Don’t be one ofRead… Read more »