Charts breaking down while indicators turn positive We had some red flags to deal with coming into this past week and the market acted like it. The TSP stock funds all finished in the red as the bulls were not able to hold onto any attempts at a rally. Here are the TSP fund returnsRead… Read more »
Make friends, not ads.™ That’s the message that greeted me when I first opened the Cramer-Krasselt homepage and again when I walked into the lobby for my first interview five months ago. Seemed especially fitting for me as I’ve railed against traditional advertising (“look at me!! come buy my stuff!! Now! Now! Now!”) and traditionalRead… Read more »
Tim O’Reilly speaks about Government as a Platform to address the issues of today for the next generation of Government. Interesting observations about what’s possible – much is already being done or in the works. O’Reilly’s final point: Government and Private Industry are the two halves of the solution. Here’s the link to O’Reilly’s 3Read… Read more »
Dr. Joe Trahan, APR, Fellow PRSA Examples of bad crisis management are readily available, and a common universal element is a slow response. For media relations trainer and PR strategist Dr. Joe Trahan, APR, Fellow PRSA, of Trahan & Associates, the rule is simple: “go ugly early.” In other words, get out and take controlRead… Read more »
Splunk Live DC will be held Tuesday 15 May 2012 at the Ronald Reagan center in downtown DC. This will be a great event to exchange lessons learned on the use of Splunk capabilities for Big Data analysis. Lessons learned and use cases on government related topics will be a key feature. The agenda includesRead… Read more »
This week I was repeatedly annoyed by a fervent, but tiresome project management zealot loudly asserting that new steps should not be part of a project plan. As near as I can tell, this guy does plans, he doesn’t do work. I started pondering the issue and decided that if we can separate planning fromRead… Read more »
Do management plans add value or do they just waste time? You’ve been tagged as an expert in project management by your customer and team. There is a requirement to develop a series of management plans under the construct of a program. Someone taps your shoulder and says you have been volunteered to produce oneRead… Read more »
In the year’s following Hurricane Katrina, federal and state disaster response programs were subjected to a major overhaul in practices to produce a more effective and efficient structure in combating the possibility of devastation. A major consideration in these changes was the role that could [and should] be played by the private sector during aRead… Read more »
This week Ustream gets an injection of political reality, Apple fixes a critical encryption blunder affecting some of its users, FBI documents are leaked detailing their worries over Bitcoin digital currency, and Anonymous takes down more Governmental websites as part of its ongoing operations. UStream Targeted by Advanced Distributed Denial of Service: UStream was theRead… Read more »
With all the social media platforms and collaboration going on, I managed to miss out on all the great posts and discussions on GovLoop. I’ve spent a lot of time on private platforms over the last couple of years, which is very enriching and productive, but I thought it was time to check on myRead… Read more »