Last month, the Senate held a hearing on re-tooling government for the 21st century. What’s the background behind recent pushes to reorganize the government and how do they different from perennial calls to do so over the past three decades that have gone no where? The Senate hearing focused on recent U.S. Government Accountability OfficeRead… Read more »
By Andreas Muno More convenience for motorists and virtual queueing were some of the topics of last week’s post. We shall stick with traffic today for starters: As the time spent commuting increases with congested roads during rush-hours, costing Chicagoan and Washingtonian car commuters 70 hours of their lives every year, and $1,166 on averageRead… Read more »
Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel started off what promises to be a great FOSE 2012 Steven VanRoekel kicked off FOSE 2012 with a bang. He gave an intriguing, educational and creative presentation that gave good insight into what the federal government is doing right now, and how they are solving the problem of innovating on aRead… Read more »
Ralph Smith is the president and a co-founder of FedSmith.com. Sign up for the FedSmith.com free daily email newsletter to get the latest news affecting federal employees. There are plenty of reasons to be concerned about our economic future. Headlines from Europe scream about countries defaulting with investors in Greece potentially taking a 70% lossRead… Read more »
(humor courtesy of the Kansas Kit Kar Klub newsletter) Have you ever seen (or wanted to write) one of these Top 10 comments in a performance review? #10. “I would not permit this employee to breed.” # 9. “Some drink from the fountain of knowledge; he only gargled.” # 8. “When she opens her mouth,Read… Read more »
Survey says…. No. Make sure you are fully informed before spending money on PMP training of any kind. Knowledge is power, and there are tons of free resources out there for you to learn how deep the water is before you dive in. So I’ll take this opportunity to give some tips and point youRead… Read more »
TIMES EDITORIAL ON VAN HOLLEN V. FEC. Here. POLITICALMONEYLINE.COM RELAUNCH. Here. Q1 FCPA REPORT. FCPA Blog. “But over the last three months, individual defendants captured most of the attention. There were acquittals, mistrials, dismissals, and sentencings that were all high-profile enforcement events.” STEVENS REPORT COST. The Post. “The mistakes by prosecutors handling the corruption trialRead… Read more »
Check in for updates on FOSE 2012 FOSE starts soon, and I, for one, can’t wait. It will be jampacked with some excellent speakers and the expo floor will be filled with innovative technologies. Now many of you probably can’t make it, so for you, I will be live-blogging here and providing some wrap-ups onRead… Read more »
As the Human Resources expert for the Results-Only Work Environment team, I get asked quite often: “Hourly employees cannot work in a ROWE, right? They have to track time and be in the office.” And, honestly, every time I hear this question, I cringe. So, today, I want to set the record straight. Yes, hourlyRead… Read more »
Every 10 years the Census Bureau releases records from 72 years ago, of individual citizens. The 1940 Census data were released this morning. Right now when you go to the site, you’ll see this message: Now I don’t want to rag on the people at the Bureau or the company they partnered with to hostRead… Read more »