The U.S. Navy Chief of Information yesterday announced the organization’s Mass Communication Specialists of the Year. Navy Mass Communications Specialists are enlisted personnel who perform all aspects of Navy public affairs, journalism, photography and other related functions. Each year, the Navy selects the top performers from sailors serving at sea, on land, and in theRead… Read more »
Apple is uniquely positioned selling more mobile devices than anyone else So not only did Apple sell 3M New iPad’s in the first weekend (at a margin of around $300 a pad, that’s $300M cash in the bank) but they announced their first dividends, and a new stock-buy back plan. Here’s my question though –Read… Read more »
John Singleton Copley’s Mrs. George Watson Somewhere between the letters PhD and CSI lives the amazing work of painting conservators. Part researcher and part detective, they study paintings with state-of-the-art tools that help them see through layers of paint and varnish and enable them to conserve works of art whose colors may have gradually shiftedRead… Read more »
See the latest from GovWin editor Sean Tucker: It was perhaps the most stark assessment of the current federal contracting market anyone has given to date. “Many of you are competing for market share, and not new money.” That’s how Deltek Chief Knowledge Officer Ray Bjorklund opened the Outlook 2012 conference Thursday, speaking to aRead… Read more »
The Combined Federal Campaigns of the National Capital Area, a federal charity drive which raised over $64 million this past year, has had expenses questioned in an audit by the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) inspector general; the audit charged that about $1 million could have been put to better use. The audit noted thatRead… Read more »
HHS Innovation Challenge ($21K Prize): “Now Trending #Health In My Community” Keep your Community Healthy! Leverage open source Twitter data to find illnesses being discussed Select a geographic area of interest Generate a daily list of the top 5 trending illnesses for state and local health departments Join the U.S. Department of Health and HumanRead… Read more »
Wrapping up a two-year, highly successful SharePoint project for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and starting to look for my next contract.
I just became a member of the NJPA Cooperative Purchasing Program. They have a very strong catalog of competatively bid contracts that spans many commodities and services. I had an urgent need to purchase from their Grainger contract and they got me signed up as a member in less than 24 hours and connected meRead… Read more »
TOMORROW’S DISCLOSE ACT HEARING. The witness list is online here. CIVIL PENALTY IN RANGEL MATTER. Story here. “Veteran congressman Rep. Charles Rangel and his campaign have agreed to pay a $23,000 civil penalty in a settlement over the use of a rent-stabilized apartment as his campaign headquarters, according to Federal Election Commission documents.” PANEL WITHRead… Read more »
As a woman who has spent pretty much my entire career in the defense industry, I’ve never really felt like a part of the “gender gap” arguments about females working in a male-dominated field. National security – just like the military ranks themselves – have always been male dominated. There’s often good reason for thisRead… Read more »