Despite fear that terrorists could the information to start epidemics, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced they would release the “full details” of experiments done last year by research teams, at Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on the virus known as H5N1, that made the deadlyRead… Read more »
Sometimes pronouncements get made and distributed in email format about a change in direction, etc. When this happens, I sometimes find that the person sending the message doesn’t have an understanding of the recipients. They have not put themselves in the “other person’s shoes”. Therefore, the message is confusing because key points are not addressed.Read… Read more »
Nearly 700 are expected to attend the DoD Enterprise Architecture Conference Apr 30 – May 3 in Miami! will you be one of them? To learn more about the conference, visit the website at: http://www.dodenterprisearchitecture.org
The DC Chapter of the Labor and Employment Association will hold its monthly luncheon on Wednesday Feb 29, 12 pm-1:30 pm, at the historic Woman’s National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington DC. Eileen Hoffman, FMCS mediator, will look at the changes in today’s workplace — especially the presence of at least fourRead… Read more »
The four games on the ColecoVision kiosk Installation is underway for The Art of Video Games exhibition, which opens in less than a month on March 16. Here you can see the back-lit screen captures from the games on the ColecoVision kiosk, which was the first one to be set up and switched on. ToRead… Read more »
As you read this, you may be going through many of the same things that I went through long ago. In fact you’re joined by thousands of other readers right now who are going through much the same thing you are. Some of us are trying to land our first job in project management, someRead… Read more »
Do you ever get the feeling that some agencies pick an acronym for something before they figure out what the full name should be? FCW’s Matthew Weigelt observed that Washington, D.C., is clearly the CEA, or Creative Epicenter of Acronyms. As Matthew writes, the General Services Administration is looking for help in naming a newRead… Read more »
You can leap into citizen-facing mobile strategies and other topics at our “Leap Year” Wikithon on Wednesday, February 29th from 3-5 in D.C.! Wikithons are gatherings of Mobile Gov professionals to create and develop content for the Mobile Gov Wiki and discuss various mobile practices. The wikithon theme this time will be DATA and weRead… Read more »
As Congress goes about grilling Homeland Security over the department’s monitoring of social media—as it did in a hearing last week—a more fulsome understanding of the benefits of social media monitoring and analysis is needed. The value of social media monitoring extends far beyond the important but niche domain of monitoring terrorist chatter online. RatherRead… Read more »
“Networking is a dreeeaaad word for job seekers,” Patra intones. But it’s not as hard as you may think it is. Check out this video and find out how networking may be easier than you think. Why is networking important? Two thoughts: 1. Networking is your window on the “hidden” job market. The vast majorityRead… Read more »