Middle of the Project Blues: Why You Need to Use Earned Value Management and the Work Breakdown Structure

For those of you who have tackled a home improvement project, you will come to a point where semi-assembled parts are scattered all around you. This is usually when someone comments on how it looks like you will never finish what you started. With some of the more complex projects, even you doubt that youRead… Read more »

Six Ways Politicians Can Use Pinterest

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — If you were living in a cave during the last quarter of 2011, you may have missed out on hearing about Pinterest – the hottest new social platform to hit the tech scene in some time. Judged by leading tech blog TechCrunch as the best new startup of 2011, PinterestRead… Read more »

Valentine’s Day political law links

HOUSE TRAVEL RULES IN THE NEWS. Roll Call. “Travel disclosure reports filed with the House Ethics Committee show that participants used an exemption that permits additional travel time to far-off locations and paid their own hotel bills for an extra day or two, allowing them to spend several days in Vegas and still accept round-tripRead… Read more »

Hyperlinks in DFARS Prescriptions

This is an relatively easy task that will save time for DoD’s tens of thousands of contracting officers and contract specialists — place hyperlinks in all DFARS clauses to the prescriptions. Some have hyperlinks, some don’t. While this doesn’t have a huge impact for a single person picking out clauses, scale it into thousands ofRead… Read more »

Government Checkbook 2.0

The office of the New York City Comptroller has a great web site that provides a comprehensive look, updated daily, at nearly every check issued by the city. The current Comptroller web site is being updated to provide detailed information about the contracts related to each individual payment, city vendors and the contracts they’re workingRead… Read more »

Designed by PROVOC

We needed a new website, bad. A technology company without a handsome website, is like a jockey without a horse – going nowhere, fast. The stakes were high, not only did our site have to be chock-full of helpful information, but it had look good — the curent site was definitely not going entice would-beRead… Read more »

I Stand for My Rights & Privacy: The Coming Online Police State

“He can either stand with us or with the child pornographers.” This was Mr. Toews’s, the Minister of Justice, counterattack to a question in the house regarding concerns of letting the police monitor citizens internet use without a warrant. Apparently this is our choice: a big brother state or child pornography. This is, of course,Read… Read more »

Sunlight Foundation: Secret Cabinet of Cash

Byron Tau makes a great point in Politico: Obama’s reversal on super PACs returns “to a system where corporate donors, unions and other wealthy individuals are able to pay big money for access to policymakers, lawmakers and key administration aides.” The President’s announcement not only opened the door to cabinet members and top White HouseRead… Read more »

GSA Schedule Vendors Can Improve Your Challenges and Prizes Program

On February 16, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., GSA’s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies will hold our virtual meet-and-greet with solution providers on GSA Schedule 541 4G: Challenge and Competition Services. Registration is still open. GSA Schedule vendors are pre-cleared to do business with the government, making it faster and easier to getRead… Read more »