Much of Australia’s population doesn’t realise there is a difference between Australia’s public servants, who are employed and work for the state in an apolitical fashion, and Ministerial and other political advisers and staff, who are employed and work directly for politicians and political partie. However there is a crucial difference at the moment asRead… Read more »
The state of Colorado’s Office of Information Technology currently has openings in the ERP workgroup at the Department of Transportation (CDOT), including SAP Basis Administration! See the detailed position description at http://bit.ly/OIT-SAP-Basis
As the Information Age progresses and is still in its infancy, the transfer of information has become nearly instant. Government has been using Twitter and Facebook to connect with its constituents, though some say that social media in government is unnecessary. Others suggest that government should serve citizens the best way possible, including utilizing socialRead… Read more »
PyCon is the largest annual gathering for the community using the Python programming language. The conference has been growing in size tremendously over the past couple years (this year will feature more than 90 talks and 30 tutorials). Today, Code for America is happy to announce we’ll be one of the F/OSS sponsors — meaningRead… Read more »
Deltek Sr. Analyst Chris Cotner reports. The U.S. Census rather quietly produced a report this month on public employee retirement systems. Overall, pension news is very good and improving, with balances improving in FY 2010 after two straight years of losses. For FY 2010, cash and investment holdings for state-administered pensions increased to $2.2 TrillionRead… Read more »
From the National Capital Planning Commission: “The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), in cooperation with the General Services Administration (GSA), is sponsoring a design competition for a new temporary outdoor commemorative installation in Washington, DC with the goal of enhancing a prominent but underutilized public space in the city’s monumental core while fostering a publicRead… Read more »
From the Virginia Association of Planning District Commissions: “Once again, VAPDC is partnering with VML and VACo to be part of VML-VACo Legislative Day on February 9. The VAPDC Winter Conference will kick off Thursday evening with dinner at Center Stage in downtown Richmond. VAPDC is pleased to have Bob Sledd, Senior Economic Advisor toRead… Read more »
Do a quick google search for the strongest brands in the world and you’ll find Google, IBM, and Apple near the top. All three of these companies demonstrate how a good brand can go a long way towards building up a lifetime of goodwill with customers. So it made me wonder: Are agencies missing anRead… Read more »
I’ve got the exact amount of time it takes me to get dressed, get ready for work, eat breakfast, and get to work, as well as the order in which to do them in (keeping in mind that dressing always comes before the commute to work), down to a by-the-minute science. This is probably theRead… Read more »
DC/SLA Radio is starting back up with their Library Leaders Series. First up is an interview with Blane Dessy, Executive Director of FLICC/ (Federal Library and Information Center Committee) Fedlink (Federal Library and Information Network) at the Library of Congress). This is a two part interview. Heres a bit of information on Part 1 andRead… Read more »