If you have yet to register for this year’s Legislative and Grassroots Mobilization Conference taking place in Washington, D.C. February 12-15, 2012, please DO NOT MAIL registration forms or payment. Please hold your forms and payment for onsite registration. Registration fees are $375 per person for Locals who register onsite. Please call 202-639-6413 or 202-639-6412Read… Read more »
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While on a brief respite from our everyday world, my partner and I spent a couple of afternoons sitting outside a café drinking coffee, talking, writing, and enjoying the scenery. On the second day, I sipped strong coffee while watching an interesting scene unfold. After throwing away her trash and gathering her belongings, a youngRead… Read more »
We’ve all been there. There’s someone on the team or on the project that’s juuuuust not quite cutting it. And wouldn’t it be great if we could all work under the Zappo’s employement philosophy: Hire slowly, Fire quickly. But how often do you have complete control over everyone working on your projects? You’ve likely gotRead… Read more »
Researchers at Purdue University (IN) used market research tools to test the mood of Chicago commuters by analyzing their Twitter posts. Original post
I analyzed SOTA for all remarks, plans, legislation, ideas to support JOBS and TRAINING and EDUCATION in the US for 2012. I came up with 11 major points that were made. I wrote this: “The initiatives described in the State of the Union may or may not be offering you real jobs today. “ ReadRead… Read more »
This part four of a four post series regarding Ken Miller’s great book Extreme Government Makeover. In Part 1 we learned that government is like a house in that most of the important work goes on in pipes hidden from public view behind walls. The problem with improving the performance of government does not lieRead… Read more »
While virtualization offers many benefits to enterprise such as lower costs and greater flexibility, it also creates new challenges. One of the greatest concerns with switching over to virtualized infrastructure, espeically in government, is security and compliance in a complex and dynamic environment which legacy software can no longer handle. Catbird offers automated security solutionsRead… Read more »
Tweet While virtualization offers many benefits to enterprise such as lower costs and greater flexibility, it also creates new challenges. One of the greatest concerns with switching over to virtualized infrastructure, espeically in government, is security and compliance in a complex and dynamic environment which legacy software can no longer handle. Catbird offers automated securityRead… Read more »
This piece was prepared in collaboration with Ethan Phelps-Goodman. In the last two decades, finance, insurance, and real estate have made many individuals quite rich, propelling them to stratospheric levels of wealth. It’s also propelled these individuals into stratospheric levels of political giving. More than any other industry, individuals from the finance, insurance, and realRead… Read more »