Day 26 Coding payouts I started the day going through some emails. Then the other engineers and I went over some recent pay requests and the budget line items to make sure we were coding everything correctly. We wanted to do this because our finance department has gone though and organized our funds into aRead… Read more »
The big story before the Labor Day holiday was the release of the final report by the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan (CWC). According to the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), the enormous dollar volume of waste and the assumption of the over-reliance on contractors for contingency operations was the focus ofRead… Read more »
Every year come August I sort of fall off the web for a month or so. It feels great to unplug, and it allows me to update my ideas/positions on things, by letting me distance myself from the ideas I’ve been constantly thinking about for the past 11 months. This year was no exception. MyRead… Read more »
28% of cell owners use phones to get directions or recommendations based on their current location—that works out to 23% of all adults according to new research from Pew. The report goes on to talk specifically about smartphone users: Younger adults are more likely to use these [location] services, as are those in households makingRead… Read more »
Spending agreements, pay freezes, tax cuts, budget crises, hiring stops, smaller government: all this equals major talent management challenges for federal agencies. Additionally, in the 2011 State of the Union address, President Obama spoke a call to action; the U.S. must be number one again and this must start with every citizen, every business, andRead… Read more »
Google Alerts – a MUST do for small business – to follow what people are seeing and saying about you and your business online. It’s really simple and painless, a great service from Google. First, go to the Google Alerts page and sign in to your Google account. If you want to manage your alerts,Read… Read more »
Opening day is this Thursday, September 8. Get your picks in now! https://www.govloop.com/group/thebreakroom/forum/topics/break-room-nfl-pool
As far as I can work out (I am struggling to find clear guidance on this) us local government types still have a duty to consult. So here are 10 questions I’d ask our residents if money were no object. Is that a smartphone in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?Read… Read more »
09/06/11Stocks fell sharply on Friday after a very weak jobs report. As you may have heard, the report came in at -0- jobs created in August vs. an estimate of +70,000. By the close the Dow had lost 253-points, and based on the overnight futures, the selling does not appear to be over. For theRead… Read more »
The Foreign Officehas been around for a long time, as I’m sure you’ve noticed. Organisations that have survived for over 200 years (and there aren’t many of them) tend to create their own culture and language. In our case, those linguistic habits seem, to me at any rate, to be mostly initials and acronyms. I’veRead… Read more »