Thieves use online info to steal metal from railroads
According to British Transport Police, savvy criminals are using online information to plot thefts of metal cable from railroads. Original post
LIRR will review ticket-refund fees
The MTA will refund ticket cancellation charges to about 300 passengers who returned tickets after a lightning strike knocked out LIRR service last month. Original post
Crowdsourcing Big Society in South Holland
I’ve written a couple of times about the WordPress based ideas crowdsourcing tool we’ve been working on at Kind of Digital, which is called CiviCrowd. We’re delighted that it’s now being used out in the open by South Holland District Council, to find the ideas people have to improve their local community. Ideas are enteredRead… Read more »
Interested in sharing your views about public service?
The Public Service Research Panel, PSRPanel.org, is an online research panel of public service professionals who volunteer to participate in occasional web-based surveys and studies about the important work they do and the organizations they help lead. If you are a government or nonprofit professional, or graduate student planning a career in public service, youRead… Read more »
#DevLearn Bound
In what has become the seminal event of my year in learning for the past three years, tomorrow I arrive in Las Vegas for the annual DevLearn conference. I have enjoyed seeing the conference grow over the past several years and once again I am both honored and humbled to be a part of it.Read… Read more »
The Cave Man Approach to Training: Basic Survival with a Smile
Imagine training others, not ony how to make the wheel, but how it could be used to make life easier. This trainer had a full-time job. He probably ate well, too, thanks to grateful people. I should probably explain the “Cave Man” thing. I wrote an inexpensive ebook called The Cave Man Guide to TrainingRead… Read more »
Your Taxpayer Dollar$ at Work: Volume III – Muffin Edition (Update)
So the $16 muffin is back in the news as the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General made updates to its previous report by correcting the record, and bowing to the sensationalist media coverage that yes, the muffin itself did not cost $16. Correcting the record is a good thing. However, what the sensationalist mediaRead… Read more »
TSP Talk – The bailout confirms recent rally
This is becoming redundant, but it was another wild week on Wall Street. We saw an average daily move of 167-points in the Dow with 4 of the 5 says being up or down triple digits. The big story of course was the announcement of the bailout in Europe. Whether this is a real fixRead… Read more »
Strategy Alignment and I.T.
Been away from my blog the past few days as I’m heads down packing to leave my corporate apartment for new digs. I had time then to mull over some ideas regarding Business and I.T. strategic alignment. These circled back to ideas I had in the 80s regarding Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) and a quoteRead… Read more »
Free PMP Exam Sample Question
The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from the Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— What is risk tolerance? A.) Risks created by tolerating customer behavior.B.) Willingness to accept varying degrees of risk.C.) Risks created by zero tolerance.D.) Being tolerant if stakeholders are willing toRead… Read more »