Deltek. Sr. Analyst Kyle Ridley reports. Wayne County is Michigan’s largest county and the 15th most populous in the country at 1.8 million residents. Like many counties in the U.S., Wayne has had its share of hard times these last few years. When the recession hit in 2008, the county’s general reserve fund dipped toRead… Read more »
LOBBYING AND THE SUPER COMMITTEE. Roll Call. “Two of the biggest spenders on lobbying, the health care and defense industries, might end up working against each other in a furious four-month campaign focused on the deficit reduction committee-to-be.” K ST. FOR COS. Roll Call. “Van Heuvelen Strategies has nabbed Stephen Ward, who just decamped fromRead… Read more »
MTA Long Island Rail Road (NY) will spend $3.5 million to upgrade its passenger communications systems. The improvements will allow customers to receive real-time service alerts on their smartphones. Currently LIRR sends out email alerts if trains are running more than 10 minutes late, and MTA’s CooCoo application lets customers access information about schedules andRead… Read more »
As the “debt ceiling” budget deal is in the process of being agreed across the pond, we’ve been thinking about the impact of visualising budget data, but firstly we’ve opened the budget data for Kent CC. There are different ways you can visualise what your local council spends its money on Using a flow mapRead… Read more »
I was scrolling around the WWW and came across a great blog titled The Art of Manliness. Besides providing great tips on all things manly…from opening doors, to 5 great things to do with a rotisserie chicken…There was a post about being able to say “no”. As a young professional, I find it very hardRead… Read more »
So many people seem to have no idea what civil engineers do each day. Is this because civil engineers typically avoid promoting their work and profession? Or is this just something that people are not taught in school? Or does anyone, other than engineers, really care? Or is it a little of all of that?Read… Read more »
Hello, Mike here. I received a multi-address email last week from somebody in an IG shop. The text included, as I recollect, the words ‘media’ ‘social’ and ‘strategy’; that’s all that stuck to me and I’ve misplaced the email. I’d like a chance to respond but need more specific info on what’s wanted, like ‘who,Read… Read more »
The White House and Congress appear to be on the verge of closing a new agreement to fix the debt ceiling, a deal that features massive cuts and no new revenue. What does this mean for federal workers? While the deal does not include explicit cuts for federal workers, that doesn’t mean they won’t feelRead… Read more »
Rather than be a fountain of information on the “how-to,” I give various perspectives, especially my own, on the obvious. Now, that perspective may be from the point of view of the potential trainee or employee, training manager, developer, designer or presenter–or the manager who is looking at training. As to how exactly to performRead… Read more »
I recently read a blog that posed this question: Based on recent workforce trends, is the 40-hour work week considered part time for white-collar professionals? How does this play out among the federal workforce? What are the implications of these trends if true? – Two under-40 female Department of Energy employees (GS-9 and GS-13) LikeRead… Read more »