ABOUT 34,000 PEOPLE IN THE U. S. DIE BY SUICIDE EACH YEAR. That’s why Suicide Prevention Deserves To Be Everybody’s Business: The Weekly Spark newsletter contains announcements and information about suicide, suicide prevention and mental health issues [and]offers brief summaries of national, state and international news; analyses of relevant research findings; descriptions of funding opportunities,Read… Read more »
AFGE Celebrates National Nurses Week with Renewed Fight to Strengthen Voice at Work for Federal Health Care Professionals
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is proud to honor the work of nurses throughout the federal government as it celebrates National Nurses Week, May 6–May 12. AFGE represents thousands of nurses nationwide at VA medical centers, military hospitals, federal correctional facilities and other federal health care sites. These dedicated health care professionals areRead… Read more »
Peer-led community wellness: Dare to act now!
BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE Issue Date:,4-29-11 Online Exclusive Peer-led community wellness: Dare to act now!Link essential benefit, accountable care, medical/mental health home concepts to transform care By Ron Manderscheid PhD, Executive Director, NACBHDD Together with the noisiness of the Greatest Recession, governmental deficits, and National Health Reform, a quiet and little-noticed revolution is taking place in ourRead… Read more »
New Jersey releases funding for health IT plan
New Jersey is releasing grant funds to a group of New Jersey hospitals and clinics in order to advance a statewide electronic health records initiative. The grant money comes from a federal award of $11.4 million that the state received in 2010. The money will be split between electronic health records projects and the creationRead… Read more »
Oklahoma, where the tech comes sweepin’ down the plain…
There is a conference going on right now in Oklahoma (Gov 2.0a) related to government and technology… The second annual Gov 2.0a conference is focused on applications of technology to government problems. The conference will be a forum to learn about successful Gov 2.0 applications through case studies, to learn about best practices for GovRead… Read more »
Federal Coach: John Berry on Revitalizing the Federal Workforce: Talking with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management
As Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), John Berry is the government’s “chief people person.” He is responsible for recruiting, hiring and setting benefits policies for 1.9 million civilian federal employees. He began his career in employment and retirement issues serving as Rep. Steny Hoyer’s legislative director for 10 years. Prior to hisRead… Read more »
What Was The Best Thing You Learned?
I ask that question a lot. Probably my most useful tool. You see, I don’t learn much by myself. Most of the really important stuff I know I either read or am told. I even write blog posts reporting the results. I really want to know the answer, as other people regularly tell me thingsRead… Read more »
Winning Business from the Federal Government – Part 6
Today I offer my final two tips to help you win business from the Federal Government. I hope you have found these tips valuable and that your green business will find success in doing business with the government. As I mentioned in my first post, I do not consider myself an expert, but the CEILRead… Read more »
PMP Exam Tip: What is the difference between mandatory and discretionary dependencies?
In the project management world, dependencies determine the order in which various activities should be completed. These dependencies usually documented as an activity attribute and help in sequencing the activities on the project schedule network diagram. As you prepare for your PMP exam, it is important to know the difference between discretionary dependencies and mandatoryRead… Read more »
Interesting elsewhere – 6 May 2011
Things which caught my eye elsewhere on the web If you started today, you would never build what we’ve got. You would build Alphagov. A few design rules for alpha.gov.uk | Alpha.gov.uk – team blog Back in February when we were kicking off the alpha project, we spent the first couple of weeks scouring searchRead… Read more »