The Federal Coach: Playing to Employees’ Strengths: Talking Leadership with Comptroller General Gene Dodaro

U.S. Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro is head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress. Often called the “congressional watchdog,” GAO investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars. Comptroller General Dodaro helps oversee the development and issuance of hundreds of reports and testimonies each year to variousRead… Read more »

Missouri phases out corporate franchise tax

Missouri will phase out its corporate franchise tax over the next five years according to a new measure signed into law yesterday. The Governor supported the measure as a means of attracting economic development and expanding existing business interests within the state. Currently, the tax is based on the amount of assets a business hasRead… Read more »

Rainmaker #5 – Start With An Offer

Definition – A Rainmaker creates a significant amount of new business for a company.The Sales Lab Rainmaker Series is one rainmaker technique for technologists during the first 300 seconds (five minutes) of the monthly Capital Technology Management Hub Meeting. This is the handout for our May meeting. Listening to a line of people introduce themselvesRead… Read more »

Lunch Encounters of the Third Kind? How Procurement Can Help!

FROM A PROFESSIONAL PROSPECTIVE I’ve recently began looking into ways that public procurement can purchase goods and services in a more sustainable way. By sustainable, I mean incorporating the social, economic, and environmental impacts that purchases can have. As I began to look into this the Farm-to-School program emerged as a perfect example of howRead… Read more »

Lyrics to Learn English (by) (or not)

A few days ago On my daily commute via metro A mother was teaching her child English Using music as a tool. When I was a wee one, I practiced English to the Mo’ town tune There were the Temptations, Smokey, O’Jays, and Parliment Funkadelic (smile) Sure my parents and their friends were my EnglishRead… Read more »

Who’s Texting Whom?

In my last two posts, I introduced an idea that our reliance on text alone as a primary channel for communication is changing us. I also described one aspect of this communication, latency, that can help or hinder text communication. In this post, I’m going to talk about agency. a•gen•cy – noun the capacity forRead… Read more »

Better-Engineered EVs through a Cell Phone App?

One of the well-known challenges to designing – and successfully selling – fully-electric vehicles is driver concern with range and re-charging options. EV engineers are trying to develop cars that go further on a charge and that fulfill consumers’ everyday driving needs. While designers can use average commuting times, distances and road surfaces to developRead… Read more »

Walking Through The Front Door: SQL Injections

Image via Wikipedia Walking Through the Front Door Many corporations today have become dependant upon their websites. Where once websites were simply information portals or advertisments for their owners, they have transformed into something far greater. Today companies all over the world rely on their websites to log in remotely, provide news and information toRead… Read more »

Growing One For The Team

If you have ever been in my office, either in my home district or in the State Capitol, the collection of photos, bobble heads and memorabilia has probably tipped you off to my love for the Pittsburgh Penguins. I have been a big-time fan since I was a child, and my season tickets, situated allRead… Read more »

Facebook and Republicans, alternative engine news, draft EO issues, and #tcamp11 is coming in today’s political law links

DOES FACEBOOK OWE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE? RedState has a post here about President Obama’s recent event at Facebook headquarters. “When the GOP has a nominee, Facebook should be fair and give the GOP nominee equal time.” FORMER SENATOR COLEMAN MOVES. Politico has the news. “Former Republican Sen. Norm Coleman is headed to law/lobbying powerhouse HoganRead… Read more »

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