Here is a brief list of some of the interesting sustainability news articles from this week: Los Angeles Expands Recycling to Food and Drink Cartons USDA Establishes 19,000 Acres for Biomass Crop Miscanthus Small Wind Turbines Getting Popular, Home Depot Starts Selling Them Inexpensive Grid Stability Solutions And you’ll find more headlines at CEILeadership.org! OriginalRead… Read more »
Stay healthy this summer with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s My Food-a-Pedia mobile website. The USDA developed this great tool to help people find information on the foods they’re eating. Using this tool, users are able to look up nutritional information on over 1,000 foods, and compare them to one another to make healthy decisions.Read… Read more »
[CIO] Vivek Kundra’s Tips for Smarter Government “Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra delivered [these] during testimony before a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee [on Thursday]“ Tips on Improving Government Websites On Tuesday, the White House held a video Q & A about Improving Federal Websites. BUT, there are takeaways and ideasRead… Read more »
It is really, really, really hard to believe. But as bad as internet access is in Canada, it just got worse. Yesterday, Shaw Communications, a Canadian telecommunications company and internet service provider (ISP) that works mostly in Western Canada announced they are launching Movie Club, a new service to compete with Netflix. On the surfaceRead… Read more »
A week ago today, Space Shuttle Atlantis rocketed into orbit for the last time, marking the beginning of the very end of NASA’s Space Shuttle program. The decision has been cause for celebration for some, anger for others, sadness and introspection for many who saw the Space Shuttle as a crowning achievement in inspiration forRead… Read more »
Can you recall the fanfare when an organization first introduces their newsletter? Ideas for stories abound; writers volunteering to contribute; a robust list of potential topics and content grows almost by magic. A real event – like Spanky, Darala, and the Little Rascals putting on a show. Fast forward about a year and some ofRead… Read more »
Over the spring, I saw several discussions, in various social media venues, about whether to announce that you’ll be away from an agency Facebook page if your agency shuts down. The short version of each side is:pro: people don’t expect regular posts or responsescon: since you can’t review comments or posts on FB before theyRead… Read more »
Fred Wilson of AVC – Musings of a VC In NYC has a great post, The Fred Wilson School of Blogging. He has old truths and new ideas, and details to check to make sure I am doing them. Then I started to think about my School of Blogging. I’ve convinced a number of smartRead… Read more »
Kelly Prince is the Senior Instructional Designer at Management Concepts, which does most of their business with the federal government. In this interview, Kelly gives advice and tidbits to enhance your personal training techniques and shares the top qualities of a great trainer. Q. What are some of the top qualities every trainer should have?Read… Read more »
Career, Human Resources, Miscellaneous, Project Management
In this video ClearedJobs.Net’s HR Specialist Patra Frame talks about the importance of military personnel using the transition services that are available to them when planning their transition to the civilian work world. Many others have traveled this road before so learn from their mistakes, don’t repeat them. It’s helpful to talk to folks whoRead… Read more »
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