Career, Leadership

The Federal Coach: Of Cigarettes, Rats and Trans Fats: CDC Director Thomas Frieden on Leading in Public Health, When Success is What You Don’t See

Dr. Thomas R. Frieden became the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in June 2009, following a seven-year stint as New York City Health Department Commissioner. He has worked on tuberculosis issues in New York and India and spent 12Read… Read more »

Miscellaneous

Feds follow Arizona’s lead with proposal to require E-Verify for employers everywhere

The bill was heard Wednesday by a House Judiciary subcommittee, and would require U.S. employers to use E-Verify to check workers’ citizenship. It purpose is to create jobs for unemployed Americans by keeping illegal immigrants out of the job market, and would do nationally what Arizona has required of employers for several years — makeRead… Read more »

Career, Miscellaneous

Celebrating FEEA’s 25th Anniversary: Two Remarkable Men Were Honored and Awarded!

On the evening of June 21, The Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund (FEEA) held their 25th Anniversary Celebration in a statuesque room in the United States Capitol where they celebrated the tremendous years of FEEA. While celebrating FEEA’s 25th Anniversary, FEEA Executive Director Steve Bauer kicked off the event with an overview of theRead… Read more »

Tech

Miguel on Free Access to Law in South America

Teresa M. Miguel, Esq., of Yale Law School, Lillian Goldman Law Library has posted The Digital Legal Landscape in South America: Government Transparency and Access to Information, on SSRN, in Legal Information and Technology eJournal. Here is the abstract: The governments of ten South American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay,Read… Read more »

Miscellaneous

New Environmental Polling Data

Environmental Leader recently published a number of graphs based on Gallup polling of environmental issues. The polling data show that concern about global warming has declined significantly from its 2007 peak, and that in March 2011 water contamination seemed to be the main concern of the poll’s respondents. Visit Gallup and Environmental Leader for moreRead… Read more »

Career, Human Resources, Leadership, Miscellaneous, Project Management

Blog Recap: Yesterday’s Hearing On Inspiring Students To Federal Service

Yesterday I had the chance to sit in on a hearing by the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. It was titled “Inspiring Students to Federal Service.” I took some notes and thought I’d share them in the form of brief summaries of each of theRead… Read more »

Communications, Tech

A few news stories worth noting

So, I feel like during the past few days there have been quite a few interesting news stories (related to social media) worth sharing. I’d love to hear your thoughts on them! Social Authority Scores for Job Seekers — Hmm…interesting way to establish professional credibility in online, social space. Roger Ebert’s Tweet: Bad Tweet, orRead… Read more »