The Career Dropout Movement: Career Dropout is a cultural movement for fearless individuals who’ve amassed dreams and passions beyond their 9-to-5 jobs. This movement is inspiring, liberating and creative, because so many people have suppressed their dreams in the name of conformity, stability, expectation, and financial gain; usually based on their pursuits of career attainment,Read… Read more »
Earlier today, in an attempt to pump up the crowd at a GovDelivery event, Steve Ressler tossed a GovLoop “Gov Rock Star T-shirt” out into the crowd. It’s soared sky high….. …..and then it landed on a water pitcher spilling water everywhere! It was oh so close to being awesome. Find more videos like thisRead… Read more »
If you were like me, on January 25 you sat glued to your television for over an hour watching President Barack Obama deliver his second state of the union (SOTU) address. What is abundantly clear after hearing his address is that it will take more than ideological compromises in Congress to win the future forRead… Read more »
On February 8-11, 2011 IBM will be hosting the Social Business Jam. This free web-based event will provide an unrivalled opportunity for thousands of leaders from around the world, to pool their knowledge and experiences to examine the next generation of business. The objective is to bring together corporations, organizations, and industry experts to cooperativelyRead… Read more »
Did you try and access the National Weather Service’s Weather.gov website lately? Evidently it has been reported that it crased due to extra visitors this week, as visitors to the site are five times higher than average. The Washington Post, and CBS have reported problems with the website recently. However, on an average day, Weather.gov’sRead… Read more »
Confused and befuddled by the debate over the FY 2011 Continuing Resolution? Here’s a good overview of what it all means. My colleague, Carl Moravitz, used to be the budget director for several major federal agencies. He pulled together a brief slide deck explaining what the Continuing Resolution means. Agencies face significant uncertainty, and itRead… Read more »
Tech@State gets into technology and policy for its fourth edition Feb. 11 when we explore Open Sourceas software and technical culture. This hot topic is one that warms the hearts of evangelists and makes blood run cold in those who think open source software (OSS) is an invitation to mayhem. For the details, go here:Read… Read more »
In mid-July 2010, a firestorm of controversy came upon the town of Bell, California. A Los Angeles Times report found that Bell’s top officials – city manager, police chief, assistant city manager – were making two or three times the going rate for those positions elsewhere. The largely poor, largely Latino community had a cityRead… Read more »
My joy in learning is partly in that it enables me to teach.Seneca The above quote is from Seneca the Younger, an early Roman philosopher and statesman. Although he is thought to have made this statement during the early part of the first century AD, the sentiment expressed is as true today as it wasRead… Read more »
I’ve just added a section to the wiki http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/SMEM_Initiative to identify SMEM goals and objectives – what we would like to achieve by IAEM 2011 (and beyond) – so we are able to then work backwards to develop a clear plan of action and collaborate across all initiatives, presentations, meetings, conferences, etc. Consider what weRead… Read more »