The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently launched the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Armed with $10 billion to fund pilot projects, the Center aims to support innovative ideas in a few specific areas: Better Care for Individuals: How can innovation make healthcare more patient-focused and more efficient? Also included is howRead… Read more »
As the first month of the Future Learning Experience Project comes to a close, so too does our explicit focus on definitions. Let me take a few sentences to recap what exactly we defined in the last month: We offered a definition of what a learning experience is, and some contexts to consider how learningRead… Read more »
As I wrote in a earlier posting, I coined the term collaborgagement while attending a session at Content.gov. John Newton (Alfresco’s CTO) commented that the next generation of enterprise IT tools need to serve the middle of the enterprise – the domain of the knowledge workers. These tools need to support collaboration, knowledge management, andRead… Read more »
January definitely seems to be the month for the Federal Government as it relates to IT jobs is in the news. A couple of weeks ago I read about the upswing in Federal hiring as it relates to IT workers. Two examples: U.S. Customs & Border Protection’s Office of Information Technology will expand from 1,500Read… Read more »
Do you know the difference between a Transfer and a Reassignment in the Federal Government? There are important distinctions between the two and every Federal employee should understand the differences in these two actions before seeking one or the other. Select this link to Learn about Reassignments Select this link to Learn About Transfers.
Today we are delighted to launch our newest product – My Learning Pool – which is one of the most exciting things we have ever done! My Learning Pool is a suite of online learning resources which can be bought and used by anybody. Whether you are some who is about to have a changeRead… Read more »
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker continues to define his position on health care reform. On Friday, the Governor signed an executive order creating the office of Free Market Health Care. The office will be tasked with handling the state’s response to new federal health care reform requirements. According to the executive order, the office will beRead… Read more »
We’re excited about a fresh new look for OpenSF, a team blog dedicated to innovation, collaboration and transparency in San Francisco government. OpenSF was originally launched by Jay Nath, director of innovation in the City’s Department of Technology, and his team members were the primary contributors. For about a year, I’ve been writing regularly forRead… Read more »
Leading creative/advertising blog, Osocio, is conducting it’s annual awards event for top socially conscious campaigns of 2010 that were featured on the site. Many of you may remember Pulse + Signal guest author – Marc van Gurp, who posted content for Spread the Word Sundays last year. Here’s an excerpt on why it’s happening: BecauseRead… Read more »
An Economic Analysis of the Financial Records of al-Qa’ida in Iraq” is a fascinating look at the business side of a militant organisation. Financial records of al-Qa’ida for the Anbar province of Iraq were captured. Some of the insights from this were that the militant organisation had a similar structure to the forces opposing themRead… Read more »