I think it is more than exciting that HUD launched a blog. It gives the people whose lives they effect a way to interact with them. They even call it the interactive blog. The problem is that they forgot to make it interactive and user friendly. I love that they incorporated video but here areRead… Read more »
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In celebration of National Mentoring Month, this month’s complimentary Coffee with Ken will provide an opportunity for you to learn more about a brand new mentoring product that one of our colleagues has launched, and learn more about how group mentoring is helping build leadership capabilities and skill development in organizations. One of the value-addsRead… Read more »
The Illinois Public Health Institute has an opening for the position of Program Associate, Community Training and Stakeholder Engagement. The due date for applications is January 28, 2011. The Illinois Public Health Institute (IPHI) is a partnership of public, private and voluntary organizations that seeks to maximize health, wellness and quality of life for theRead… Read more »
This post was recently published by the BuyAccessible team on the Accessibility Forum 2.0 blog. (http://buyaccessible.net/blog/ ) Our New Year’s resolution is to move from focusing on just BuyAccessible to BeAccessible. Our current tools provided Section 508 guidance for government buyers of Electronic and Information Technology (EIT). But, Section 508 also includes development, maintenance andRead… Read more »
This year we launched the Accessibility Forum 2.0 blog for conversation about Section 508. Some of our most popular posts (as indicated by unique visits per day) in 2010 were: Common Misconceptions about Section 508 Need Section 508 Testing Tools? Common Misconception: Section 508 Certification Accessible CAPTCHA Increasing Federal Employment of Individuals with Disabilities CelebratingRead… Read more »
President Obama has done an excellent job moving open government efforts forward, making open government a priority. His initial Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government, issued on January 21, 2009, provided guidance and defined open government as being formed by three cornerstones: transparency, participation, and collaboration, giving agencies a clear timetable for delivering their ownRead… Read more »
by Jonathan Poltrack I’m really happy to announce that, as of today, our Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Technical Team is beginning a joint effort with the Aviation Industry CBT Committee (AICC) that will update the CMI Data Model. This effort, along with Project Tin Can, furthers the Future Learning Experience Project. Many of you knowRead… Read more »
I’ve done quite a few television interviews in my lifetime, but no one would consider me rich. So when my mother received an e-mail from me last weekend telling her to click on a link to watch my NBC interview about how I’d discovered the secret to becoming wealthy, she knew it was a fake.Read… Read more »
Just reading these interviews shows you the Internet is evolving. And as the Internet evolves, so will contract specialists. See, we’re partly paid to be walking-talking-regulation-spouting machines, meaning we understand the Federal Acquisition Regulation and its several-bazillion supplements. And as much as the Internet has impacted contract specialists, more changes are coming. Mobile FARing FARSiteRead… Read more »