HOMELAND SECURITY AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACADEMY LAUNCHES “DISASTER PREPAREDNESS FOR SCHOOLS” TRAINING EVENT IN NEW DELHI

(September 13, 2010) – Indian school children will be better protected following the Homeland Security and Disaster Management Academy’s (HS+DMA) inaugural “Disaster Preparedness for Schools” instructional programme held in New Delhi September 6-10. Headlining the event was the “Safe Schools” initiative, which included both a two-hour overview seminar in which local administrators and educators learnedRead… Read more »

Retirement Questions Answered

Our federal employees retirement planning site at www.federalretirement.net receives many questions each month from retirees and federal employees and many are focused on the following subject areas. I suggest copying this article and keep it with your important papers so you and your family will have the answers needed when faced with these issues. RetirementRead… Read more »

Podcast: Innovation for Local Gov’t and Emergency Management

We discuss the upcoming manor.govfresh conference, and how emerging technologies are empowering first responders.

Motivation and Incentives in The Public Sector

Daniel Pink’s TED talk on motivation is a must-watch. Watch it yourself, then send the link to your boss. My Key Takeaways Contingent motivators often do not work in complex situations because they narrow our focus Solutions to complex problems are often on the periphery If we want to discover those solutions we need aRead… Read more »

Malamud on Law.gov & Reforming Government IT

Carl Malamud of Public.Resource.Org discussed the Law.gov legal open government data project with Hari Sreenivasan on PBS NewsHour on 8 September 2010. Carl also gave the keynote address, about reform of U.S. federal government information technology (IT) practices, at the 2010 Gov 2.0 Summit on 7 September 2010. Carl’s keynote may be of particular interestRead… Read more »

HR=Humans Represent: The Get Out of Jail Green Ticket

*********************************************************************** Not a Govloop Member? 30 Secs & Free to Join for Great Info & Perks *********************** There have been plenty of Ex-Offender Job Fairs put on by various organizations nationwide to help former inmates find work. This has been taken even further as of late, as news has spread about job fairs which areRead… Read more »

Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – September 13, 2010

Enough podcasts to get you to lunchtime, plus more unconventional wisdom: Andrea DiMaio: What Do Government 2.0 and Cloud Have in Common? Andrew McAfee: Gov 2.0 vs. the Beast of Bureaucracy Adriel Hampton: On Twitter, Engagement Equals Influence for Gov’t Accounts Alex Showerman: Social Media Is For Complainers (But Should Not Be) David Tallen: QualityRead… Read more »

Podcast: Heather Krasna on her new book, ‘Find a Stable, Fulfilling Career in Public Service’

Join a conversation with career counselor Heather Krasna about her new book, “Jobs That Matter – Find a Stable, Fulfilling Career in Public Service.” Heather talks about finding the right job for the public good, the process of writing her first book, and how she uses social networks such as GovLoop, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Member-of-the-Week: Tricia Garland

Tricia Garland Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Links: www.azdeq.gov, www.azstatejobs.gov Tricia’s blogs: https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blog/list?user=1p0pkuujta2xf 1. What was your path to public service? While I was in college I was an intern for Honeywell working in the aerospace industry (government contractor) writing procedures, and I also worked as a telephone operator. In fact, some of the phoneRead… Read more »

On Twitter, Engagement Equals Influence for Gov’t Accounts

A new analysis of government Twitter accounts in San Francisco shows that the most interactive are also the most influential. Of the 35 accounts surveyed last week (excluding political accounts by elected officials and inactive accounts), 11 are graded either above 99 by TwitterGrader, or above 20 by Klout, two of the most trusted TwitterRead… Read more »

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