“INSIDE GOVERNMENT” TO EXAMINE SHORTCOMINGS AT DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH REHABILITATION SERVICES

http://www.afge.com/Index.cfm?Page=PressReleases&PressReleaseID=1136 AFGE Activists also to Discuss Widespread Staffing Needs, Collective Bargaining, and Privatization on AFGE Radio Show WASHINGTON—The dire need for reform at the District’s Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) will be discussed this week on the American Federation of Government Employees’ (AFGE) “Inside Government” radio show. The show will air on Friday, AprilRead… Read more »

DRIVE-BY SHOOTING, ANOTHER TRAGIC EXAMPLE OF D.C. DYRS FAILURES

http://www.afge.com/Index.cfm?Page=PressReleases&PressReleaseID=1135 (WASHINGTON) – In response to one of the deadliest outbreaks of violence in the District of Columbia in years, the American Federation of Government Employees, today, renewed its call to fix the city’s fractured Department of Youth and Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) agency. On Tuesday, March 30, slightly after dusk a crowd of neighbors becameRead… Read more »

Social Media and EMS 2.0 – Changing how we look at healthcare

Chronicles of EMS is bringing entertainment, education and awareness together to bring discussion about how we can improve the healthcare crisis from an EMS Perspective. Visit us at http://chroniclesofems.com

Stony Brook University Alumni?

Greetings from Stony Brook University! SBU has launched a campaign to encourage students to pursue careers in the federal government. My office hopes to connect with alumni in federal service through govloop. Any SBU graduates out there on govloop?

Interest Free Loans!

Sounds great doesn’t it? Well that is exactly what businesses do everyday when they offer credit terms to their customers. Sure it’s considered normal to allow a customer thirty days to get their bookkeeping in order to pay the bills. But many large companies take advantage of credit terms and take 60 – 90 daysRead… Read more »

Can Government agencies play April Fools jokes?

Probably, but it must be tastefully done. Here’s our attempt. I’ll check in tomorrow and let you know if I still have a job! Brought to you by Amver!

Federal Eye: Eye Opener: Should Army secretary report gay troops?

Happy Thursday! Army Secretary John M. McHugh has decided to effectively ignore the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy by not pursuing discharges of soldiers who recently told him they are gay. “What I’m trying to do is show the troops that, yes, it’s okay to talk about this,” McHugh told reporters on Wednesday. “IRead… Read more »

The Foreign Office Climate Change Plan

The Climate Change Act of 2008 established a legally binding target of reducing the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050 and by 34% by 2020. The British Foreign Office must meet these commitments. Read our Carbon Reduction Delivery Plan, and Climate Change Adaptation Plan, as well as our Sustainable Development ActionRead… Read more »

The Next level of employee engagement in the federal government

The US Office of Personnel Management has decided that WE will become the federal governments “test bed” for a relatively new concept called ROWE Results Only Work Environment. News story from Gov Exec ….Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry announced at a White House forum on Wednesday that he is moving 400 agency employeesRead… Read more »

Crowdsourcing Legal Commentary

Staffan Malmgren, creator of the Swedish free access to law service lagen.nu, has posted Crowdsourcing Legal Commentary, on the VoxPopuLII Blog, published by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School. Mr. Malmgren’s post describes how crowdsourcing, involving the MediaWiki platform, was used to add legal commentary to statutes in lagen.nu. Mr. Malmgren discusses allRead… Read more »

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