I think we are in a time of discontinuous change. Stands to reason we should be managing for that. My friend Ben, my longest running client, doesn’t make sales…he creates markets. Over the past fifteen years he has done that several times, usually when forced by collapsing employers. He called the other day and said,Read… Read more »
Hundreds of job opportunities are available this March! Bring many resumes and interview for your new career in information technology, engineering, aerospace, telecom, project management, intelligence, operations, homeland security, research & more at TECHEXPO Top Secret’s March job fairs. Tuesday, March 9, 10am – 3pm BWI Marriott 1743 West Nursery Rd. Baltimore, MD 21090 (410)Read… Read more »
http://afge.com/index.cfm?Page=PressReleases&PressReleaseID=1117&from=home (WASHIGNTON) – According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), sexual harassment claims filed by men have doubled since 1990. While women still file the overwhelming majority of sexual harassment claims the increase in complaints by men has risen from 8 percent of all complaints in 1990 to 16 percent of all claims inRead… Read more »
It seems that the country is becoming more and more polarized. Right wingers have become far-right-wingers, and left wingers are moving far-left, all are becoming wing-nuts. I’ve been a federal employee for (gulp) 25 years and it’s rarely been something to be “proud” of to non federal people, i.e. the general public. Perception of federalRead… Read more »
Weekly TSP Wrap-up from TSP Talk A good week for the TSP stock funds Stocks rallied sharply last week, punctuated by a big rally on Friday, which was triggered by what was apparently a better than expected jobs report. For the week, the C-fund gained 3.12%, the S-fund surged 4.85%, and the I-fund added 4.01%,Read… Read more »
Happy Monday! President Obama will head to Florida next month to host a conference on the future of American space exploration and defend his plans to revamp the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The president wants to give NASA an extra $6 billion over the next five years and abandon plans to return to theRead… Read more »
Will Twitter help candidates win elections? The jury is still out, but some candidates get how to use it, and some don’t. Check out this interview I did with Wyeth Ruthven who analyized the use of Twitter in the recent Senate race in Mass, as well as last fall’s governors races in Virginia and NewRead… Read more »
There is a lot of discussion about the need for governments to become more open, more transparent, sharing data with citizens. 311 services, anything considered non-critical services, are getting a lot of publicity now with Washington DC and San Francisco making big public splashes around their open 311 efforts. Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO, said thisRead… Read more »
If you need to know how to install a Goole Wave gadget extention, click here. 1. Wave with Twitter–Add [email protected] to your contact list and follow the instructions you’ll receive inside the wavelet. It uses Twitter’s oAuth mechanism to log you in. The wave with the Tweety is updated in a real time. 2. Invity-ARead… Read more »
Something to think about, even if you don’t have the answer….. How does mass originate? Does nonbaryonic dark matter exist, and if so, in what form? Why are we in a matter universe? What is the ultimate fate of our universe? What is the structure of quantum gravity? Are quarks and leptons truly elementary, orRead… Read more »