If you’ve watched the Olympics or other big events on television in recent weeks, then you’ve likely seen ads with doctors and nurses talking about careers with the Department of Veterans Affairs. The department plans to hire a mix of medical professionals and clerical staffers to fill roughly 105,000 positions by the end of 2011.Read… Read more »
NASA space suit that vistors can get into! That Rocks! Take My Picture! 1. How did you get involved with NASA. After grad school, I was selected as a Presidential Management Intern (Fellow, now). NASA made me an offer I couldn’t refuse – an opportunity to work on the International Space Station that President ReaganRead… Read more »
By The Post’s Joe Davidson: Taking the battle over airport security officers to the next level, the American Federation of Government Employees announced Monday that it is filing a petition seeking an election to represent the workers. The petition to the Federal Labor Relations Authority is an escalation in the long battle over collective bargainingRead… Read more »
The Industry of Illness It is a reality of our time that the same companies promoting health care products are also largely responsible for underwriting their research. Skepticism about this model of business has led to pharmacoeconomic studies of the popular antidepressants, which demonstrate a clear association between study sponsorship and quantitative outcome (Baker etRead… Read more »
I had the pleasure of participating on Government 2.0 radio last night, chatting about collaboration, innovation and social media in Government (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gov20/2010/02/22/government-20-radio). One of the most interesting items we discussed was the Federal Agency Ideascale Dashboard (http://www.opengovtracker.com), which you should check out regardless of your interest in government 2.0 initatives. Here is why: * ThisRead… Read more »
It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. I’m not sure why, but I am having problems formatting these blogs lately. The fonts and spacing seems to have a mind of their own. What I see when I enter the text, is not what is showing when I publish it. So, I apologize ifRead… Read more »
Just before the start of a “Stress, Change and Creative Teaming” workshop, I was testing out my microphone. The program was for managers of a global engineering company. Most of the 50 + particpants were ex-military, now contractors working with commands and brigades based at Ft. Hood, TX or presently stationed overseas. As I calledRead… Read more »
Interesting comments by Microsoft’s Mark Drapeau on whether were are talking too much about the digital, and not enough about individuals. Mark attended last week’s Open Government forum (hosted by 1105 Media and Adobe), and had this observation: So, as I listened to Robynn Sturm, the Assistant Deputy CTO of the U.S. for Open Government,Read… Read more »
For all you GovLoop Tweeters out there, we are asking the question, “Who is an exceptional example of Open Government?”, for tomorrow’s State of the Union for Technology forum, hosted by The Atlantic and featuring a keynote by CTO Aneesh Chopra (more info here.) Use hashtag #soutech, and if you are planning on attending, weRead… Read more »
Happy Monday! (Unless you’re Canadian.) We should know what most of the military’s top leadership thinks of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy by the end of the week as the service chiefs are scheduled to appear before the House and Senate armed services committees and are expected to face questions about possibly repealing theRead… Read more »