It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk from www.tsptalk.com. After starting the new year with a big positive week, the stock market fizzled the rest of the month leaving investors with stiff losses, and while it wasn’t as bad as January 2009, starting the year in the red has many TSP participants concerned for 2010.Read… Read more »
Blaming poor user adoption on “User Resistance” may be convenient and it may shift the onus for taking action from you to the users, but it may not be accurate. There may be other factors causing your adoption problems and the responsibility for taking action may fall on YOU, not the users! Read the fullRead… Read more »
For municipalities with less than 100 employees, there is a low cost and reliable solution to remain compliant with GASB Rule 45. Check out GABS Help and related article below. http://www.empoweredmunicipality.com/accounting-for-post-employment-liabilities-for-municipalities
To anyone who has ever served in the military, changes to plans are as commonplace as breathing. We even have a type of order for that helps us handle sudden shifts in direction. FRAGOs (fragmentary orders) are used throughout the military planning process, but usually end up as the “oh crap!” type of order thatRead… Read more »
Did I mention that I will be speaking about Social Support Communities at Parafest ‘10? I am spending time chatting with some of the larger Enterprise companies in the world to bring you more information on that front and I know you will find the session valuable. However, I want to go beyond the EnterpriseRead… Read more »
This one is for all the transport nerds and the War chalking/war driving geeks. Article courtesy of Gizmodo.com: http://gizmodo.com/5460338/wi+fi-detecting-bumper-sticker-helps-out-the-wardriver-behind-you Here’s a neat Instructable for significantly increasing the geek factor in your car’s rear windshield, showing how to modify a Wi-Fi-detecting t-shirt into a Wi-Fi-detecting bumper sticker. At some point in some traffic jam, you’ll makeRead… Read more »
A number of new features have been added to regulations.gov, the U.S. federal eRulemaking service. Click here for a video describing the new features. The new features include: an “Exchange” tab, to link to the site’s online forum; agency specific RSS feeds; a bookmarking tool; a browse-by-topic index; a “Your Voice in Action” tab, featuringRead… Read more »
The older the profession, the less likely they are to make great use of social networking. Although clearly demonstrates that not everyone has a problem with social networking. Okay, come on, it’s Saturday morning and I couldn’t resist. I was excited to chat with Abbie Fink at HMA Public Relations. Abbie Fink is Vice PresidentRead… Read more »
Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – January 29, 2010 Finally! Intercity High-Speed Passenger Rail Service Coming to the US! Winners of HSR Grants Announced;
Below is the text of a post from Kerry Baker on OZloop. The original post was about communication after the earthquake. Puts life in perspective on the one hand, highlights that the technology we have available to us is about people. Should keep it that way to. “This is a copy in full of anRead… Read more »