Live-tweeting policy debate
on transportation policy and funding between Kansas Secretary of Transportation Deb Miller and Dave Trabert, president of the Kansas Policy Institute. Follow along @KDOTHQ!
Progress in Afghanistan Contract Oversight; Measured Optimism
From The Acquisition Corner I recently wrote a piece for contract management improvements in reconstruction and nation-building initiatives. Updates were provided by Senator Claire McCaskill, (D-Mo), who is completing an overseas trip, including Afghanistan, and stated she was encouraged by what she saw in Afghanistan. During the trip, auditors told McCaskill oversight agencies are workingRead… Read more »
The MetaNet
One of my team members at Navstar has written an intriguing post about The Metanet. Please check it out, its worth the read. Comment if you will. Andrea by Rachel Winchester on February 17, 2010 Internet watchers, particularly business types involved in marketing, have been predicting that the Internet will become more tribal and itRead… Read more »
Federal Eye: How will you make up for last week?
As part of The Post’s Federal Worker page, we ask a different question each week of our readers and plan to include the best responses in Friday’s paper. You’ve still got time to participate this week. Here’s the question: Will you work longer hours this week to make up for lost time? Or did youRead… Read more »
On Performance: Taking Life and Career Cues from Piano Rectials
My colleague and I have a few interests in common, one of which happens to be playing the piano. On the walk to the bus stop today, we got talking about plans to practice and play more piano this summer. At one point in the conversation, my colleague noted that one of the best performancesRead… Read more »
What motivates your drive to fight for change?
We are committed to live our life to the fullest including being the best version of ourselves at work, with our families and friends. At the end of the day after you have endured a long day at work fighting for change, what keeps you going? http://ezinearticles.com/?True-Motivation-Comes-From-Within&id=3170443
A Sole Source Contract for Social Networking?!?
I’m attempting to crosspost this from my WordPress blog, but am not sure how it will come out. If it looks like garbage, please visit http://tericee.wordpress.com Something has been bugging me all day. And it has to do with the Navy’s recent Notice of Intent to award a sole source contract for the development ofRead… Read more »
Pactos de Estado
Los ‘pactos de Estado’ son una de esas grandes entelequias que tiene la política española, y que son grandes conceptos que suenan muy bien, y que por tanto todo el mundo se apunta, pero que en realidad no significan nada. ¿Que significaría en estos momentos un pacto de Estado para superar la crisis? ¿Ques seRead… Read more »
Favorite books on social media
Calling all social media gurus (self-declared included)! I’m interested in creating a little new/social media library and am interested in hearing your faves. I’m more than happy to share the tallied results with the community. If you no longer read books, I’ll gladly consider other forms of info such as blogs, journals, Web sites, etc.Read… Read more »