Top Women CIOs in government
Check out Fierce Government IT’s Top Women CIOs in government to see how this top talent ring stacks up at http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/slideshows/top-women-cios-government?img=0 Judi
Breast Cancer Awareness Month *** Warning to shy or uncomfortable readers ***
Again, Warning to shy people – Women in bathing suits and reference to TATAS, Hooters, and breast. Breast cancer is the number one cause of cancer death in young American women ages 15-54 October is Breast Cancer awareness month. Working for the Government, most of us have insurance, so we have no excuse to notRead… Read more »
You Lie 2.0
You Lie 2.0: How disrespect can get you thousands of new friends and a million dollars At first, Congressman Joe Wilson’s outburst during President Obama’s health-care address looked like a career killer. Members of both parties blasted him for his dramatic breech of decorum, and most Americans, regardless of ideology, reacted with disgust. But theRead… Read more »
Legislink – Legislative URLs citation made easy
Note that this post is a cross post from my blog, http://sleepisoptional.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/legislink-org-legislative-links-made-readable/ Finding legislative materials is often have the battle of staying informed on what law makers are doing. Sites like opencongress.org and govtrack.us are aimed at making congressional information more accessible and do a good job at achieving this goal. A new project, legislink.org,Read… Read more »
Managing the “Graying” of Municipal IT Staff
by Tim Verras, Sophicity The looming retirement of the Baby Boomer Generation is a concern on the horizon for municipal IT managers. Staff with decades of experience in the technologies and processes crucial to the municipality’s operations will be handing over positions to middle or entry level employees. The question for IT managers becomes: HowRead… Read more »
The Limitations of More with Less
Undoubtedly you’ve heard the mantra that we need to do more with less. You may have even used this phrase yourself as a kind of short-hand for some wider/more complicated explanation or justification. The problem with that phrase is it’s become so generic it can mean almost anything to anyone. Read: We need to doRead… Read more »
Guts and Ingenuity
Candidates for election will do anything, at times, to get noticed. Royal Barber of Sylvania Township in Ohio came up with an idea I would have never thought of. He placed the names of his rivals for the township trustee position on Halloween tombstones in his yard. Naturally, one of his opponents did not findRead… Read more »
What if the rules were re-written to compel the minority party to run the Ethics Committees?
In the real world, few Sheriffs police the general populace. Logic would contend that the few could/should be empowered to police the many. An incomplete thought but worth thinking about in light of all the hype the media gives to wayward MoC’s that rarely results in official Congressional sanction by Standards of Conduct. Comments welcomeRead… Read more »
Workforce Planning and Competency Assessment in the Federal Government
Does your agency do a good job with identifying competencies needed by your agency and how to use a competency tool to manage talent and career paths? I am looking for some great examples. Thanks!
Mainframe Disaster Recovery without Tapes
Dave Race, from Govplace, recently blogged about “Mainframe Disaster Recovery without Tape”. It’s an interesting post from someone with hands on experience and knowledge. I understand that mainframe clients are struggling with the cost of protecting and recovering their mainframe data. Is anyone challenged with this issue? Here is the original blog post from DaveRead… Read more »