From The Acquisition Corner As acquisition reform continues to gain steam, the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy are continuing to craft guidance and procedures to improve the acquisition process in hopes of saving money on contract costs and reduce the use of “high-risk” contract types. These improvements willRead… Read more »
In March of 2008 the City of Manor launched a Quick Response Code (QR-Code) Program that allows residents and tourists to “scan” points of interest with their cell phones. The whitepaper for this program is now available at http://tinyurl.com/y98o5po More innovative solutions coming soon! For more information or questions, please e-mail me at [email protected]
So the highlight of my week in Gov 2.0 came last Thursday, when I had a chance to listen to and meet the crew of NASA’s STS-127 thanks to @NASA’s tweetup at the agency’s D.C. headquarters. The event drew nearly 20o participants from all over (including@argelialibertad who came all the way from Venezuela) who tookRead… Read more »
I certainly wouldn’t have chosen this topic to be the first entry in a blog here. That decision was forced on me by my brother who did a very foolish thing while visiting me that involved creating an account here under a fake name. I don’t know what he posted. He was subsequently banned andRead… Read more »
It is less than three months to Christmas, ClearedJobs.Net, a veteran-owned job board company exclusively serving the security cleared community, wants to remind anyone who supports the U.S. military, military spouses and the military community at large that now is the time to put together items for holiday-related and Christmas gift care packages. ClearedJobs.Net hasRead… Read more »
The social media explosion is temporary—or at least I hope it is. As more people learn how to fish, there won’t be the need for people like me to toss halibut into the throng of open mouths—or at least I hope so. Sometimes I do have pangs of doubt whether the current crop of policyRead… Read more »
The Indication as finalist in IT Leaders 2009 of Computerworld of Brazil, was prominence these days in the Virtual Community of the Legislative. http://www.interlegis.gov.br Interlegis is a program developed by the Federal Senate, in partnership with the Interamerican Bank of Development (BID), of modernization and integration of the Legislative Power in your levels federal, stateRead… Read more »
Frank Romano, co-author of Storm over Morocco delves into his recent quest for spiritual peace between religions in the Middle East with Sound Authors. http://budurl.com/frankromano928
In September Amver presented at the Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase in Washington, DC. If you weren’t able to attend the event we have posted the presentation below. Did you attend the Expo? What were your thoughts?
Good morning! It’s your govloop weekly dose of TSP Talk. This market commentary is updated daily on www.tsptalk.com. Friday was a pretty volatile day for stocks as the indices closed lower but they were up as late as 3:00 PM. The Dow shed 42-points, and all of that came after it scratched its way backRead… Read more »