About me
In Civil Service since Sep 1996 currently under NSPS. This career has been awesome!!! Air Force Veteran with 14 years active service, 4 years Air National Guard Lived in both my ancestral homes : Great Britain and Germany
Citizens Pitching Ideas to Improve the Federal Workforce
The FedPitch 2009 competition will take place on May 7th during Public Service Recognition Week starting at 1:30pm in the main tent. The event, designed to involve citizens in helping to find new approaches to lead and manage the federal workforce, will be moderated by Tim Clark, the editor-in-chief of Government Executive magazine. During theRead… Read more »
Managing Performance Based Contracts For Success
As I closely follow developments in the current wave of acquisition reform, there certainly seems to be a focus on awarding more fixed price contracts, and the reduction of other contract types such as cost type and time and materials. What I find interesting in all this talk about commercial best practices and streamlining theRead… Read more »
Transparency and Open Gov’t Newsletter
Lisa Nelson from GSA’s Office of Citizen Services and Communications, passes along this info about their latest newsletter: ————————————————————————————————————————– The Transparency and Open Government Newsletter presents the views of 21 individuals and organizations across federal, state, local and international governments, industry, academia and the non-profit communities. They represent a broad spectrum of ideas from thoughtRead… Read more »
Funding for PhDs
I hope you are doing well. I am posting this message to see if you can help me. I am looking for adjunct positions locally in New York City or over the internet so that I can fund my PhD in Public Administration at Rutgers University. Any information regarding Adjunct positions, fellowships, scholarships, assistantships, etc…—anythingRead… Read more »
Recognizing Local Governments for Social Networking
Hello all… I’m wrapping up this week’s GovLoop Project of the Week, which will be posted on Wednesday. I’m focusing on the Public Technology Institute. They have a webinar, tomorrow (May 5th) from 2 – 3pm, entitled Recognizing Local Governments for Social Networking. Description from website: Local governments are expanding their use of Web 2.0Read… Read more »
Online Authentication: Should Feds carry a badge in cyberspace? Or at least a reciprocol link?
The future of the internet will involve more authentication than it does today but there might be a simple interim solution to provide some level of authentication for the Gov 2.0 presence on online social networks such as facebook and twitter. A standard policy of having a reciprocal link back to a facebook fan pageRead… Read more »
Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) – Your first of 5 daily quotes for the week
In the spirit of Public Service Recognition Week, I figured I’d list some thoughts to ponder. Feel free to share your views. Happy Public Service Recognition Week!: The government is us; we are the government, you and I. – President Theodore Roosevelt
National Information Exchange Model
Want to learn more about NIEM? Need help on implementing NIEM in your agency? Attend the NIEM National Training Event sponsored by the NIEM Program Management Office on Sept. 29-Oct. 2 in Baltimore MD. Visit NIEM.gov for more information.
Interview with GovLoop Founder Steve Ressler
Last week I was lucky enough to speak with Gov 2.0 superstar and GovLoop founder Steve Ressler about what’s happening with GovLoop, where the site is going and how sites like it are having a larger impact. You can read the whole two-part interview series in full on the Rock Creek blog, or check outRead… Read more »