I am employed in the federaI service, and I have the pleasure of having worked at the State and local levels of government. I have to say this. I don’t view elected officials as “public servants!” Most assuredly not in the 21st century and most certainly not in the fashion noted in the Civil ServiceRead… Read more »
Cape Yakataga. Actual picture above. We had a couple of men up there for the first year we operated, and then the next year we had one good man, Bill, stay up there as fishing was slow. The salmon came in their annual rush to other places and we left Bill at Yakataga with suppliesRead… Read more »
What are you working on? It’s the “What’s your major?” for IT people. It’s a basis for commonality and future discussion. Go ahead and create a new blog post and tell us what you’re working on. Tell us about the technology that your using. Tell us the choices you’ve made and why you’ve made them.Read… Read more »
A tweet came across recently about a website that is working to prioritize political issues at a local level based on people input (essentially similar to change.gov – share your idea). I think the idea of a non-partisan, transparent, framework for identifying and promoting the strength/concern of a particular issue is great…. unfortunately, I thinkRead… Read more »
The Singapore government is on Facebook. Why? Dr Amy Khor, Member of Parliament, Mayor of Singapore’s Southwest district and Chairman of government feedback agency REACH, has the answers. Interview: Alice Kok For government feedback agency ‘REACH Singapore’, new media is a key opportunity to drive public feedback and citizen participation. An acronym for “Reaching EveryoneRead… Read more »
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John Berry, the current director of the National Zoo, has accepted an offer to serve as director of the Office of Personnel Management, The Post’s Al Kamen scoops today. There has been no official announcement and the news was denied by a National Zoo official earlier today. While he’s directed 240 employees and more thanRead… Read more »
I posted this earlier today: The Washington Post wrote this morning that John Berry, the director of the National Zoo in Washington, had accepted an offer from President-elect Obama to become director of the Office of Personnel Management. That appears to be somewhat premature, according to Zoo spokeswoman Pamela Baker-Masson, who said moments ago whenRead… Read more »
Everyone is anxiously awaiting the announcement of President-elect Obama’s nomination for the nation’s first federal chief technology officer to create the transparent and connected democracy he has espoused. According to Obama’s outline, the CTO will be charged with ensuring that agencies “have the right infrastructure, policies and services for the 21st century” and will leadRead… Read more »
The thin, knobby stick breaks easily when swung over the knee of the first obstacle in its way. The small bundle of sticks swinging freely together takes a hard step of obstruction to break and fall away. The large bundle of sticks proves unwieldy as each tries to wobble in its own direction. However; theRead… Read more »