I just took up video blogging, or as they call it “vlogging”. Here’s my first video blog, it’s about three minutes and ten seconds long. If you’re someone in business development, you will enjoy this. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKHYYTY20oo About the Author: Olessia Smotrova-Taylor is a capture and proposal management consultant and president of OSTRead… Read more »
Currently, about 40% of all government contractors’ work is in providing services. Many in the government have complained over the years that contractors get mission-critical jobs that should be inherently government employee work. With the new administration, the movement is to get those positions out of the contractors’ hands, back to the federal government. IRead… Read more »
By Ed O’Keefe and Steve Vogel The National Weather Service today finally got around to delivering those long-anticipated recommendations on changing the FAA’s use of government meteorologists at its Air Route Traffic Control Centers. The basic plan calls for downsizing the 20 National Weather Service Center Weather Service Units (or CWSUs for short), to justRead… Read more »
We all know Microsoft has had its share of run-ins with the DOJ as well as the EU over its business practices. It now looks as if Russia has a beef with them as well. One can but ponder why, in light of the current economic tsunami we are all experiencing, should we allow ourselvesRead… Read more »
Measurement and Standards Needs for Biofuels: A Preliminary Assessment Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Time: 1:00 PM (ET) Cost: Free Register Here The USMS Office will hold a webinar on June 9, 2009 as part of an ongoing effort to help ensure that measurement technologies keep pace with and support important technological innovations in theRead… Read more »
GCPedia: Canada’s Wikipedia I have to admit, I haven’t heard much about GCPedia prior to researching it as a possible topic for this column. But I have two good excuses; one, I don’t live in Canada and secondly, I don’t work for the Government of Canada. You see, GCPedia is only available and accessible toRead… Read more »
Web Analytics Association (WAA) has a new report on use of web analytics for public sector and nonprofit sites. A webcast that ran today will be available for all. Ann Poritzky from the National Institutes of Health was one of the presenters. The actual report can be downloaded by members only. Here are a fewRead… Read more »
Probably not the best place to start with my blog. When I attended the PACFLTKM Conference last week I decided I needed to start a blog and the elongated name of it would be “How can I know what I think, until I see what I say?” Knowledge management is quickly becoming a passion ofRead… Read more »
Blog originally posted on www.brightsidegovernment.com By Bill O’Leary, Director of Health & Human Services, Microsoft The Obama administration, through the stimulus package has made Health IT a priority and a cornerstone of healthcare reform. The idea that information can be shared throughout the delivery chain has a great opportunity to produce cost savings in healthcare,Read… Read more »
This week I caught up with Lynn Dean to talk about the impressive evolution of the Transportation Security Administration’s Idea Factory and get the scoop on the organization’s wisdom. As a communications strategist, Dean knows how important it is to engage every audience. “When people think about social media, they assume communication always means external,Read… Read more »
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