On Saturday, May 30th, at the National Vietnam War Museum, near Mineral Wells, Texas, a beautiful scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Wall) will be dedicated in it’s permanent home, after traveling around the country for the last few years. . Whenever I am in DC, I always find time to visit the originalRead… Read more »
President Obama’s nominee to serve as Census director said he would rather resign than permit politics to interfere with the census, according to written responses to questions submitted by lawmakers in advance of his confirmation hearing. Asked about potential political interference, Robert Groves stated that any such outside involvement would cause long-term damage to theRead… Read more »
I maintain a wordpress blog, please visit there. Some day I’ll figure out if we can aggregate existing blogs here! You can also follow me on twitter: debbryant And check out my Conference News at the Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON) web site. It’s the conference everyone in IT wants to send their boss tooRead… Read more »
This week, the folks at Fierce Government IT are launching a new feature called “On the Job.” It’s a look inside and outside government on federal IT initiatives, problems and successess with interviews with the players in the filed. Our first interview, posted today at fiercegovernmentit.com, is with Ed Meagher, who spent 24 years workingRead… Read more »
See a trailer for the upcoming Hubble mission… launch in about 2 hours!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/business/11antitrust.html?_r=2&hp http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=27&sid=1673315 The policy move will shift Justice’s view of antitrust to be similar to the EU’s position. This calls into question the report on Sec. 2 of the Sherman Act that Justice just issued last September.
Good morning. It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. Stocks continued their winning ways as the jobs report and post-stress test reports gave investors another boost of confidence that the worst may be behind us. Despite an unemployment rate of 8.9%, the slightly lower than expected number of jobs lost in April triggered more buying.Read… Read more »
This newsletter focuses on Green IT and the growing awareness that governments, businesses, and nongovernmental organizations need to better manage their use of technology in an environmentally responsible manner. As large purchasers of electronic products and services, they have an opportunity, and a responsibility, to provide leadership through environmentally sound practices and cost-effective, life-cycle managementRead… Read more »
The CA “governator” is yet another of the more enlightened politicians to see the advantages of the open source approach. See how the attempt reduce cost and increase access to textbooks by using the open source approach faces an uphill battle.
Big reminder for everyone on this site… on May 11, 2009, the cost to mail a letter goes up to 44 cents. Prices for some of the more common shipping services are here and the full price list is here. Who thought that Govloop’s Bueaucrat on Sports was also the economic guru? 
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