Resources for Environmental Protection
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Save yourself, save $$, save the planet – get a canteen.
Trendy water bottles are still going strong. now there are the little packets to flavor the water. While the word canteen sounds like something John Wayne would carry it is a good idea. Ok, its a water bottle or sports container not a canteen. Still re-using a single water bottle is better than using theRead… Read more »
Goin’ Public W/My Blog
Ever since I started blogging here on GovLoop, I’ve wondered whether it’s a good idea to keep it “in the family,” so to speak. That is, I’m active on Twitter, and I’d let people know there that I had a new blog post up, but I was always aware you had to be a memberRead… Read more »
Gone #Camping: My 2.0 Experience of #gov20camp
The unfortunate budget realities in the State of California prevented me from traveling to Washington, D.C. last weekend to attend Government 2.0 Camp, but that didn’t stop me from participating! Thanks to live tweeting, I was able to follow the event from the very beginning to the very end (and then beyond, as presentations, videosRead… Read more »
Fabulous Hair Metal, Harvard Beats Yale 29-29, Pay Parity, and the Final Four
What a great two weeks we have coming up in sports… but first… the Hokie Guru is calling on you: You’re invited but your friend can’t come… After all, the Hokie Guru is an angel!! ‘ He is GUILTY… for preparing for his 20th reunion… he will wait for you to catch up!! And whateverRead… Read more »
Is Australian egovernment innovation on life support?
Republished from eGovAU. I’ve been reading a post by James Dellow at his Chieftech blog, Using Twitter as a benchmark for Australian local government use of social media. He compared the 90 out of 468 (approx. 20%) UK councils using Twitter to the 3 out of 677 (less than 1%) Australian councils using the toolRead… Read more »
Federal Eye: NASA’s Controversial IG Resigns
NASA’s controversial inspector general Robert Cobb has resigned following bipartisan calls for his resignation and criticism from fellow watchdogs, most notably a recent Government Accountability Office report that determined he had done little to identify waste or fraud at the space agency. His resignation is effective April 11. Appointed by then-President George W. Bush inRead… Read more »
Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing (WILB) makes workers more productive, says a University of Melbourne study
Workers who engage in ‘Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing’ (WILB) are more productive than those who don’t, according to Dr Brent Coker of the Department of Management and Marketing, University of Melbourne. “People who do surf the Internet for fun at work – within a reasonable limit of less than 20% of their total time inRead… Read more »
Quotable Quote
“I can tell you, having spent some time within the federal agencies, I’ve been amazed that some of the smartest people I’ve ever met in my life are federal government employees.” –Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO at FOSE (Source: Jackson, Joab (2009): Kundra courts the risk of innovation, GCN, April 2, http://gcn.com/Articles/2009/04/06/Kundra-innovation.aspx?Page=5)
Life Mirroring Parody – or the other way around
The article in Monday’s New York Times about people no longer having the patience to listen to their voice mail was eerily similar to the “article” in the Onion a few days earlier about everything taking too long. So much to do, so little time. Even with “executive summaries” at the beginning of reports, colleaguesRead… Read more »