been incredible busy as of late
I have not had a lot of time to do blog post as of late. Everything seemed to get really busy come the beginning of this new year. Things are starting to slow. But there is still some catch up to do.
U.S. Coast Guard – What’s on your mind?
USCG just posted a blog link on Twitter from iCommandant. An opportunity to ask questions about CG issues. http://www.uscg.mil/comdt/blog/2009/02/whats-on-your-mind-submit-your-qs-for.asp
Making Recovery.gov first step toward smart regulation
(This post appeared originally in the Huffington Post, Feb. 23, 2009. Reprinted with permission) The Obama Administration created Recovery.gov as a critical stimulus component, taking a “don’t trust us, track us” approach to assure funds are distributed quickly and fairly and “recipients and uses of all recovery funds are transparent.” It will also provide cluesRead… Read more »
Top 10 Best Practices for Government Websites from the Federal Web Managers Council
More goodness from webcontent.gov … Top 10 Best Practices for Government Websites 1. Meet all laws, requirements, policies, and other directives for public websites 2. Document your governance structure, including roles, relationships, responsibilities, rules, and review processes 3. Develop, document, and implement a strategic plan that both incorporates visionary changes and corrects problems with webRead… Read more »
Federal Eye: Former Census Directors Offer a Head Count Primer
If you think the U.S. Census Bureau sits around waiting to count Americans between the years ending in zero, you’re wrong, according to two former bureau directors. Louis Kincannon Dr. Louis Kincannon served as U.S. Census Bureau director from 2002 to 2008. “Every Census has about a 15-year cycle,” Dr. Martha Farnsworth Riche, who servedRead… Read more »
Information management and policy in a Web 2.0 World
Web 2.0 is not new but we have yet to address some of the challenges this technology brings to us. As a tool, W2.0 gives us the flexibility of supporting the task of providing constituents with access to information – in a way that is easy, understandable and transparent. But how do we deal withRead… Read more »
Propose Topics for the Open Government Directive: Interagency Online Brainstorming
For Dot Govs (and others) via the MAX Community: The Administration wants to hear your ideas. The goal of this inter-agency brainstorming session is to identify topics that should be addressed in the Directive. There will be 3 parallel conversations, one for each of the three goals set out by the President: Transparency, Participation, andRead… Read more »
Laissez les bon temps roulez.
Happy Mardi Gras. When our kids were little we use to have pancakes for dinner at home on Fat Tuesday. When the kids were older, we started going to Copeland’s to eat crawfish ettouffe, Cajun popcorn, and jambalaya; and to get the beads Copeland’s gives out on that day. I have lots of beads fromRead… Read more »
New Withholding Tables
How much money will be in your paycheck in April? Check out the tables.
2009 Tax Tips
Need help with your taxes – the IRS has almost 20 tips. More get added each week.