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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
How much money will be in your paycheck in April? Check out the tables.
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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. will not attend President Obama’s speech to Congress tonight, according to an administration official, and will instead serve as the “designated survivor,” or cabinet secretary kept at an undisclosed location to ensure continuity of government in case of a catastrophic event. Holder is the third attorney general in recentRead… Read more »
Hi GovLoopers 
I am strongly considering submitting a speaking proposal to The National Association of Government Webmasters for their upcoming conference. While there are various subjects I could pitch and speak to, would like to know what suggestions you have on perhaps what topics you believe are most helpful to learn more about. OutRead… Read more »
The Federal Aviation Administration has extended by one month a deadline for the National Weather Service to deliver recommendations on changing the FAA’s use of government meteorologists at its air route traffic control centers. In an “all-hands” e-mail to NWS employees today, director Jack Hayes wrote that, “Before we proceed with delivery of our finalRead… Read more »
This morning, Federal News Radio interviewed David Van Slyke about his report, “The Challenge of Contracting for Large Complex Projects: A Case Study of the Coast Guard’s Deepwater Program.” For more information and to hear the interview, visit this web page: http://www.businessofgovernment.org/publications/grant_reports/details/index.asp?gid=328
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