May was the busiest month in the two year history of ELGL.org. We recorded 10,228 hits for the month, topping 9,409 hits in November 2012. Just two years ago, in May 2011, we received 351 hits. Many thanks to everyone who visited the site, and especially those who spent hours upon hours re-clicking on ourRead… Read more »
Tomorrow (Monday, June 3rd), President Obama and Vice President Biden will host a National Conference on Mental Health as part of the Administration’s commitment to launch a national conversation to increase understanding and awareness of mental health. The day-long conference at the White House will convene people from across the country, including representatives from stateRead… Read more »
Melbourne Metro, a transit service based in Australia, has been successfully using social media to educate the public about safety around trains. Last year they produced this video called Dumb Ways to Die starring a cast of cute little characters and a catchy tune. Dumb Ways to Die Video And now Melbourne Metro has releasedRead… Read more »
The holiday shortened week got off to a good start, but things flattened out mid-week, and fell apart in late afternoon trading on Friday turning a positive week into a negative one. Here are the up to date TSP fund returns through May 31, including the final returns for May. The S&P 500 has pulledRead… Read more »
By Bob Gourley Here we go again. Another NGEN delay. The program office announced this week that they have “re-entered discussions” with the offerors – HP and a team led by CSC. This program has been so long in the making it’s hard to stay positive. By the time anything gets delivered, industry standards willRead… Read more »
I need to blog more often. I’ve known this for some time, and wanted to get an apology out to anyone who follows this page. After chastisement duly administered by a certain dear Spanish friend, I am finally taking steps to increase the rate of blog posts on this little cul-de-sac. (Said chastisement occurred fiveRead… Read more »
In the past four years, Federal employees have donated over 15 million pounds of food through the national Feds Feed Families campaign. This year, USDA is leading the campaign, which runs through August 31, 2013. I’m calling on all Feds, as well as state and local government employees to dig deep and start their ownRead… Read more »
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: The Ed Techie: You can stop worrying about MOOCs now Edtech startups have great products. Their sales? Not so great | PandoDaily Pull out and keep – Your guide to UK gov IT failures – Public Sector IT The Python Tutorial — Python v2.7.5 documentation ThinkRead… Read more »
(This post was provided by Praveen Asthana, Chief Marketing Office of Gravitant, a cloud service brokerage and management company) Sequestration burst out of obscurity and entered our household vocabulary in 2013. It got our attention because the impact of it is $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts from the Federal budget over the next tenRead… Read more »
At last week’s GSA Business Roundtable, GSA leaders and Coalition members participated in a Myth-Busters Discussion exercise to “brainstorm” ideas in support of GSA Acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini’s new mission statement and six priorities. To foster dialogue and engagement, the mission statement, six priorities and post-it notes were provided to each table. Attendees were instructedRead… Read more »