Link roundup

I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Getting things done with Google Tasks A Beginner’s Guide to Pinboard — Shawn Blanc Announcing a digital health information network | Helen Milner FutureLearn & the role of MOOCs – The Ed Techie Communities of practice and the nature of knowledge < great stuff from @curiouscRead… Read more »

Classification and Recruitment

I have often wondered why no-one has brought up the classification and recruitment processes. I have often read (yes even on this site) advancement of ideas that would make a Government Classifier or Recruiter almost pass out in disbelieve [of how many laws have been broken]. And cause investigators of prohibited personnel practices to droolRead… Read more »

TSP Talk Weekly Wrap Up

Stocks were mixed last week in front of the uncertainty of this Monday’s deadline for a continuing resolution to fund the government. Considering what is at stake, the market held up rather well, but as our TSP Talk Plus members saw this week, a shutdown hasn’t always been a bad thing for the market. HereRead… Read more »

Setting the stage for success!

Those of you who attended the National Association of Government Communicators 2013 Communications School will undoubtedly remember the presentation from Vuk Vujnović, Acting Director of the Public Relations Bureau for the Government of Montenegro. He is leading an effort to establish open and transparent government in South Eastern Europe’s nation states and has created theRead… Read more »

The State of Local Government Procurement

This post was co-authored with Rebecca Williams of the Sunlight Foundation and Code for America’s policy intern Ryan Driscoll. This summer, Code for America, Omidyar Network, and the Sunlight Foundation joined forces to investigate municipal procurement trends, best practices, and potential areas of improvement across the country with the Local Government Procurement Survey. The surveyRead… Read more »

New “Digest of EEO Law” Issued by EEOC & Recap of Rehab Act 40th Anniversary

How much do you know about Federal Sector EEO? Want to learn more about workplace equality government-wide? If so, check out the latest quarterly edition of the U.S. EEOC’s Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law, which is now available online. This quarterly publication, prepared by the EEOC’s Office of Federal Operations (OFO), features recent CommissionRead… Read more »