Volatility picked up last week as the Dow started the week with a 266-point loss on Monday, then a 158-point gain on Tuesday, another 138-point loss on Thursday, then an 81-point loss on Thursday and, even though the Dow was up only 10-points on Friday, the S&P 500 was up almost 1% on the day.Read… Read more »
The Boston bombings terror is finally over. Now it’s time to address some vexing questions about how and why this national tragedy occurred in the post-9/11 era of the Patriot Act and Big Brother. To wit: Why was the national intelligence community completely unaware of this terrorist plot? Is it possible this insidious act couldRead… Read more »
Posted by John Verrico, NAGC President-Elect Suspect in custody. Officers sweeping the area. Stand by for further info. — Boston Police Dept. (@Boston_Police) April 20, 2013 A great sigh of relief went out in the Boston area – and across the country – this evening with the successful capture of the second Boston Marathon bombingRead… Read more »
As a service designer, I’ve been involved in building the way a significant number of programs, products and tools hang together. And, as someone who works relatively often with government, where many agencies, policies, regulation and in the end, people, need to come together to make something happen, I’m usually called upon to deal withRead… Read more »
The Internet has changed the nature of learning. Pre-Internet, the chore was finding facts and then assembling them, an additive process. Now,we have more facts than we can use, and the game is to subtract the dross to get to what works. In a similar vein – This month we’ve seen several guys who hadRead… Read more »
Are you considering a career in the Federal Government but you want to enter the Federal space in the correct way? That is what I was thinking about 18 months ago. I was happy in my job as a coordinator in international development but I really wanted to get into the Federal system. My storyRead… Read more »
Are you a local Washington, D.C. metro area Master’s level student looking to become a “Govie” with the Federal Government? We have a full time, paid, development program for students who want to rotate in our different areas of HR at the NIH. Do you want to take your career to the next level andRead… Read more »
I recall with fond memories my earliest days of government service in the U.S. Navy. I had a sense that I was doing something special. I was young and idealistic. At the end of my tour, despite some bumps along the way, I left happy and interested in continuing my service to my country. IRead… Read more »
Lloyd McCoy Jr., Senior Analyst As you’ve heard from Mohamad’s blog post, the FY14 budget calls for the Department of Defense (DoD) to spend approximately $5 billion for cyberspace operations, up 20% from FY12. In an era of declining budgets and workforce cuts, there is bipartisan support for more cybersecurity spending which is good newsRead… Read more »
Interview: Innovation is the Magic Word Read Below or Download PDF If the 21st century (so far) had to be categorized by a word it would have to be “innovation”. It is a word that brings to mind the great advancements in technology, human to human interactions, human to computer interaction and more. The wayRead… Read more »