Turns out Stephen Colbert may have been on to something when he coined the term “truthiness.” According to a recent study by U.K. market research group Ipsos Mori that compared British citizens’ perceptions of statistical facts to the actual numbers, most people have a pretty skewed idea of the truth. As this article by TheRead… Read more »
Are you at a crossroads professionally or looking to start training for a new job? If so, you might want to consider pursuing network administration as a career. Network administrators are responsible for maintaining computer hardware and software systems that make up a computer network, including maintaining and monitoring active data networks, converged infrastructure networks,Read… Read more »
by Lloyd McCoy Jr., Senior Analyst Cyber security information sharing initiatives between government and industry took a major step forward recently with the appointment of Daniel Prieto to the Department of Defense (DOD) Chief of Information Office where he will be charged with enlarging information sharing between the Pentagon and the defense industrial base. Prieto,Read… Read more »
Hopefully, someone can help me with this – I created a Govloop group a while back and would like to delete it. There are no other members in the group (other than myself). How do I delete it?
Many FERS annuitants that retire before age 62 are eligible for an annuity supplement that will end when they reach age 62. You may be eligible for a Special Retirement Supplement if you retire: After the Minimum Retirement Age (MRA) with 30 years of service; At age 60 with 20 years of service; or UponRead… Read more »
Taking a break from moving Dana’s office. Got her desk & printer stand in place, computer, phone and printers setup and working. Wireless connection fine, will have to troubleshoot hardline later. Filing Cabinets & corkboards next. Move going much faster than I expected. Guess I’m getting use to moving offices of late. Relaxing my backRead… Read more »
A VC in NY‘s Fred Wilson wondered how many of his readers had blogs. He set up a poll and a hackpad to put in blog, url and author, comma delimited There are hundreds listed. I put in my two. Browsing the list, I punched on Punctuated Equilibrium and got this. Couldn’t think of aRead… Read more »
After a one-week pullback and some early weakness this past week, U.S. stocks ended the week with modest gains. The Fed meeting minutes were released on Wednesday afternoon and investors went scurrying, but they came back aggressively on Thursday and Friday to salvage a positive week. Here are the up-to-date weekly, current month, and annualRead… Read more »
This year when the APWA Congress opens up in Chicago the week of August 25th, there will be a new type of session offered to attendees called a Public Works Camp. This event is held in an unconference style where the “presenters” serve more as hosts and the “attendees” create and drive the session. BecauseRead… Read more »
On August 22, 2013, GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) posted a blog entitled “OASIS: What You Need to Know About GSA’s Plan to Reduce Contract Duplication.” The blog correctly notes that OASIS can play a positive role in reducing contract duplication by delivering best value, cost effective service solutions for customer agencies. At the sameRead… Read more »
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