Microsoft (Redmond, WA) — “I need help.” “I want to know whether my friends and family are OK.” “I want to help.” Those tend to be the three main reactions after natural disasters strike, said Tony Surma, chief technology officer for Microsoft’s Disaster Response team. HelpBridge, a free new mobile app from Microsoft, aims toRead… Read more »
Register Today! NAGC 2013 Communications School April 16-19, 2013 Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia Download 2013 Registration Form (writable PDF format) Basic Registration Fee: Early Bird Rates through March 15, 2013: Members: $350 Non-Members: $750 After March 15, 2013: Members: $775 Non-Members: $875 Full Registration Fee: (Full registration fee includes membership through Sept. 30,Read… Read more »
The ACT-IAC Shared Interst Group (SIG) on Acquisition Management has completed a survey on the awareness and impact of the two OMB Myth Buster memoranda, with more than 2000 responses. The analysis of the results is now underway, with a report due out in February. Stay tuned for more details on the survey and howRead… Read more »
This post has been edited to reflect that “Interesting Things for Sale” is a personal pinboard, not an official GSA Pinboard. Here are the Official GSA Pinboards. Last week, the General Services Administration approved the terms of service for Pinterest—meaning that federal agencies could start to use the site to engage with citizens. Since then,Read… Read more »
Yes folks its that time again. Time to be ready. The national weather service in Wakefield Virginia says snow (source: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/akq/). For those, like me, believing the white powder stuff will come later, now *is* a good time to check winter storm preparations from last year. A dry run of sorts. Why? because we theRead… Read more »
Everyone knows about the surfer dude. The constant “yeah mans” and “yeah bro” are phrases associated with only one person of one coast? Can’t be the east, because dignified lobbyists are speaking with much refined tongues, and strict guards on their vocabulary. However, when it comes to the different sides of the country, are weRead… Read more »
Ever wonder how government agencies might utilize the social media site Pinterest? The United States Mint could show us pictures of their favorite Elongated Souvenir Coins. DHS could put up picture recaps from their favorite scenes of the previous week’s episode of Homeland. Or maybe, the United States Department of Agriculture would illustrate the drollRead… Read more »
Post Highlights IBM Study Reviews Analytics for Public Sector Why Leadership is Key in Effective Analytics How Leadership Skills Can Fully Help You Leverage Your Agency’s Data Use All around the internet, newspapers and in magazines, there has been plenty of talk of about analytics as a way for the public sector to cut waste,Read… Read more »
This article was originally published by Dan Chenok on the IBM Center for the Business of Government Blog MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIESSubject: Contracting In addition to managing your own workforce, you will be responsible for managing a large contingent of contractors. You will need to ensure that contractor performance isRead… Read more »
On Monday, I received an email from the Inaugural Committee encouraging me to download the Inauguration 2013 App to my smartphone to stay up to date on events taking place in DC this weekend. This simple but thorough mobile app shows me where I can watch the Inauguration (with or without a ticket), the routeRead… Read more »