Public referendums are an interesting way to allow citizens to have a direct vote and say on a particular issue. At times referendum issues can get a little strange such as the recent Los Angeles vote on whether porn stars should be required to wear a condom in adult videos. Requiring the wearing of condomsRead… Read more »
All Things Sterling now has 4 free downloads on Government Contract Specialist Basics and also has an option to submit guest blog posts. Hopefully these can help those learning and getting into the profession.
Last week the U.S. Census Bureau released the long-awaited data rich Census 2010 EEO Tabulation. This is the closest thing to Big Data available for workforce diversity and equal employment opportunity (EEO). The tabulation is the most comprehensive and unique tool of its kind in assessing EEO nationwide based on a broad range of acuteRead… Read more »
This article is published at by Military.com. The emphasis of this article is that veterans can use career counseling and resume writing help with their next career. Excerpt: Career Coaching and Writing Help When John Russo, Ret. COL., Maryland National Guard, began his search for a federal job, he expected good results in short order.Read… Read more »
By BobGourley The TechAmerica foundation has published a PDF which appears to be a draft executive order on improving cybersecurity for our nation’s critical infrastructure. You can download a copy here: Executive Order: Improving Critical Infrastructure Cyersecurity There is no way to confirm whether or not this PDF really contains the text being coordinated inRead… Read more »
By BobGourley Friends and professional associates at the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) have published a white paper which should be of high interest to anyone in the intelligence community or in policy-making positions in the national security community. The paper, titled Expectations of Intelligence in the Information Age, is a quick read thatRead… Read more »
It was another positive week for stocks last week as a dramatic reversal on Wednesday turned what looked like a breakdown into a bullish “outside day” and the indices were able to hang onto those gains through Friday. Here are the TSP fund returns for the week of November 26 through November 30. All ofRead… Read more »
ParticipateDB (http://participateDB.com) is a collaborative catalogue for online participation tools and one of the world’s most comprehensive resources of its kind. We finally got around to putting it under a Creative Commons license. Read yesterday’s announcement here: Creative Commons http://blog.participatedb.com/2012/11/29/creative-commons/ If you know of any tools, projects or resources that are missing, please let usRead… Read more »
The following is a guest post from mobile health entrepreneur and thought leader, Douglas Naegele. Doug is the Founder and CEO of Infield Health, located in Washington, DC. Follow them on Twitter @InfieldHealth. ————- As the HIMSS Mobile Health Summit starts next week, there are three things I’m excited to hear progress about: 1. TakingRead… Read more »
I’m not sure who got more out of our time together, Miguelito, my employees, or me. He was nine when I met him. Both of his parents were serious alcoholics. I was stationed overseas and living by myself in a modest two bedroom concrete house in the mountains. Miguelito (Spanish for “Little Michael”), like theRead… Read more »