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Meyer Moldeven replied to the topic Got a Best Practice? Share it! http://www.acus.gov/resources/model-a-survey/ in the forum Leadership, Management, Supervision 9 years, 4 months ago
Re your ‘Got a Best Practice? Share it! http://www.acus.gov/resources/model-a-survey/‘
I write this as a former supervisory management analyst retired in 1974 after 33 years in the U. S. Civil Service. My last position was senior civilian in the IG office at McClellan AFB, CA. I am also the author of a blog, title:’Fix/Prevent Mistakes in the…[Read more] -
Meyer Moldeven posted an update in the group
Writers 9 years, 7 months ago
- May 25, 2011. I’m either still lost or lost again. I was drafting a comment to someone here who was working on a ‘primer’ of sorts and invited ideas. IMO, if there’s any subject in my experience worth space and discussion in a ‘primer’ it’s a ‘how to…’ for fixing and preventing mistakes in the workplace. Following are a few relevant links.…
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Meyer Moldeven posted an update in the group
NASA 10 years, 1 month ago
Over several decades in scores of sf stories, movies, political and professional journals, books, blogs, articles and whatnots by many writers and artists about ‘space’ and those who might some day migrate to, inhabit and possess a peaceful and civilized space, I note and recoil from where their contexts are socially adverse for a space…[Read more]
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Meyer Moldeven posted an update in the group
Writers 10 years, 2 months ago
Excellent ideas! I’ve piled up quite a number of potential ‘postings’ over the years that are based on my 30+ years in the federal civil service. I’ve already posted a couple of dozen as blogs and, IMO, some of them might be improved with ‘constructive’ inputs from active and former govt employees. For instance, I am the author of a memoir/blog…[Read more]
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Meyer Moldeven posted an update in the group
NASA 10 years, 2 months ago
SPACE COLONIZATION AND THE LAW
William J. Brennan, Jr.
Associate Justice of the U. S. Supreme CourtFORUM ON SPACE LAW, at the
Bicentennial Conference of Judges of
United States Courts of Appeals on
October 26, 1988,
Volume 3, Spring Issue, 1990http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/articles/pdf/v03/03HarvJLTech001.pdf
NOTE: Following the closing…[Read more]
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Meyer Moldeven replied to the topic Where The Grandparents Ar in the forum The Break Room 10 years, 3 months ago
This morning, surfing online, I stumbled on the 1992 second edition of my self-published collection of ‘grandpa’ stories, title: A Grandpa’s Notebook, subtitle: ‘How to … Ideas and Stories to Encourage Grandparent-Grandchild Interaction, Communications and Well-being.’ BTW, content of this post applies generally, whatever your ages happen to be.…[Read more]
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Meyer Moldeven posted an update in the group
The Break Room 10 years, 3 months ago
Mars is a destination for space explorers. Related kids’ stories are not out-of-order.
Stobey the Martian Space Worm and Slutter the Martian Slime live on farms next to each other. The farms are on Planet Mars.
One morning, after breakfast, Stobey runs to Slutter’s house and they race to their spaceships. Stobey’s spaceship is squishy and is…[Read more]
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Meyer Moldeven started the topic Where The Grandparents Ar in the forum The Break Room 10 years, 3 months ago
Soon after I
joined the ‘grandpa’ world I started to outline plots and write anecdotes and
vignettes that I kept separate from my other writings. The new file would be my stock of
ideas and outlines for read-aloud grandpa yarns and expanded to their intended
length as soon as grandchild was ready to listen. Meanwhile, I would background
a few…[Read more] -
Meyer Moldeven started the topic Gatekeepers and Social Network in the forum Human Resources 10 years, 4 months ago
none””>The Suicide Prevention Resource Center
(SPRC) e-newsletter The Weekly Spark, September 16, 2010 includes the following
item from the Los Angeles Times:‘The “contagion” of social
networks, Los Angeles Times, Sep. 13, 2010 Public health researchers are
experimenting with new programs that tap into the power of social networks to
promote…[Read more] -
Meyer Moldeven started the topic Robotics Control in the Workplace in the forum Human Resources 10 years, 4 months ago
Ref: SCIENCEyes””> ArialMT””>text-underline:none””>Robots at Work14.0pt””> Advances in
Telepresence;The NewYork Times 9/5/10 Science article ‘The
Boss Is Robotic, and Rolling Up Behind You.’yes””> at:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/science/05robots.html?_r=1
http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/sci…[Read more]
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Meyer Moldeven started the topic U.S. Accelerates Suicide Prevention With National Action Alliance Leadership in the forum Forum Discussions 10 years, 4 months ago
NEW: FYI September 10, 2010 Suicide Prevention National Action Alliance
Public-private collaboration forges next-generation partnerships to address major public-health threat in America
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today, on World Suicide Prevention Day, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius…[Read more]
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Meyer Moldeven replied to the topic Army Releases Suicide Report, Prevention Recommendations in the forum Budget / Performance 10 years, 4 months ago
Military urged to create anti-suicide office after effort falls short, The [Louisville] Courier-Journal , Aug. 25, 2010 A yearlong review of Armed Forces suicide prevention efforts by a congressionally mandated Department of Defense task force has determined that current initiatives “could benefit from re-engineering.” According to the report,…[Read more]
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Meyer Moldeven started the topic Army Releases Suicide Report, Prevention Recommendations in the forum Budget / Performance 10 years, 4 months ago
Army Releases Suicide Report, Prevention Recommendations
I post the
following news item in its entirety verbatim because of is potential significance to the
GovLoop community. Moldeven~~~~~~~~
Army Releases
Suicide Report, Prevention RecommendationsBy Army Sgt. 1st
Class Michael J. CardenAmerican Forces
Press ServiceWASHINGTON,…[Read more]
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Meyer Moldeven replied to the topic Suicide prevention is everybody’s business! in the forum Budget / Performance 10 years, 4 months ago
The Aug 26, 2010 Suicide Prevention Resource Center’s SPARK Newletter reports the following: ‘ Military urged to create anti-suicide office after effort falls short, The [Louisville] Courier-Journal , Aug. 25, 2010. A year-long review of Armed Forces suicide prevention efforts by a congressionally mandated the Department of Defense task force has…[Read more]
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Meyer Moldeven replied to the topic Suicide prevention is everybody’s business! in the forum Budget / Performance 10 years, 5 months ago
Suicide Prevention Resource Center ‘SPARK’ newsletter; The 8.18.10 issue of ‘SPARK,’ the weekly newsletter of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) includes several items and their links that may deserve the interest of the GovLoop community. It’s been my practice over several years to bring these recaps (content unedited) to the general…[Read more]
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Meyer Moldeven posted an update 10 years, 5 months ago
@105obpm2oljp9Hello Stacey, Call me ‘Mike.’ That nickname was assigned to me way back when I was about 10 and one of about a dozen or so kids of the same age in a summer camp. It stuck; even my grandkids call me ‘Mike.’
A brief glance of my GovLoop profile may give you an idea where I’m coming from. Personally, I’m an elderly widower and reside…[Read more]
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Meyer Moldeven started the topic Stigma and Suicide in the forum Human Resources 10 years, 5 months ago
A Special Article; A Review of the Literature and Personal
Reflections, byHoward Sudak, M.D., Karen Maxim, M.S., R.N., Maryellen Carpenter
http://www.ap.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/32/2/136
OBJECTIVE:
The authors aim to educate mental health practitioners and trainees
regarding the issues of stigma and suicide and how…[Read more] -
Meyer Moldeven posted an update 10 years, 5 months ago
@fat8uc3p157wFROM MEYER (MIKE) MOLDEVEN / REQUEST FOR YOUR GUIDANCE
You may remember me from some weeks ago when you kindly privileged me with a ‘Member of the Week’ award and also invited me to post items of possible interest to the ‘GovLoop’ community. In that regard, I’ve posted a few items on ‘suicide prevention,’ among other subjects. I need…[Read more]
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Meyer Moldeven replied to the topic 500 Million on Facebook…Got a Gov’t Facebook Story? in the forum Acquisition, Contracting, Procurement 10 years, 5 months ago
Suicide Prevention is Everybody’s Business
FACT: Every year more than 32 000 people die by suicide in the
United States Conservatively, estimate about 20 attempts at suicide for each one that succeeds.http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/suicide/suicidedatasheet.pdf
Rates of presentation to ’emergency departments’ for suicide-related reasons increased…[Read more]
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Meyer Moldeven started the topic Suicide prevention is everybody’s business! in the forum Budget / Performance 10 years, 5 months ago
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