Erica Bakota

I echo the comments about Pinterest being a forum for things that are truly inspirational. As the saying goes, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” A single photograph can be inspiring in ways that online text never can.
I use Pinterest as a “dream” to-do list: all the things I would love to do but aren’t on my practical to-do list for whatever…[Read more]

I am also curious about filtering at the federal level. Are all federal agencies blocked from Facebook, or are the policies agency specific? Here are the stats for USDA ARS:
Twitter: open
Flickr: don’t have an account
Facebook: blocked
YouTube: limited

It sounds to me that the more experience employees have as a fed, the less positive their responses become. This does not reflect particularly well on government employment. It’s true, though, that one could experience a “fairness honeymoon” anywhere. Another issue I see is lack of younger feds at my agency. I work in the Agricultural Research…[Read more]