Government travel and conferences will likely take a slowdown as new controls have been placed to curb spending in the wake of the GSA conference scandal. Jeffrey D. Zients, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget sent out a memo to government officials and wrote up a blog post outlining these new controlsRead… Read more »
It’s an exciting time of year…we are gearing up to welcome our next class of USG-funded international high school exchange students. Wanted to bring to your attention the importance of youth exchange and the rewarding opportunities of hosting these future leaders from around the world. This DipNote blog says it all… Posted by J. AdamRead… Read more »
YGL’s The Economy and Tomorrow’s Leaders Survey! Our country has faced difficult economic conditions during the last several years. Those recently entering the workforce have been hit especially hard. Many existing studies focus on the struggles of unemployed youth. Most of YGL’s membership are currently employed, but may have still felt the impact of theRead… Read more »
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. BDU: Big Data – E-learning about “big data” which people keep telling me is going to be important. WP2Cloud – Interesting one for WordPress dorks (like me). Stores all your WP site stuff in Amazon’s cloud. Announcing Open Space South West #OpenSSW – Sounds likeRead… Read more »
Ok, so everyone is talking about Facebook and its IPO. There are several elements about this that I find interesting, none of which involve the billions of dollars that the IPO is going to raise. 1) So many of the overnight success stories we are talking involve businesses with a model that can be describedRead… Read more »
With one expert you get your messiah. They named a street after that guy, One Way. With two experts you get a discussion, also called an argument. With three or more experts you get the beginnings of transparency. With Mr. Google and his Internet, we have more knowledge than we need. Education used to beRead… Read more »
Today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: U.S. Army Cyber Command operational attorney Robert Clark said that the legal frameworks are not keeping pace with cyber operations and said that claims of “cyber war” do not qualify as war defined by international laws of armed conflicts. More here. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management ProgramRead… Read more »
Government trainings are important. They provide valuable skills to government employees so that they can better do their jobs. However, since the GSA conference scandal, it’s been more difficult than ever for federal workers to justify conferences and trainings. Some of these controls are good, but some may be detrimental to the good work governmentRead… Read more »
For National Women’s Health Week, the U.S. General Services Administration’s Federal Citizen Information Center and U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Women’s Health partnered to create and circulate the Healthy Women’s Action Kit. This kit provides the information you need to: • Manage your cholesterol, blood pressure and risk for diabetes • Stay safeRead… Read more »
It’s hard to dispute that 2011 was the year of social media. The average number of tweets on Twitter rose from 50 million to 140 million. LinkedIn set records as the largest Internet IPO since Google. And over half of Facebook’s 845 million users logged in daily. Some headlines even claimed that “email is dead.”Read… Read more »