Guest post by Charles Huang (@1CharlesH), mentor at DDD and Blueprint Health. It is an exciting time to be an entrepreneur these days. President Obama earlier this year launched a Startup America initiative to promote entrepreneurship in America, citing the need for the US to maintain its competitiveness in international business through tech innovation andRead… Read more »
My full blog post for The Washington Post’s Federal Eye is here: http://wapo.st/q0vfUa Congress was on track to weigh a bill that would authorize having a flag presented to the families of federal workers killed on the job. But that bill is stalled as the American Legion and some right wing bloggers are opposing it,Read… Read more »
If you’re involved in Open Government, I encourage you to participate in this first informal open government communities survey. The objective of the short survey is to create a view of the broad community of constituents that comprise the open government movement, with a special interest in understanding the interplay and influence of open sourceRead… Read more »
Just responded to a great post from the Citizen Engagement Group. What has worked for you? Please share. https://www.govloop.com/group/citizenengagement/forum/topics/getting-the-discussion-going
Real life leadership lesson – be transparent, congruent and authentic to both yourself and to those you lead! To be clear – I am wearing my organization development practitioner hat here. This is a bi-partisan analysis of a real life event to highlight what I believe are imperative traits of successful leadership -transparency, congruence, andRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Amanda White reports. The January 1, 2014 federal deadline for states to have health insurance exchanges up and running is fast approaching, and as summer comes to a close, states are realizing just how fast time is flying. Surprisingly, several states have yet to pass legislation to set up the infrastructure, and inRead… Read more »
Also, be on the lookout for a full report from a DOE task force on hydraulic fracturing, due out this November. In the mean time, read about the findings of a preliminary report at Bloomberg. Original post
In Appendix G, the PMBOK Guide discusses Interpersonal Skills for the project manager. We are currently reviewing these one by one in our weekly PMP exam tip. In this week’s tip we talk about developing strong communication skills. Good communication skills are important in most careers. If you are working as a project manager thatRead… Read more »
After a series of fits and starts, the Portland City Council will hear a proposal for the city’s broadband plan today. The highly anticipated plan comes after the city backed away from an earlier version that would’ve cost nearly a half billion dollars. City officials want to create a high-speed, city administered broadband network toRead… Read more »
The University of Minnesota is using RFID tags to encourage people to bike on campus. The university will start handing out radio frequency identification chips and begin to register bicycle riders next week. Each time they pedal past one of 20 cellular towers, cyclists will earn points that they can cash in for rewards likeRead… Read more »