Union Praises Rep. Connolly for leadership in Introducing the Bill (WASHINGTON) – The American Federation of Government Employees has successfully convinced the House and the Senate to pass legislation that would compensate nearly 2,000 Department of Transportation employees who were furloughed for two days because of blocked funding. Yesterday, the Senate passed the bill, H.R.Read… Read more »
Part I of this two-part essay focused on my format for illustrating the concept of “Letting Go” during a 20-minute after dinner keynote for the career transition/support group, Forty Plus. [Email [email protected] for this essay.] I reviewed both the dynamics and dangers of not being able to “let go”: “if you have invested so muchRead… Read more »
One of the aspects of living in the D.C. area that I love the most is being able to work with the many wonderful organizations and individuals that are dedicated to helping and providing service to those brave men and women who sacrifice so much for their country – I am truly appreciative of theRead… Read more »
Some Transportation Department workers got an even sweeter pay day today. Last night’s vote to extend jobless benefits until June also provided compensation for the almost 2,000 Transportation Department workers furloughed last month amid disagreements about how to pay for the bill. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood applauded the move on his blog this morning. “ItRead… Read more »
I had the opportunity to chat with the Secretary of the Navy about the Navy’s efforts to become a more transparent, more relationship focused, organization. Secretary Mabus has an incredible background beginning as a Naval Officer, then as the Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, onto the Governor of Mississippi, and now as theRead… Read more »
The Hokie Guru will keep this short… there’s a great Defense Information Systems Career Fair on Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Fort Meade in Maryland. Career fairs like this are rare, so if you are looking for a job in the federal government, the Hokie Guru highly advises that you make the time to getRead… Read more »
Dr. Floris Bex of the University of Dundee’s Argumentation Research Group has posted Argument Mapping and Storytelling in Criminal Cases, on the VoxPopuLII Blog, published by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School. Dr. Bex’s post presents an innovative approach to organizing and analyzing criminal evidence. This new theory combines methods of argumentRead… Read more »
Happy Friday! President Obama decision to mandate visitation rights to the partners of gay men and lesbians adds to a growing list of actions — big, small and ceremonial — taken by the federal government at the behest of gay rights groups eager to extend various rights and benefits to the LGBT community. Let’s review:Read… Read more »
We have all heard the importance of team work, but teamwork is sometimes the only way to make it work. Yesterday was just a typical morning at the HQ Public Affairs office until the Director asked a very simple question. Who is monitoring exercise BRILLIANT ARDENT coverage? No one else was around so I foundRead… Read more »
Short one: I’ve posted a blog on K-TOC reporting the data provided by Tweetreach, a way-cool application that takes a stab at quantifying the “reach” of a Twitter account. Visit us at K-TOC for the details, but here’s the juicy bits: Tweetreach estimates that our combined accounts generated about 100,000 impressions within an audience ofRead… Read more »