Progress in Afghanistan Contract Oversight; Measured Optimism

From The Acquisition Corner I recently wrote a piece for contract management improvements in reconstruction and nation-building initiatives. Updates were provided by Senator Claire McCaskill, (D-Mo), who is completing an overseas trip, including Afghanistan, and stated she was encouraged by what she saw in Afghanistan. During the trip, auditors told McCaskill oversight agencies are workingRead… Read more »

The MetaNet

One of my team members at Navstar has written an intriguing post about The Metanet. Please check it out, its worth the read. Comment if you will. Andrea by Rachel Winchester on February 17, 2010 Internet watchers, particularly business types involved in marketing, have been predicting that the Internet will become more tribal and itRead… Read more »

Federal Eye: How will you make up for last week?

As part of The Post’s Federal Worker page, we ask a different question each week of our readers and plan to include the best responses in Friday’s paper. You’ve still got time to participate this week. Here’s the question: Will you work longer hours this week to make up for lost time? Or did youRead… Read more »

What motivates your drive to fight for change?

We are committed to live our life to the fullest including being the best version of ourselves at work, with our families and friends. At the end of the day after you have endured a long day at work fighting for change, what keeps you going? http://ezinearticles.com/?True-Motivation-Comes-From-Within&id=3170443

Favorite books on social media

Calling all social media gurus (self-declared included)! I’m interested in creating a little new/social media library and am interested in hearing your faves. I’m more than happy to share the tallied results with the community. If you no longer read books, I’ll gladly consider other forms of info such as blogs, journals, Web sites, etc.Read… Read more »

Federal Eye: Eye Opener: Another look at fixing government

Happy Thursday! Just about everyone agrees that the federal government needs fixing, and a liberal think tank friendly with the Obama administration will start tackling that issue later today. The Center for American Progress — a former employer of many administration officials — launches a two-year review of government operations on Thursday morning with aRead… Read more »