Remembering Senator Ted Kennedy
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Americans Claim to Like Diverse Communities but Do They Really?
Below is a link to the blog “Social Capital”. This blog discusses the impact and role of social capital as it relates to building a civic society. The PEW Research Center released a study on social segregation that is truly eye opening and illustrates the difficulty in achieveing an integrated society as well as workplace.Read… Read more »
How our segregated neighborhoods reflect our segregated workplaces
PBS produced a documentary with a corresponding website titiled,”Race: The Power of an Illusion”. This documentary details all the major issues surrounding race, it’s legacy, it’s origination, and the discrimination and predjudice that still exists today as a result of racial bigotry. The current atmosphere in today’s business world is that the isms (racism, sexism,Read… Read more »
Great DHS SOA/ESB/NIEM Topic to Follow at the Upcoming NIEM Training Event
Look for this very important NIEM topic at the upcoming NIEM Training event: “Implementing NIEM as a Canonical Model for Information Sharing at DHS/USCIS”. This presentation will be given by Hector Alicea, HLA & Associates, LLC ( http://www.linkedin.com/in/hectoralicea ) on behalf of DHS USCIS… From the NIEM Training Event agenda ( http://www.iir.com/registration/niem/pdf/SessionDescriptions.pdf ): “This presentationRead… Read more »
Join Me for Two Free Webinars
You’re invited to join these free webinars that I teach as part of EPA’s Web training program. Please spread the word. September 2, 2-3 EDT: Mixing Web 1.0 and 2.0. Using our efforts for Earth Month (surrounding Earth Day on April 22), I discuss how we used all of our tools to accomplish our mission.Read… Read more »
OPM Hiring Reforms S 736
And it moves foward… from Gov exec Budget office predicts hiring reforms would cost $40 million By Alex M. Parker August 27, 2009 The Congressional Budget Office estimates federal hiring reforms would cost about $40 million over the next five years — a bargain, according to supporters. “It sounds like we could easily get aRead… Read more »
Coming Soon: My KM Manifesto
Hello, World! You know my name, because you are reading my blog. I am interested in epistemology and managing the flow of knowledge, and I have many more interests, too. But KM is what I do in DoD and it is also my passion after hours. I have been focused on knowledge management for theRead… Read more »
Female? Male? Or, just a determined, talented, faster, stronger female?
I am a little upset this evening with all the talks about the South African Athlete (woman) who is being tested to see if she is actually a male. I know the sex testing has been going on for years. The testing was geared to women who may be posing as a male, or whoRead… Read more »
Dispatches from the Graduate School’s Executive Potential Program
The Graduate School’s Executive Potential Program is a year-long Leadership Development Program for GS13-15s. As part of the program, participants must do two 60-day developmental assignments as well as conduct a series of interviews with Senior Executives. Needless to say, with 135 participants enrolled, there are some fantastic assignments and networking encounters that take placeRead… Read more »
Did you know? The Federal Job Numbers
Originally posted to Unleash the Monster By Monster Government Solutions Team While the country has been faced with the highest unemployment numbers in over two decades, the federal government is currently struggling to fill jobs with qualified candidates. According to our numbers at Monster, agencies using Monster Hiring Management posted 234,144 vacancies across 36 federalRead… Read more »