The search for a head of the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) appears to have come down on two veterans of the food safety community: Caroline Smith–Dewall, food safety director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest and former FSIS administrator Barbara J. Masters, who is currently senior policy adviserRead… Read more »
Dear Readers, How many of you have had the feeling of burnout in your career? The feeling where you feel like your ready for a change in careers and need something to do that is different than what you currently do for one reason or another! Many people tend to have this feeling or haveRead… Read more »
RI’s Web 2.0 site is pretty cool from a Web 2.0 point of view. What do you think?
I’ve got a long post on the meaning of Obama’s acting appointments at management agencies up at FedBlog today. Here’s the first half: Why the Acting Appointments Matter By Alyssa Rosenberg | Monday, January 26, 2009 | 12:19 PM I’ve had a number of people ask why we’ve been so focused on President Obama’s decisionRead… Read more »
Vivek Kundra, the DC CTO, and I are writing, a book Democratizing Data, (i.e. “Democratizing data makes it automatically available to those who need it when and where they need it based on their roles and responsibilities, in forms they can use, and with the freedom to use it as they choose — while simultaneouslyRead… Read more »
Good Monday morning govloop members! Stocks were mixed on Friday as the Dow lost ground, along with the international stocks, while the S&P 500 and small caps each gained about a half of a percent. With a week to go in the first month of 2009, only the G-fund is in green territory in January.Read… Read more »
What is a blog, and how does it fit into Web/Gov 2.0? Because with the most basic use of the technology, a blog isn’t much different at all from a traditional Web site, and those have been around for a long, long time (OK, if that offends, the fact you’re reading shows you’re young atRead… Read more »
Imaging the following scenario below being kept in a a file, in a basement, in a library forever, never seeing the light of day. Possibly of use to many, but untouchable to almost everyone. Would you keep it in that format as you have it? Keep it buried in a basement or an archive? Or,Read… Read more »
Looks like this site is really opening up to a lot of good people. Hoping to update it more soon.
I didn’t quite realise the difference between NZ and the US until I joined the Working Parent group here on Govloop. There is a lot of discussion about school camps, creches, schools etc. I hope they realise how lucky they are to have things like a creche (if there is one where they work)! IRead… Read more »