Human Resource Specialists are not specialists in Information Technology. Yet, today HR has a difficult time recruiting, engaging with employees, providing benefits, conducting training or capturing performance feedback without the intervention of technology. In fact, without technology, I can emphatically say that these functions are impossible. Why? Because heightened expectations for anywhere, anytime access toRead… Read more »
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We Defer: Telecommuting Tax Nightmares
In preparing to telework my organization has began to look at the employer’s tax liability. Unfortunately this seems to be a major hang up for telework, and one that the states cannot seem to agree on. So far each state has defered to the other and the payroll company defers to the tax advisor andRead… Read more »
HR Technology in the Federal Workplace Conference April 4 – 6, 2011
The HR Technology in the Federal Workplace Conference will take place April 4 – 6, 2011 at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C. Debuting in 2011, this is the only event delivering guidance on the range of technology options available to boost the efficiency of your agency’s HR operations. From telework and cloud computing,Read… Read more »
Building on GovMadness 2011: – the Best of the Rest in Gov2.0 from Federal, State and Local
In keeping with the spirit that GovLoop has started this week with GovMadness 2011, I thought I’d post a forum to highlight some of the smaller agencies and cities that may have gotten the snub from GovLoop’s big dance. There are a lot of agencies and departments out there doing great work with social media,Read… Read more »
NOAA and FEMA – Get ready for spring floods
While we should be prepared for all sorts of problems NOAA and FEMA joined forces to started warning people about spring floods. If everyone does this they will be prepared or partialy prepared for other problems like rain storms, hurricanes, blackouts, etc. How? The basics are teh BASICS! Flashlight, alternate place to go, camping stove,Read… Read more »
Keeping up with technology and tools
The pace of technology is exploding. It was a little more than 20 years ago when individual government workstations began receiving computers. I joined the Air Force in 1989. At the time, it was the communications squadron’s policy to ration personal computer to only two per office until it was able to give one toRead… Read more »
Good data, is the answer in the clouds?
Question I asked during a Q&A session at Transportation Camp East with H. Giovanni Carnaroli, Senior Accountable Official for Open Gov, USDOT, Peter Appel, Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, USDOT, and Charles Monheim, Chief Operating Officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. I have always questioned if technology and information gathered by theRead… Read more »
Top Ten Strategies For Managing A Virtual Workforce
Many of our clients are dealing with the challenges of managing the virtual workforce with colleagues spread out in different locations and multiple time zones. Since our inception 14 years ago, Strategic Partners has been managing a virtual workforce. What follows are 10 strategies that we have adopted to help our virtual workforce enhance theirRead… Read more »
Weekly Round-up: March 04, 2011 (GAO Report on Duplication and Overlap Edition)
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Legislative Branch: Fake Online IDs Imperil Social Media’s Effectiveness. Polico reports that some legislators want to give up on Twitter–in part because they can’t tell if the people who are following them are their own constituents. (Could they use something like Tru.ly?) Contapuntally, The Air Force Wants to Manage Fake Personae. There isRead… Read more »
Weekly Round-up: February 25, 2011 (Government Shut-Down Preview Edition)
Gadi Ben-Yehuda The Government Shutdown and You(Tube): Andrea Di Maio published a peice titled “What if Government 1.0 Shut Down? Government 2.0 May Have To As Well,” a great read, as is the comment by Doug Hadden. Also, NextGov points to one difference between the last government shut-down and this year’s potential shut-down in itsRead… Read more »