It’s around midnight on St. Patrick’s Day 2010…the day that my first son was born! Please welcome Isaac Andrew Krzmarzick to the GovLoop family. Quick stats on the future fullback (“What broad shoulders!” the doctor remarked): – Born 2:07p ET, 3/17/10 – 8 lbs., 12 oz – 19.5 inches Mommy and Daddy are exhausted, butRead… Read more »
Top 5 – Ways to Handle a Boring Meeting I’m writing a little series on Top 5s. I’ll write my top 5s on various topics and I encourage you to write yours. Meetings can be super boring. Thus we need survival mechanisms. Here’s my top 5 survival mechanisms. 1 – Blackberry messenger – most GoviesRead… Read more »
[Note this is a cross post from my blog which can be found at cpsrenewal.ca – feel free to comment here, or on my blog directly; all feedback appreciated.] Before I start I just want to warn you that this is a little blogging experiment, the entire column is built in Prezi; as such IRead… Read more »
How much attention do the various nooks and crannies within our sprawling organism called “government” pay to writing, speaking, posting, or tweeting in plain language? During the interviews that resulted in my becoming a technical writer/editor with ATF, one hiring decision maker stressed that one of my tasks would be to “show [the department] howRead… Read more »
It seems that the country is becoming more and more polarized. Right wingers have become far-right-wingers, and left wingers are moving far-left, all are becoming wing-nuts. I’ve been a federal employee for (gulp) 25 years and it’s rarely been something to be “proud” of to non federal people, i.e. the general public. Perception of federalRead… Read more »
GovLoop is more than a website, more than a social network…it truly is a community. And as a community, we’ve launched an Acquisitions 2.0 movement, created radio shows, given over $20,000 to charity via Kiva, helped kids with diabetes through the AwesomeGov Fund, and helped put people in jobs. And when someone in the communityRead… Read more »
As many of you know, last Friday the DoD released a Directive Type Memo on the “Responsible and Effective Use of Internet-Based Capabilities“. Many may be wondering, “Why not call it the “Social Media” policy or “Web 2.0” or even “SNS” policy? As someone who has spent the better part of the last seven monthsRead… Read more »
As most of us know, the government workforce if beginning to retire. Baby Boomers are being replaced by Gen X and increasingly Gen Y. Gen Y is a rapidly growing part of the workforce and they are changing the way we do business. Yet little is known about them and how to get the bestRead… Read more »
I’m jazzed to announce “the new new govloop”…. We’ve been spending the last few months working behind on the scenes on a number of items designed to be make govloop more useful to you, the community. 1 – Homepage redesign – As you see, we’ve streamlined the home page to make it much cleaner andRead… Read more »
NASA space suit that vistors can get into! That Rocks! Take My Picture! 1. How did you get involved with NASA. After grad school, I was selected as a Presidential Management Intern (Fellow, now). NASA made me an offer I couldn’t refuse – an opportunity to work on the International Space Station that President ReaganRead… Read more »