Posts Tagged: and
Evolving Definitions of Mental Illness and Wellness
Manderscheid RW et al. – Understanding of the definitions of wellness and illness has changed from the mid–20th century to modern times, moving from a diagnosis–focused to a person–focused definition of mental illnesses, and from an “absence of disease” model to one that stresses positive psychological function for mental health. Currently, wellness refers to theRead… Read more »
Apps for Innovation – Two More Weeks Til Deadline
The Consumer Electronics Association’s “Apps for Innovation” contest for software application developers closes in two weeks, on Monday, December 14. The grand-prize winner will receive $10,000 and a free trip to the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), January 7-10, 2010, in Las Vegas. A second-place winner will receive $5,000, and a third-place winner will receiveRead… Read more »
Charles Malone
This is my first entry. As a long time state government employee, all of it in human resource area, I am happy to have opportunity to communicate with other government people. Now, I am also a candidate for the NC state senate. This will dominate my time from now to next November, so I willRead… Read more »
Facebook | How Police Can Use As A Social Media Tool
Facebook is an extremely powerful social media community that has become larger than I am sure many Facebook executives would admit they thought was possible. Facebook had over 2.5 billion visits last month (10/2009), which is quite stunning. There are millions of people visiting Facebook billions of times a month to communicate with each other,Read… Read more »
Secretary Locke and Tim Brant Highlight Commerce’s Kickoff
The U.S. Department of Commerce officially started their 2009 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) on November 2, with a kickoff in their Hoover Building. Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke, provided remarks that encouraged his fellow employees to support the CFC this year. “Due to the economy charitable giving is down, that’s why it is so criticalRead… Read more »
Embrace the bad news or lose the conversation
One of the first lessons I learned as a public affairs officer in Iraq is that there are some reporters who are going to dig up things you really don’t want the world to know about your organization. I quickly figured out that hiding under my desk with my fingers in my ears muttering “YouRead… Read more »
Department of Defense (DoD) Business Transformation Agency (BTA) EP&I Title 5 violations – part two
From the Government Business Examiner Continued from part one-Department of Defense (DoD) Business Transformation Agency (BTA) EP&I Title 5 violations – part one Continued from part one Not only were tax dollars wasted, but the waste was sanctioned by leadership. And, with the mission of the warfighter a main BTA proclamation, it has occurred toRead… Read more »
The future of the work/life balance – What we can learn from the”The Wild Thornsberrys”
I commented on a statement given by Jerry – It is located here https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/government-needs-to-hire HI Jerry, Great Post. As for the secretary. You could! There are tons of companies right now on the internet, and even personal people, who have your “virtual” 1-800 number forwarded to anyone you want. For instance, my sister, who livesRead… Read more »
Amver Is Speaking At The Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase
Benjamin Strong, Director of Amver Maritime Relations, will be speaking at the Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase in Washington, DC on September 8, 2009. The topic, Government as a protector, includes examples of how Amver shares vessel data with international rescue coordination centers to help in search and rescue cases. If you have an interest inRead… Read more »