Rules…. Guidelines…. It does not matter if you are in the 38% of companies blocking social media (in the United States), are leaving social media access wide open, or are looking to strategically leverage The Social Ecosystem. Guidelines about what is, and is not, acceptable, are critical to the success of your Social Organization. ThereRead… Read more »
For most of us, the oft dreaded annual performance appraisal rears its ugly head at least once a year. Loathed by the majority of managers & employees alike, one’s approach to performance appraisals is a sure-fire way to experience a positive or negative outcome. Perhaps it’s time to take a fresh look at what’s reallyRead… Read more »
Available at http://www.missionep.com/news/press-release?id=21 Chairman Thibault, Chairman Shays, distinguished members of the Commission: I am honored to have the opportunity to represent Mission Essential Personnel, LLC (“MEP”) before you today. Our entire company appreciates the Commission’s hard work in reviewing U.S. Government contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I look forward to today’s specific discussion ofRead… Read more »
Much of the hand-wringing in government social media practice – or more so, the decision-making behind whether to have a government social media practice – centers on return on investment, or even “return on engagement.” Does it work, and how do we measure whether it works? From measuring retweets, to numbers of fans, unique blogRead… Read more »
Last November I built a short series to help organizations with their 2010 Social Media Plan. The series was well received and I think we all learned a lot in the process of writing and commenting back and forth. Sometimes, however, it really helps to boil things down to a simple checklist, keeping it simpleRead… Read more »
Law Enforcement Fatalities Surge 43 Percent During the First Half of 2010 We were afraid this was going to happen. The question is whether police officers are simply spread too thin? Budget cuts have taken an enormous toll on the entire criminal justice system and yes, we know regular readers are tired of the topic,Read… Read more »
A week or to ago I went ahead and made my top 5 worst agencies to work for list. We’ll the list wasn’t really mine but rather just the results from the Best Places to Work Survey. Well that’s enough focus on the negative for me, instead lets take a look at agencies who showedRead… Read more »
Our friends at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently issued a study called “A Human Capital Crisis in Cybersecurity,” that highlights how the United States is facing a chronic shortage in the quality and quantity of its cybersecurity experts. As such, the nation unprepared to defend itself against increasingly sophisticated online attacks. TheRead… Read more »
This is my twice yearly public service blog about Restaurant Week in DC (August 16 – 22). Do you take advantage of this? Restaurant Week takes place twice a year, once in the frigid cold of the post-holidays and then again in the dog days of August. Times when diners are likely to be few.Read… Read more »
The argument of whether to prioritize and set goals for transparency or responsiveness when implementing #Gov20 for local government agencies gets mixed reactions. It’s easy to say both should be a priority, but with limited time, money and man power this isn’t always a realistic option. So what’s the answer? It’s impossible to get evenRead… Read more »