Apparently, twenty-somethings who work for the VA love their jobs.
This is among the insights in a new report from the Partnership for Public Service and Deloitte based on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 2010 employee survey. Keep reading →
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A government laptop stolen from the home of a VA data analyst in 2006 contained Social Security numbers and other personal information for 26.5 million veterans and active duty troops.
A class action suit brought by veterans groups was later settled by the agency for $20 million. Keep reading →
While jobless numbers look bleak, economic reports point to a deeper recession and President Obama pushes a reluctant Congress to pass his jobs plan, thousands of GovLoop members have recently found success launching and advancing their careers through new tools offered by the social network for public sector employees.
GovLoop reports growing participation in free online training programs, resume guidance and a pilot Mentors Program that made more than 50 matches over an eight-week period. Keep reading →
This is the third installment in a series of columns by Recovery Board Chairman Earl Devaney on the lessons he has learned from his work on the Recovery Board, which oversees the $787 billion Recovery program. The column originally appeared at Recovery.gov.
For openers, let me say it succinctly: Keep reading →
President Obama’s recent Executive Order: “Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service,” is an excellent call to action to Defense and Civilian agencies to leverage self-service technologies to cut costs while also improving efficiencies.
As consumers, we’ve embraced self-service in everything from getting money at the ATM versus a bank teller to using online software to help us complete our tax returns. These conveniences are made possible by intuitive business process applications, and they make our lives easier, they keep us more informed and they allow us to be in control. Keep reading →
DHS Still Hobbled By Congress; Its Mission Misunderstood: Former CIA Head Who Led DHS Transition Team
By Dan Verton
In December of 2000, John Gannon signed his name to a document that is almost prophetic in its analysis of global security trends.
From the potential impacts of a U.S. economic downturn to the various drivers of what we now know as the Arab Spring throughout the Middle East, and the rise of extremist terrorist organizations in safe-havens like Afghanistan, the National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2015 study warns of almost every major international security issue faced by the United States during the last 10 years. Keep reading →
Last month, I attended the LandWarNet Conference in Tampa where the theme was “Transforming Cyber While At War.”
In preparation for that I had just written an article entitled “Using Social Media Comments To Speculate About Future Cyber Events” which looked at using data analytic tools that can help predict future events from a collection of blog postings. I wanted to demonstrate that and “Build a Traumatic Brain Injury Knowledge base in the Cloud” for the Binary Group, of which the above graphic is part, using another new state-of-the-art technologies. Keep reading →
COMMENTARY:
A new arms race began a few years back and its rapid revolutions will make the cold war era look like a minuscule research project for a white paper!
The new race is to develop offensive, defensive and intelligence collection capabilities for cyber space operations. Keep reading →