Deanna Glick

 

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As the U.S. government’s primary resource for producing official information for 150 years, the Government Printing Office has had to adapt to changing technology and a demand to do more with less in the current economic climate.

In fact, the federal agency has seen its workforce diminish over the years by nearly 75 percent, said Public Printer Bill Boarman as a recent guest on NBC Channel 4’s Viewpoint program (see video). The office currently employs 2,200 federal workers and Boarman said that number will likely fall again in the coming months and years. Keep reading →


The Federal Communications Commission has released the FCC Mobile Broadband Test App, which measures mobile data connection quality and speed.

According to USA.gov, the Federal Communications Commission mobile application allows consumers to test the upload speed, download speed, and latency of a mobile broadband connection and share results via email export. Keep reading →

President Obama will participate in a town hall discussion on jobs and the economy with LinkedIn, a business-related social networking site, the White House announced.

The discussion, titled “Putting America Back to Work: LinkedIn Presents a Town Hall with President Obama,” will take place at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. on Sept. 26. Keep reading →

A commission of experts has been formed to recommend an initial research and policy agenda for Digital Promise, a new national center created by Congress with bipartisan support to advance technologies to transform teaching and learning.

The commission – dubbed the Recommendations for Education and Advancement of Learning (REAL) Agenda –was unveiled as part of today’s White House Digital Promise announcement. Keep reading →


It’s a tough time to be an energy regulator in Washington.

The value of all federal regulation is being challenged on the political front as “job-killing,” but the legal requirements remain in place. Regulators must enforce laws while debate rages. Conversations with Washington observers evoked not only vociferous criticism and fervent praise for those on the spot to keep energy regulation functioning, but also a general respect for the barriers regulators face. Keep reading →

Thirty four public servants were honored for their distinguished service, including nine individuals who were awarded Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals for their high-impact contributions to the health, safety and well-being of Americans at a Washington, D.C. gala Sept. 15.

The nonprofit Partnership for Public Service presented the awards, which honor the organization’s founder Samuel J. Heyman and which over the past 10 years have become among the most prestigious honors given to America’s civil servants. Keep reading →

Rather than diving into salary freezes, furloughs or other federal workforce measures for cutting government costs, the congressional “super committee” created by the debt ceiling deal instead bantered more about unemployment and war funding during its first public session Wednesday.

After months of legislation that would have imposed staff reductions and furloughs, along with a salary freeze that did go into effect, federal employees were concerned they would be a prime target for the panel. Instead, Federal Daily reported, the members of Congress appointed to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction heard testimony by Douglas Elmendorf, director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and talked about unemployment and war funding. Keep reading →

#DHS Sen. Paul’s amendment does not pass…12-5 against….to cut DHS levels back to 2007
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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 →

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 →

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