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Obama Takes To LinkedIn Stage To Advance Jobs Agenda

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President Barack Obama took to the new media stage at LinkedIn in Silicon Valley this afternoon (Sept. 26) to speak to a studio and online audience about his $450 billion jobs proposal, signaling yet again the president’s knack for harnessing social media to take his message directly to the America public.

The electronic town hall was broadcast live via the White House while also being featured on LinkedIn’s website, along with a discussion thread called “Putting America Back to Work 2011,” hosted on LinkedIn’s website. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 26, 2011 at 3:40 PM

Outrage Over $16 Muffin Was Half Baked

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COMMENTARY:
The news this week that the Justice Department had been caught spending $16 a piece for breakfast muffins and $8 for a cup of coffee for employees attending a conference in Washington two years ago was as stunning for its apparent extravagance as it was for the avalanche of criticism that quickly followed.

Within hours after The Washington Post, among other media outlets, pronounced word of the offense in a front page story Wednesday, based on a Justice Department auditor’s report, President Obama and Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew had ordered federal agencies to conduct a thorough review of how taxpayer dollars are being spent on conferences. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 23, 2011 at 7:44 AM

Federal Employees Like Their Work; But Pay And Performance Issues Remain

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A just-released survey of more than 266,300 federal employees reveals a remarkably positive workforce that, despite the prospects of shutdowns, pay freezes and benefit reductions, still views the federal government and the agencies employees work for as a good place to work.

A large majority of federal employees (85 percent) like the work they do. And as recurring evidence of what often separates public sector work from the private sector, 92 percent believe the work they do is important. Still, as the threat of budget cutbacks and uncertainty loom over federal employees working all over the globe, a substantial portion–nearly seven out of every 10 federal employees– say they recommend their organization as a good place to work. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 22, 2011 at 4:58 PM

Congressional Caucus Launches Task Force To Raise Awareness Of Cloud Computing

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The U.S. Congressional High Tech Caucus today announced it is launching a new task force to focus congressional attention on cloud computing issues.

Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA), speaking on behalf of the High Tech Caucus at a congressional briefing, said the task force was being formed “to focus on cloud computing policies, initiatives and to work with stakeholders in the future.” Keep reading →

 /  Published September 21, 2011 at 3:28 PM

Obama’s Deficit Speech As A Word Cloud

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For those of you who want to read it the old fashioned way, here’s President Obama’s full speech:

Good morning, everybody. Please have a seat. A week ago today, I sent Congress the American Jobs Act. It’s a plan that will lead to new jobs for teachers, for construction workers, for veterans, and for the unemployed. It will cut taxes for every small business owner and virtually every working man and woman in America. And the proposals in this jobs bill are the kinds that have been supported by Democrats and Republicans in the past. So there shouldn’t be any reason for Congress to drag its feet. They should pass it right away. I’m ready to sign a bill. I’ve got the pens all ready. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 20, 2011 at 4:40 PM

Taxes And Debt: Where The Left And Right Might Dare To Agree

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Alan Blinder, an economics professor at Princeton University, was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Bill Clinton. Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business, chaired the Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush.

The smart money in Washington is betting that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction — the so-called super committee — will fail because the two parties cannot find common ground. What a shame, because the common ground is there for the taking. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 20, 2011 at 4:00 PM

White House Launches Technology Fellows Program To ‘Reimagine’ Government Talent

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Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel announced that the Chief Information Officers Council has officially launched the Technology Fellows Program.

Working with the Office of Personnel Management, the initiative follows through with another essential reform item from the 25 Point Plan to Reform Federal IT Management. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 14, 2011 at 5:34 PM

Transportation Planner Wins Grand Prize For Government Innovation

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A transportation planner with the Federal Highway Administration was awarded the grand prize, including a $50,000 check, for submitting the best overall idea, among more than 1,000 entries, on how to use informaltion technology to improve the quality of government.

Aung Gye took the top prize for suggesting that the U.S. could minimize the need to acquire new vehicles and equipment by developing a nationwide interactive data base that would track underutilized assets including office space, conference rooms, automobiles and other equipment. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 14, 2011 at 3:46 PM

USGS Making 200,000 Historical Maps Available Online

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Nearly 90,000 high resolution scans of the more than 200,000 historical U.S. Geologic Survey topographic maps, some dating as far back as 1884, are now available online.

The Historical Topographic Map Collection includes published U.S. maps of all scales and editions. The historical maps are available for digital download to the public at no cost in a GeoPDF format. Printed copies are also available for $15 plus a $5 handling charge from the USGS Store. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 14, 2011 at 1:01 PM

Costly Law Still Hinders Agencies From Sharing Common Census Address Data

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One the nation’s most authoritative sources for residential address data, the U.S. Census Bureau, may soon have to confront a costly legal constraint that prevents it from sharing basic street address information with thousands of county, state governments and other organizations.

The limitation not only means that state and local governments must spend more to validate address information, so must the Census Bureau and other federal agencies, according to a group of data specialists speaking at a conference on the use of geographic data. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 13, 2011 at 4:05 PM
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