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Feds expand virtual worlds use
Over a year ago, the U.S. Army, and other branches of the military, were experimenting with the use of the virtual worlds social media site "Second Life" as a recruitment tool. Since that time, the military has branched out into using virtual worlds technology as a tool for collaboration. Now, civilian branches of government are looking to do the same thing. Federal News Radio's Max Cacas has our exclusive coverage of the Third annual Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds Conference, which concludes today at the National Defense University here in D.C..
Tags: technology , virtual worlds , Second Life , Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds Conference , Army , Douglas Maxwell , U.S. Army Simulation and Training Center , MilLands , Paulette Robinson , iCollege , NDU , Barrack Obama , USDA , Max Cacas
Industry Chatter: Lisa Mascolo of Accenture
The concept of doing "even more with even less" is a step beyond "doing more with less." Lisa Mascolo of Accenture has some ideas for doing it.
Tags: In Depth , Industry Chatter , management , technology , cybersecurity , Lisa Mascolo , Accenture , contracting
OMB's Sunstein links records and open government
The Obama Administration believes that one of the major planks of an open and transparent government is the ready access to public information by citizens. One of the top federal officials involved in managing the federal government's rules and regulations says those who maintain the government's paper and electronic records are the "backbone of a transparent and open government."
Tags: management , technology , NARA , Records Administration Conference , Cass Sunstein , OIRA , OMB , VA , EPA , Barack Obama , Max Cacas
Industry Chatter: Ryan McCullough of Govplace
VP/Federal on performance-based contracting; prime/sub relationships; "inherently governmental"; and objections on cloud computing and data center consolidation.
Tags: In Depth , Industry Chatter , contracting , technology , cybersecurity , Ryan McCullough , GovSpace
How to make federal management more effective
Getting good results from your team is becoming more important with the administration's emphasis on results.
Tags: In Depth , management , telework , Robert Tobias , American University
GSA's O'Hare, Taylor detail Administrator Johnson's agenda
GSA officials are squarely behind the new Administrator's priority list.
Tags: In Depth , management , contracting , technology , Ed O'Hare , GSA , General Services Administration , Martha Johnson
The best federal blog you've never heard of
A new blog's goal is to raise the profile of some of the best publications from the Federal Government, past and present. Davita Vance Cooks, Managing Director of Publication & Information Sales for GPO explains.
Tags: Federal Drive , mngt , technology , Davita Vance Cooks , GPO
USPTO opens up about telework success
Out of a total of approximately 5,300 PTO staffers who have both the authorization and the technical capability to telework, 91 staffers telework three days a week; 165 work two days a week from home; 2,700 who work from home one day a week; and finally 2,300 staff who are "hotelers", who do the majority of their work from their homes, and only come into PTO headquarters once a week or once every two weeks. Danette Campbell, the senior telework advisor at PTO, explains.
Tags: Federal Drive , technology , mngt , USPTO , telework , Danette Campbell ,
UPDATE: More on training and mentoring managers at your agency
Agencies will have defined benchmarks to hit for training current and future managers.
Tags: management , Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Co , Daniel Akaka , Nancy Kichak , Marilee Fitzgerald , OPM , Defense Department
The world gathers to secure cyberspace
Despite the severity of cyberthreats, the international community has not come to agreement on how best to deal with them. EWI's Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit will work to fill this gap, bringing together leaders from the public and private sectors to reframe cybersecurity concerns and to devise collective strategies to address them. Vartan Sarkissian Director of the Worldwide Cybersecurity Initiative explains.
Tags: Federal Drive , EastWest Institute , Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , Vartan Sarkissian , technology , mngt ,
