Cybersecurity, Your Career, and the New Web
Is This Security On? The US Chamber of Commerce’s National Security Task Force recently heard from Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff about...
Is This Security On?
The US Chamber of Commerce’s National Security Task Force recently heard from Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff about cybersecurity. The Chair of the Task Force, Verizon Vice President of Government Affairs J. Michael Hickey, analyzed Secretary Chertoff’s speech and talked about working with public-sector customers on security issues.
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Movin’ On Up
There will be many great chances for you to build your career over the next few months. Transition and the retirement wave are just two reasons your career could get a boost. Lily Whiteman, author of “How To Land A Top-paying Federal Job,” gave me more reasons why this is a good time to be looking for an upward move, and shared some ideas to do it successfully.
The Next (web) Generation
Web 2.0 technology is widely recognized as being critical to helping recruit and retain a new generation of Federal leaders. How that new blood might change the way the government does business is the focus of a seminar Wednesday morning at the National Academy of Public Administration. NAPA’s Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Frank DiGiammarino, told me what to expect from the seminar, and we talked about some success stories in the government Web 2.0 realm.
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New Bailout Steps
We’re learning more about how the Treasury Department is managing the leverage Congress and the President gave it in the financial markets situation. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s speech this morning laid out the latest steps his agency is taking.
You’ll Have to Decide For Yourself
Despite prodding from several members of Congress, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told the House Banking Committee today only that he believes now is a good time to consider additional economic stimulus. But Bernanke wouldn’t say what he believes “good” stimulus to be, saying only that Congress should define it for themselves.
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