The federal government has launched a new partnership across government agencies and private industry to enable pregnant women and new mothers to receive free text messages that will help keep them and their babies in good health. Texting BABY to 511411 on a moble phone (BEBE for the Spanish-language version), pregnant women can receive three [...]

As director of the United States Office of Personnel Management, John Berry is responsible for recruiting, hiring and setting benefits policies for almost two million federal civilian employees. Berry works with partners both inside and outside of government to create flexible, results-oriented HR policies and to change how Americans view their public servants. Berry’s career [...]

Social media has become a key ingredient in communication for our nation’s politics. Sound like something you’re up for?  Because Mia Cambronero is stepping down from her job of maintaining Obama’s social network sites including Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. The Democratic National Committee recently posted the job opening of Social Networks Manager as they seek [...]

The Office of Personnel Management has started an effort to enhance the oversight of the recruitment, relocation, and retention (also known as 3R) bonuses. OPM Director John Berry stated that he was concerned about the growth of the bonuses in a memo on Wednesday, February 3rd. Berry noted the bonuses necessary to find and retain [...]

Today the federal Health Technology Policy Committee is meeting to discuss the recently proposed regulations on electronic health records by the Health and Human Services Department. The committee is in place to advise the Health and Human Services Department. In particular, they are meeting to discuss whether or not hospitals and doctors need more guidance [...]

Bryan Sivak was appointed Oct. 13, 2009 to the Cabinet post of chief technology officer for the District of Columbia. In that role, Sivak leads the Office of the Chief Technology Officer, which is an organization that provides technology services and leadership for 86 agencies, 38,000 employees, residents, businesses and millions of visitors. Sivak has [...]

Julius Genachowski was nominated by President Barack Obama as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on March 3, 2009, and sworn into office June 29, 2009. Prior to his appointment, he worked as an executive and entrepreneur. He co-founded LaunchBox Digital and Rock Creek Ventures, where he served as managing director. He was also a [...]

Electrical service provider Dominion Virginia Power has moved to delay full deployment of its smart-meter program, so the firm can expand ongoing testing. The smart meter has been tested in parts of Virginia by the power provider with over 50,000 units installed in central parts of the state.  The firm now wants an additional 30,000 [...]

Nancy Cleeland is director of public affairs at the National Labor Relations Board. Before joining NLRB, Cleeland was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the Los Angeles Times and covered major labor disputes and economic issues. Prior to being a labor reporter, Cleeland worked at the LA Times’ Orange County edition as a metro reporter specializing [...]

Julius Genachowski outlined his goal of providing 100 megabits per second (Mbps) broadband internet access to 100 million Americans by 2020 at a speech to regulatory commissioners earlier today.  He called the goal “ambitious but achievable.” Chairman Genachowski termed the high-speed goal the “100 Squared” initiative at the NARUC Conference in Washington, DC today, and [...]