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  What Hiring Managers Want From Your Social Media Accounts

  Is social media helping or hurting job seekers? The results of a just released CareerBuilder survey of hiring managers who research candidates via social media illustrate it all depends on the job seeker. Self-Defeating Content The top mentions for self-defeating content… more

• Gov 2.0 Showcase – Looking at 2.0 Technology Differently

  The Gov 2.0 Showcase followed by the Gov 2.0 Summit kicked off the Fall. The showcase format was interesting in that it examined government as many different platforms rather than a building or institution. One thing that many people forget outside the government is that those in… more

• Cyber Security Market: US Federal Government Will Invest $55 Billion Over Next 6 Years

  Of particular interest to security cleared job seekers in the cyber security field is the following statistic:The U.S. Federal Government will spend about$55 billion on cyber security over the next six years.Persistent weaknesses in cyber security policies and practices continue … more

• September 11, 2009: Flags over the overpasses on major highways into Washington, DC.

  Shortly after September 11, 2001, American flags starting showing up on overpasses on major highways leading into Washington DC especially Highway 66 in Virginia. Ever since 2001, each September around the first of the month, the flags start returning and stay up for the whole mo… more

• Wall Street Journal: “A little bit of Silicon Valley in the Intelligence Community”

  We stumbled upon a very interesting article on the Wall Street Journal's web site about a new company, Palantir Technologies, that's creating new software solutions to help intelligence analysts sift through tons of disparate data and make the connections that foil terrorist pl… more