USA.gov Video Contest Winner
Hi everyone! This is Jess filling in for Ginger today! You might remember several weeks ago when I introduced you to a video contest we were running at USA.gov . Well, I’m really excited to announce that we have a winning video.
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USA.gov Video Contest Winner
Have you ever wondered what is happening in the background when you are scrapping on facebook, orkut, etc; when you are uploading pictures, sharing music and videos and all that what you do? Apart from letting our friends know, we are creating pages and content for the service provider
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Social Networking services must share revenue with the contributors
Yesterday I spent my morning at the Government Customer Support Conference with government contact center managers. They have some questions for you and helped me write my post today. Government contact centers are the places you call when you need to report a pothole on your street, or you need to replace your social security card.
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Social Media and Contact Centers
It’s your typical Tuesday morning. You’ve rolled out of bed, taken a shower, made a cup of coffee, and are scrolling through your email – which includes your daily RSS feed from GovGab . Excited to see what Joanne has to say for the day, you check it out.
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Earth Day
Lee la versión en español If you were born in Puerto Rico (P.R.) and you’re feeling a bit confused about the new birth certificate law, know one thing: there’s no need to rush to get your birth certificate come July 1st. According to information I found on the P.R.
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Born in Puerto Rico? You will have to get a new birth certificate
It’s Tax Day! Accountants everywhere are rejoicing that they can see the light at the end of the tunnel of their busy season. But if you’re one of the people who still hasn’t finished their taxes, you’re probably scrambling to make sure everything is done and filed by today’s deadline. If you don’t get your taxes paid on time, you could be fined or get hit with failure-to-pay penalties.
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Last Minute Tax Filing
If you’re like millions of Americans, you might be wondering when your federal tax refund will arrive. Of course, if you’re like me, there’s no need to wonder because you haven’t even filed your taxes yet.
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Where’s Your Tax Refund?
Last week, one of our frequent commenters, Thomas, suggested we post on the health care bill President Obama signed into law last month . Thomas says there’s a lot of information in the news about the bill and he was hoping that we could just give the “facts” about the law
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Health Care Reform and You
Needles are hands down one of the things I’m scared of most in the world. Anytime I need to get a shot or have blood drawn there’s a 50-50 chance I’ll pass out. I get all lightheaded and start to hyperventilate.
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Needle-less Vaccinations
Now that it looks as if warm weather is really here, some of my friends have started to gather ideas for activities to do during the summer. Some of the suggestions are right up my alley: baseball games (check), weekend down the shore (say no more), backyard barbeques (sold). The one idea that is less than appealing to me was: camping
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National Park Week
Recently I’ve been getting offers for a credit card that I don’t want or need. The more I ignore the offers, the hotter their pursuit and soon the offers were arriving every week! In a moment of weakness, I considered the offer. I did something a little unusual – I read the fine print
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Choosing a Credit Card
After more than two and half years of sharing all sorts of government information with you, I’m sorry to say that this will be GovGab’s last post. We’re all going to be sad to see GovGab go, but we hope you’ll continue to find all the government information you need through our websites , Facebook pages and Twitter feeds . Thank you to all our wonderful readers for sticking with us through these last two and a half years.
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So Long From GovGab
The peanut butter and jelly sandwiches served at my high school were epic. Using THREE slices of white bread with peanut butter spread on both the top and bottom, it was like a little slice of heaven at 11:30am. Looking back, it’s a marvel that I made it out of there alive.
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Healthier School Lunches
“Who would want to be 100 years old?” “Anyone who is 99,” goes the joke. I can’t tell you how happy I’ll be in a few weeks. My family and I will gather in Chicago to celebrate my second cousin’s 100th birthday
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Life 100 Years Ago: My Centenarian Cousin
RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC), today announced the appointment of Amitabh Jacob as RSA Channel Manager for India and SAARC. In this role, Amitabh is responsible for fostering and managing RSA channel relationships as well as empowering channel partners to go to market with effective information-centric solutions from RSA that meet customers’ needs.
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RSA Appoints Amitabh Jacob as RSA Securworld channel Manager For India And SAARC
Gourmet food lovers in Delhi may now rejoice for India’s finest gourmet food retail chain Godrej Nature’s Basket is set to bring the authentic flavors of world cuisine to the discerning palates of the capital. The launch of the flagship store of Godrej Nature’s Basket in Defence Colony, Delhi earlier this week attracted a host of eminent Delhiites including current Femina Miss India Universe Ekta Chaudhary, style icons Amanpreet Wahi, Mehr Bhasin & Ramneek Paintal.
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Godrej Nature’s Basket – the authentic world food destination now in Delhi
The Board of Directors of Manappuram General Finance & Leasing Ltd, the only Listed and the highest rated gold loan company of India, at its meeting held at Kochi today, decided to go in for a stock split and bonus issue. Every equity share of Rs.10 would be split into 5 shares of Rs.2 each.
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Manappuram Declares 1:1 Bonus & Stock Split
MPAA Chief Dan Glickman Announces Historic Alliance between the Hindi and Hollywood Studios at FICCI Frames An initiative to address piracy was jointly launched today at the FICCI Frames entertainment convention by Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Chairman Dan Glickman, and leading Hindi studio executives such as Yash Chopra (Yash Raj Films), Mukesh Bhatt (Vishesh Films), Sanjeev Lamba (Reliance Big Entertainment), Harish Dayani (Moser Baer), Siddharth Roy Kapur (UTV), Ram Mirchandani (Eros International), and Sandeep Bhargava (Studio 18). The newly formed coalition will target all forms of piracy both physical and online affecting India.
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Film Industry Launches Anti-Piracy Coalition
Vanarlingi now becomes safe for climbers with Rebolting project Shri Satish Marathe, President, Giridarshan Trekking Club along with Mr. Anil Khaire, President Safe Climbing Initiative (SCI) jointly announced that Vanarlingi ( Khada Parsi ) re-bolting project has been successfully completed
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Vanarlingi (Khada Parsi) Re-bolting Project completed by Giridarshan and Safe Climbing Initiative team
HCL AXON, a division of HCL Technologies, the world’s largest services provider dedicated to SAP® solutions, has won the Frost & Sullivan Aerospace IT Solutions Provider 2010 Award for its outstanding performance and industry contribution in Asia-Pacific. Frost & Sullivan, the leading global analyst and market research firm presents the Asia-Pacific Aerospace IT Solutions Provider of the Year Award to organizations that demonstrate excellent qualities in meeting the demands and requirements of clients in the aerospace IT market segment in Asia-Pacific. Critical parameters like quality, complexity, and customization are assessed for some of the leading names in the category.
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HCL AXON wins ‘Frost & Sullivan Aerospace IT Solutions Provider 2010’ Award