HP at Meritalk’s Innovation Nation Federal IT Event!
I catch up with Liz Vogel from HP to discuss some of the current trends around cloud computing.
Monthly Archives: March 2010
US Gov’t Pro Social Media, Law Enforcement Asleep At The Wheel!
The US Department of State has jumped into Facebook amid a growing number of federal agencies that are doing the same. Other federal agencies involved in social media are the National Security Agency, US Army, US Navy, US Coast Guard, The White House, and many others. The federal government is clearly becoming a leader inRead… Read more »
How To Take Advantage of the Internet
“How To Take Advantage of the Internet,” at the Arlington Business Council’s Spring Networking Lunch April 8th, 11:30 – 1:00 will be examining how to use the Internet to drive local business. You will learn how the Internet is becoming a potent force for directed, targeted business growth, and how business owners can take aRead… Read more »
The Darwinian Challenge of Cybersecurity
(Note: This blog comes from DLT Solutions CTO Van Ristau and The DLT Blog) The adaptive nature of threats to information security has proven to be one of the greatest challenges to personal, business, and government adoption of computing in general, and communication of digital information over the public Internet, in particular. Today we areRead… Read more »
Thank You to New Community Leaders!
I don’t normally give personal shout-outs, but I wanted to extend a special thanks to a bunch of brand new GovLoop Community Leaders. They responded to a GovLoop Special Edition email where we made an appeal for GovLoopers to “Be a Leader.” And they’re already making their unique mark on GovLoop. This is kind ofRead… Read more »
Releasing GovLoop iPhone App
Yes. We got an app for that. Today, we release the GovLoop iPhone app. It’s pretty cool – you can read the latest blogs and discussions on GovLoop, get the top gov’t news via GovZine from all your favorite sites, and also pulls in the top govt Twitter tags. Plus more goodies like key events,Read… Read more »
Federal Eye: Eye Opener: Federal pay stubs going paperless
Happy Tuesday! The federal government will start transmitting pay information for executive branch employees electronically, the Office of Management and Budget announced Monday. The New Orleans-based National Finance Center — which processes payroll statements for more than 140 offices across the three branches of government — plans to start providing leave and earnings statements toRead… Read more »
Member of the Week – Savi Swick
I had the opportunity to speak with Savi Swick who works for the Health and Human Services Agency for the County of San Diego. She is deeply engaged in many county initiatives to better serve the community. I appreciate the time she took to discuss her role and ambitions. Thank you Savi! 1. What isRead… Read more »
What is IT “Success”?
We consistently read about IT “Failure” and how much it costs organizations each year, but how often do we actually read about IT “Success”. What is IT success? How do we know when we have achieved it? Why is it so elusive? To read the full article go to http://trituns.wordpress.com/2010/03/29/it-success/
Calling all healthy chefs… Anyone competing in Feds Get Fit?
Welcome colleagues, friends, and fellow Feds to my very FIRST blog post. Please bear with me as I tell my story… On my thirtieth birthday, I made a “to-do” list for the year, a bucket list of sorts, of activities and crazy things I have always wanted to do. There is no rhyme or reasonRead… Read more »