KM at Commander, Pacific Fleet
Read Jamie’s blog “Fish out of water”. http://cpfkmo.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/dod-km-a-fish-out-of-water/
Monthly Archives: May 2012
More Virtuous Examination of the Big Data Construct: TechAmerica Foundation Announces Leadership for “Big Data” Commission
We recently wrote about TechAmerica and their activities related to Big Data in the Public Sector. A Big Data Task Force in TechAmerica’s public sector group has kicked off a collaborative activity in a Big Data Task Force. There has been a new development in domain. The foundation arm of TechAmerica, which is the groupRead… Read more »
Reorganizing Management Functions: A Manager’s Checklist for Doing It Right
Here’s a terrific checklist of questions managers should be able to answer as they undertake a consolidation of infrastructure or management functions. It is buried in a new report by the Government Accountability Office. Sometimes GAO does terrific work but couches it in ways that its value may not be immediately obvious to busy readers.Read… Read more »
Recruiters, Be All That You Can Be
At the most recent recruitDC, I had the privilege to share with the recruiting community tips on how to incorporate veteran hiring into a recruiter’s mindset. The poignant beginning of this presentation was the opening by Colonel David Sutherland, former Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The local DC areaRead… Read more »
GovTwit releases data set for 4,500 tagged IDs
After seeking a way to revive the GovTwit directory (including trialing interesting services like List.ly and TwitChimp), I’ve yet to find a solution that would include all of the features and functionality I’d like. So today I’m making all of the backend GovTwit data I have culled since 2008 available to anyone who may beRead… Read more »
Mobile Technologies and Collaborative Project Management
I’m interested in interviewing project managers about their experience using mobile technologies such as smartphones and tablet computers to support their project management work. A particular interest is the impact of such technologies have on the communication and collaboration that occurs during the course of a project. I’m currently writing an article about using mobileRead… Read more »
DARPA’s Cyber Attack Operating System, SOCOM Mobile Encryption, and More
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Plan X is reaching out to the private sector and universities to develop an operating system capable of launching cyber attacks and surviving counterattacks. More here. U.S. Special Operations Command is looking for new encryption techniques for mobile devices toRead… Read more »
GovBytes: Open Data – Necessity or Novelty?
Open data is probably more interesting to GovLoopers than the average citizen. That’s understandable; most data-sets aren’t helpful to everybody. For instance, checking out Data.gov, I see raw data-sets concerning the marital status of active-duty forces, the location and characteristics of the worlds copper smelters, and data regarding the surface-temperature of land at night. ForRead… Read more »
Bizzaro Budgeting and Public Sector Innovation
Why is it so hard for governments to adopt innovative new technologies? Why does the public sector lag so far behind the private sector in leveraging new technology to create efficiencies? As an organization that works at the intersection of government and technology, these are questions we hear a lot at Code for America. ThroughRead… Read more »
Six Strategies to Grow Aggressively in the Federal Market webinar on June 14th, 2012
If you manage a small government contracting business, you are one busy person. Like many other CEOs and senior executives, you still may be billable on government contracts, write proposals in your “free” time, and run daily company operations on top of that. If you are not building a lifestyle business meant to remain small,Read… Read more »