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Yearly Archives: 2013
How to unlock the superhero within you
What superpowers do you have? The question might sound funny at first, but thinking about the untapped talent you might possess can actually change your life. Linda Cureton is the former Chief Information Officer at NASA and author of the book, The Leadership Muse. She spoke about how she learned to unlock her own ‘superpowers’Read… Read more »
Social media impacts on ICT teams – presentation from the Technology in Government conference
Over the last two days I’ve been down at the Technology in Government conference – an event I thought went very well, with a great group of speakers (including the UK Government’s CIO Liam Maxwell). I gave a presentation this morning, and chaired the afternoon, for the Connected Government stream and have uploaded my presentationRead… Read more »
Bluehost Issues an OSCON Challenge
Bluehost is one of Code for America’s largest corporate donors, supporting us for the second year in a row at the $250,000 level. We are so grateful for the support of founder Hari Ravichandran and the entire Bluehost team, who share our belief in the power of the open source community. While we know Bluehost’sRead… Read more »
Puerto Rico TechSummit Reimagining the Tech Industry
When I took the challenge to serve as Chief Information Officer for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, I knew there was a lot at stake. Security and Jobs were the most important points on the Government’s agenda, and it is the CIO’s responsibility to enable the tech sector to respond accordingly. We started by unitingRead… Read more »
Captains of Change
Yesterday I was in the Eisenhower Executive Center at The White House to honor women and men from across the country who have demonstrated leadership and vision in open government and civic hacking. President Obama and his administration have long promoted the ideals of open government to the point of mantra: transparent, accountable, and collaborative.Read… Read more »
House Approves Bill to Stop Pentagon Civilian Furloughs
The House on Tuesday approved two amendments to the fiscal year 2014 defense authorization bill that would ban the Pentagon from furloughing civilian workers for that fiscal year, GovExec reports. Kellie Lunney writes one amendment applies to civilian defense workers placed on unpaid leave and the other amendment covers employees falling under working capital funds.Read… Read more »
ATD-AMERICAN CO. is “Exceptional”…AGAIN!
ATD-AMERICAN CO. is “Exceptional”…AGAIN! For the seventh year in a row, ATD-AMERICAN has been awarded the coveted “EXCEPTIONAL” Rating from the General Services Administration Federal Supply Service (FSS) in its most recent Contractor Assessment.
A Jiu Jitsu champion’s views on what it takes to excel
I was listening to an interview with one of the most accomplished Jiu Jitsu players of all time, Marcelo Garcia, and he was talking about how he prepared for the championships and what drove him. I want bring up something really interesting that he said and I think it can be applied across anything thatRead… Read more »
Aphorism 89
The future is not out there like some foggy day, pre-existing and waiting to be revealed once the mist lifts. Instead, I now like to thing of it more as a lump of clay – it has the potential of being fashioned into a fine sculpture but, equally, it could end up an unstructured mess.Read… Read more »