Yearly Archives: 2013

Another Chapter in the Ongoing Debate Started by Joshua Millsapps’ Question “Is remote work, too remote?”

Now Playing: Avaya TechTalk 010: Successful Home Agent Programs with special guest with Rebecca Kay Phelps, Contact Center Segment Manager at Jabra. Listen now! Synopsis: In January Joshua Millsapps asked “Is remote work, too remote?” In March, Marissa Mayer Yahoo’s CEO caused a firestorm when she outlawed telework at the company. Debate rages across socialRead… Read more »

Peer Review Or World View?

I read another message touting peer review as a benefit. Umm, maybe. My experience with peer review is that it is often a closed, self-congratulatory model from a closed, self-congratulatory society about work that is destined to go into the stacks. We need better. At one point I led sixty top writers in a productionRead… Read more »

Shakeups In the Obama Cabinet – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Citizen engagement means a lot more than fixing potholes. So what is it? We get insights from Accela CEO Maury Blackman. He also tells us about the civic cloud. The SEVEN stories that impact your life The Obama administration is proposing a significant budget cut next year for information technology modernizationRead… Read more »

Civic Cloud – Moving Citizen Engagement to the Cloud

“Citizen engagement means a lot more than fixing potholes,” said Maury Blackman. Blackman is the CEO of Accela. He told Chris Dorobek on the DorobekINSIDER program that from his standpoint citizen engagement falls into three distinct areas. Three Areas of Citizen Engagement Public Infrastructure Management: Taking care of what is in the city, potholes, downedRead… Read more »

Army’s ‘Coral Reef’ intelligence analysis software among C4ISR Journal ‘Top 5′ technologies of 2012

By Bob Gourley I noticed a nice post on the website of the United States Army today titled: “Army’s ‘Coral Reef’ intelligence analysis software among ‘Top 5′ technologies of 2012.” I was happy to read about the success of this capability, one of many being fielded by the DCGS-A program. The following is from theRead… Read more »

Using Mobile to Optimize the Customer Experience with “The Changing Face of Customer Service” Panel

On April 25th 2013, GovLoop and Oracle hosted an event called, “The Changing Face of Customer Service” that brought together professionals on the topic of customer experience. After several insightful presentations, the event closed with a panel featuring a variety of customer service experts: Scott Frendt, Vice President, Public Sector CRM Solutions, Oracle Abraham Marinez,Read… Read more »

Which GSA Schedules are the Most Lucrative?

Yes. Here is another statistical blog post. Sorry, but this is good information and helpful for many federal contractors to see where their GSA Schedule stands up against the others when it comes to federal spending. Below is a standard ranking by GSA Schedule based on the dollar sales volume. Hope you find this helpful.Read… Read more »

New IDC report that Internet of Things has reached “tipping point” for government applications!

Hi! I just blogged a new report from IDC, The Coming of Age of the Internet of Things in Government. The report concludes that: “The Internet of Things is reaching a tipping point that will make it a sustainable paradigm for practical applications. The public sector’s use of the IoT is still limited but emergingRead… Read more »