Editor’s note: This guest post from JeffStutzman of the Red Sky Alliance provides context on a topic of tremendous interest in the community, collaborative cyber security information sharing. – bg Government sponsored hackers, advanced cyber criminals, and even unskilled hactivists operate with relative ease against our information systems because of the sophistication of new toolsRead… Read more »
Today’s federal cybersecurity and IT news: The Promoting and Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness Act of 2011 (The PRECISE Act) passed the House Homeland Security Committee though members had concerns over whether it was sufficient. More here. The Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice discussed information sharing through N-DEx, the FBI’s nationalRead… Read more »
Infographics have become an extremely powerful way for government agencies to quickly and efficiently synthesize complex data for citizens. In terms of data, you typically have people in two camps – the folks who want to see the raw data file and manipulate data accordingly and then the people who want to find information quicklyRead… Read more »
I took great pleasure in reading the release below regarding the reconstitution of the Terrorism Research Center. The founders of the Terrorism Research Center (Matthew Devost, Brian Houghton, and Neal Pollard) are all highly regarded national security professionals and thought leaders who bring years of proven past performance to helping the nation think through someRead… Read more »
Last week we told you all about NASA’s new openness plan. One part of that plan revolves around “technology accelerators” — essentially, crowdsourcing. By opening up its data troves to the world, the space agency hopes that developers across the globe will pitch in and create interesting and useful things with NASA data. That’s whereRead… Read more »
In an era of shrinking budgets and increasing demands for high-quality services, productivity improvement is critical to performance outcomes. How can public-sector organizations meet fiscal requirements while sustaining effective performance levels? Tune-in to FedCentral today on WFED 1500AM at 10am to hear David Dye, Director, Federal Human Capital, Deloitte Consulting LLP and John M. Palguta,Read… Read more »
It is hard to sum up what is happening at the Open Government Partnership this year. Whether it is the geography the conference covers (over 40 countries), the range of issues affected by openness, or the sheer number of people, there is a great deal to wrap your arms around. Here are some reflections afterRead… Read more »
Swimlane Graphics and Pools are Used to Organize Process Diagrams and Their Contents Stay in your lane Swimlanes divide the process diagram into horizontal areas that are used to organize the items on the process diagram. Swimlane graphics improve the readability of process diagrams. Everybody in the pool The collection of swimlanes of a processRead… Read more »
Chris Tucker is an innovator, and entrepreneur, and a community-focused visionary renowned for his leadership abilities. He has been working hard on a new project which is beginning to excite me for its potential. His new activity is called MapStory. It is a capability that enables the creation of collaborative stories over maps. Users canRead… Read more »
Bear with me, this may take a little time. Actually, time is the subject matter here, so it’s appropriate that I should have begun this way, and the story you need to know is this: when I was getting my MFA, one of my professors said that every writer makes a compact with his orRead… Read more »