Jon Fullinwider, former CIO for the County of Los Angeles, blogs about why IT projects fail in this multi-part blog series. This entry addresses the “project plan” or lack of. An interesting article from someone with a lot of public sector IT experience. http://blog.govplace.com/2009/12/why-it-projects-fail-%E2%80%93-part-4-the-project-plan/
Andrew Ridner, from Govplace, recently blogged about virtualization security. It’s an interesting post with tactical security recommendations. http://blog.govplace.com/2009/12/virtualization-security/
I’m wrestling with an issue and I’m hoping I can get a lot of input from multiple sources regarding Twitter strategies for government. Try to look at this with your “public affairs hat” on. Do you think Twitter accounts for an agency should be created and managed based upon a general topic, organizational structure, orRead… Read more »
Dr. Paulette Robinson, leader of the Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds, will describe how VWs are now being used in government — and discuss the benefits and challenges faced by users, developers and decision makers in applying this new medium. She will also describe a new vGov (Virtual Government) project that will provide a secureRead… Read more »
With so many people I know fighting the flu and our concerns about the H1N1 epidemic, I have been thinking about the Global Public Health Intelligence Network, GIPHIN, the Canadian’s based public health early warning systems, and the role it played during the SARS scare. I first heard about GPHIN back in late 2005 andRead… Read more »
This is a cross-post of: http://dotgov.com Dear Santa, This year, I‘m not asking for a new iPhone, a Spy Camera Video Watch or an Electrical Car (a real one!). Santa Art by Isabelle (6 years) This year, I’m asking for a better e-Government. The Obama administration has already made a huge progression with the OpenRead… Read more »
Had a great meeting hosted by FedEx at their Memphis HQ last week, covering research deliverables from the second half of 2009 and planned agenda for 2010. One of the hot topics was (and is) Digital Identity. There was an interesting post on this subject in the NY Times Bits blog this morning, basically sayingRead… Read more »
It’s once again “how-to Monday” and in an effort to continue the trend of how to “best use those social media tools freely available to all to make our lives easier” I’m sharing a new ‘easy’ site with you. And it doesn’t get much easier than knowem. Put simply it’s a one-stop shop to ensureRead… Read more »
When I received an invitation to present for the Texas Certified Public Manager in San Marcos, TX, this past week, I immediately thought of Dustin Haisler. Haisler wears many hats for the city of Manor, which is a few miles northeast of San Marcos just outside of Austin. He and his colleagues are finding creativeRead… Read more »
Last week I spoke at the Online Information conference. It was a session about Twitter, where Karen Blakeman did a great job explaining the whole thing, and how organisations can make use of it. Then I stepped up and told a few jokes about government is – and should be – using Twitter. Here’s theRead… Read more »