Why Feds don’t respect their Leaders, More with less for CIOs and Matchmaking with the SBA and Gov’t by GovLoop Insights On today’s program for Wednesday May 2nd 2012 How would you rate leadership in your organization? A new assessment from the Partnership for Public Service shows — not great. We’ll find out why andRead… Read more »
Jack Holt is the Director for Policy Analysis for Blue Ridge Information Systems and an adjunct lecturer at Georgetown University. He’s a National Guard vet, including a stint with DoD leading their emerging media strategies. To read more insightful musings from Jack, check out his blog at jackholtapr.com. Follow Jack on Twitter @Jack_Holt. One ofRead… Read more »
There is no excuse for the abuses we are learning about at GSA. We should all be bothered by the waste, fraud and abuse and I hope the government moves fast to correct the failures of leadership here. Something else should bother us. The bad apples at GSA who either conducted these crimes or allowedRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Wednesday the 18th of April, 2012 Lawmakers are asking for more time to pass a final bill to restructure the postal service. And they’re asking to delay the first round of post office closures to make it happen. The Postal Service has put more than 3,000 postRead… Read more »
When I took the SAT in high school, we were asked what career we planned to pursue. I said I wanted to be a doctor. Now, after over thirty years in international affairs and information technology, I am becoming more like a doctor after all. No, I’m not healing anyone and my medical knowledge isRead… Read more »
Data has surpassed voice traffic on mobile phones. But how much data is being consumed? According to Cisco’s Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update Global mobile data traffic grew 2.3-fold in 2011, more than doubling for the fourth year in a row. In 2011, Mobile data traffic was eight times the size of the entireRead… Read more »
Last week I wrote about how “What Open Source & Open Standards means to Government and citizens” in response to the open standards consultation that is currently running until the end of April 2012. This time I’m going to bring to you one of those rare but truly inspiring case studies for open source inRead… Read more »
Today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news round-up: The proposed Social Networking Online Protection Act (SNOPA) would make it illegal for employers to demand access rto social media accounts. More here. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has requested proposals for automated tracking and identification solutions for satellites More here. The full report on theRead… Read more »
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. DIY.mySociety.org | Do It Yourself mySociety – a resource for anyone who wants to build copies of mySociety sites, anywhere in the World – MySociety make it easy to reuse their code. Welcome – The Data Journalism Handbook – This looks like it is aRead… Read more »
There are many tablets out there, but which is right for you? Much has been written about how tablets are not “needed,” but are rather just fun toys. I must say I agree with this, to a point. I feel that there are many great use-cases for tablets. They are lighter and more portable thanRead… Read more »