A butterflies wings flap. Someone sends a tweet. A government falls and rises again. But the beauty of Twitter is not in the very great consequences but in the small. Not the detail neither but in the flow and sway of unguarded conversations and chit chat about the weather. I can’t remember where my ownRead… Read more »
CTOvision.com has just opened our new Tech Humor category. In honor of this wondrous event we would like to re-post one of our favorite tech commentaries involving those champions of technology explanation Ronnie Corbett and Harry Enfield. These two walk us through products and services and technology trends and bring the laughs as they do.Read… Read more »
Today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: With the addition of several amendments to protect privacy and civil liberties, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing & Protection Act has enough votes to pass through the House of Representatives. More here. The director of intelligence at U.S. Cyber Command, Rear Adm. Samuel Cox, said the U.S. needs approvalRead… Read more »
A nice little project this, that we developed for our friends at NALC. It’s a site introducing some of the issues around planning, particularly aimed at parish councillors. We did the design and built the WordPress template, while the guys at NALC provided the content for us to build the pages. The purpose of theRead… Read more »
IBM recently released a great report, The Foundations of Efficiency; learning to do more with less is the new normal for government (Download Here). The opening of the report gives a quick synopsis of the dire financial situation facing governments. IBM observes: “Our current economic contraction is different from previous downturns. It is global. ItRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Wednesday the 25th of April, 2012: The Secret Service agents in the center of the prostitution scandal say misbehavior on official trips is not unprecedented. The Washington Post reports a few of the secret service agents contend that their conduct doesn’t warrant dismissal because senior managers toleratedRead… Read more »
Last week, I had the chance to listen to and speak with Representative Adam Smith of Washington state about cybersecurity legislation at a reception. This year has been pivotal for passing regulations to govern cyber, and attendees of this security event wanted to know his thoughts on the variety of proposed laws. While Rep. SmithRead… Read more »
iDisaster 2.0, a blog about social media and emergency management, has collected papers from the Social Web for Disaster Management Conference 2012 Workshop recently held in Lyon, France. This coincides with NOAA’s collaboration effort with FEMA to launch the first National Severe Weather Preparedness Week. I think they’ve done a pretty good job of preparingRead… Read more »
There is a huge opportunity in EGov with Mobile. We all use it…the numbers prove that. With all the recent consolidation efforts on the web, mobile has come to the forefront and federal technologists and communication experts are hard at work delivering new apps and m.dot sites for citizens to consume information quickly and easily;Read… Read more »
By Lance Simon and Judith Nielsen http://gov.icohere.com In February, 2012, the United States Forest Service held a hybrid conference – part virtual, part physical, and all-around a success. Attendance was more than double that of previous conferences, the Agency saved as much as $950,000 in travel and facility costs, the conference received high praise fromRead… Read more »