I am looking forward to attending the FOSE Conference April 3-5 in Washington DC. This is the final post in a blog series highlighting the 2012 conference tracks. Throughout this week I have been highlighting one of the tracks and provide some insights on what you can expect to see at FOSE 2012. The fiveRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Mobility means many things. GOV.Aol has three pieces on mobility: first, a reprint of a FedInsider article argues that in addition to thinking about hardware (all those shiny new iPads), agencies need to be thinking about the applications they’ll deploy on them. The next two articles are about (guess what?) mobile apps. AndRead… Read more »
Today, the White House demonstrated their support for Big Data in a huge way. Federal agencies have committed over $200M to big data initiatives in the future. Between the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Health, Department of Defense, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Energy, and United States Geological Survey there are multipleRead… Read more »
The VIP fridge magnet, standing for Very Important Pizza, can be synced to smartphones so customers can complete their order through bluetooth. Once your preferred type of pizza is set up, by simply pushing the magnet your order will be electronically submitted and delivered. Only one pizzeria in Dubai is set up to do thisRead… Read more »
Big Data is often described by the three drivers (dimensions) of: volume, velocity and variety. But Stefan Andreasen, Founder and CTO of Kapow has alerted us to the fourth – spread. Volume describes the overall AMOUNT of Big Data. It almost goes without saying, that for data to be big, there must be a lotRead… Read more »
A version of this post originally appeared on this blog last year. I’m re-posting it with a few minor modifications because I’m giving a presentation based on this content next Tuesday at 10:15am EST at PRSA’s Digital Impact Conference. If you’ll also be attending, let’s get together. Who leads your organization’s social media initiatives? IsRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Evan Halperin reports. On February 22, President Barack Obama signed the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 into law. The bill provides a variety of benefits to help middle class Americans, including Medicare payment extensions, social security payroll tax cuts, extension of job incentives to small businesses, as wellRead… Read more »
All the information you could ever want about an IRS career is now at your fingertips. This week we launched the long-awaited mobile version of the careers website. If you’re curious about just what kinds of opportunities are available at the IRS, tap the careers tab. For a first-hand account of some of our mostRead… Read more »
The iPhone is more than a phone and much more than just a camera. It can do things that are impossible to do on a “real” camera, like effortlessly stitch together panoramas and instantly share pictures worldwide. These creative possibilities were explored by Jack Davis in “iPhoneography: The New Frontier of Creative Photography,” a freeRead… Read more »
I am looking forward to attending the FOSE Conference April 3-5 in Washington DC. This is the fourth post in a blog series highlighting the 2012 conference tracks. Throughout this week I have been highlighting one of the tracks and provide some insights on what you can expect to see at FOSE 2012. The fiveRead… Read more »
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