T20 Ministers Meeting Incredible Success for Government 2.0 I was heartened to hear during my keynote (goto Login Tourism Speakers) and after at the T20 Meeting in Buyeo, Korea, that nations are taking technology adoption to a new level and will continue to drive it from within their national and local tourism bodies. The KoreanRead… Read more »
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been in the Big Data business since 1999 when it launched the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), the world’s largest biometric database on individuals. IAFIS contains over 55 million sets of fingerprints and is used by law enforcement agencies nationwide for criminal investigations and civil background checks. ToRead… Read more »
Over the past 18 months, almost 10,000 software applications from the government and private sector were submitted to Veracode’s online security testing platform for independent security auditing and 8 out of 10 failed to achieve an acceptable level of security on their first try. Veracode reached this conclusion by automatically checking submitted apps for overRead… Read more »
Despite a series of strong economic reports, the stock market is still almost completely focused on the situation in Europe; moving up and down with every headline coming out of the EU meetings. On Thursday and Friday the Dow flip flopped on a couple of nearly 200-point days as the news out of Europe wasRead… Read more »
The Roku brings Streaming Video Directly to your Living Room On a whim, I recently picked up a Roku XD player from Woot.com. The Roku allows you to tap into a lot of the video going around on the “interwebs” and watch it on your HDTV of choice. The Roku is one of the devicesRead… Read more »
Just read a great blog post: http://blog.customscoop.com/mb/2011/12/7-reasons-government-agencies-should-monitor-social-media.html I agree with all of it, so I’m sharing it here. Why are you still here? Go read it!
Deltek Analyst Kristin Howe reports. November was a slow month for procurement within the homeland security and justice and public safety (JPS) verticals. The word cloud below provides a graphic representation of the words most commonly found in this month’s solicitation titles. Equipment, maintenance, services, police and security were all popular topics. Number of PublicRead… Read more »
Today I caught an article on Governing noting that Twitter announced that they have set up a new account specifically for government and politics. The new Twitter account can be followed @gov and the profile reads: Updates from the Twitter Government & Politics team, tracking creative & effective uses of Twitter for civic engagement. RTsRead… Read more »
Happy Friday everyone! It’s time for another GEICO Friday fun video! I always say that when you look your best, you do your best. But what about when you are a handsome green gecko? Hmm, this makes me wonder. Where in the world can you buy a gecko-sized suit? ————————————– GEICO was created in 1936Read… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Evan Halperin reports. House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) sponsored the Jumpstarting Opportunity with Broadband Spectrum (JOBS) Act of 2011. On December 1, the communications subcommittee majority voted to move the bill forward. The important aspects of the bill are the reallocation of the D-Block to public safety agencies fromRead… Read more »