UTA plans Twitter chat on 2012 budget
To complement a public hearing on its proposed 2012 budget, the Utah Transit Authority has scheduled a Twitter chat with its general manager on Monday. Original post
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GSA USASearch Wins 2011 Government Big Data Solutions Award
The Government Big Data Solutions Award was established to highlight innovative solutions and facilitate the exchange of best practices, lessons learned and creative ideas for addressing Big Data challenges. The top five nominees and overall winner was announced at Hadoop World in New York City on November 8 2011. The Government Big Data Solutions AwardRead… Read more »
Bill Bratton and Zach Tumin: The New “Collabonomics” of Disaster Management
Last week’s New England snowmeggadon showed us how far social media has come in making collaboration across the boundaries of government and citizens easy. And it offered stark contrast between those who get it and use it, and those who don’t. Social media and the digital devices that connect us change the collabonomics of disasterRead… Read more »
Why Challenge.gov is Driving Innovation & Details on the Latest Livestreamed this Thursday, 11/10 at 12:30pm EST
INNOVATION AT ITS BEST: CHALLENGE.GOV: Government has made a ton of progress in innovation over the last few years. And many will find it hard to disagree that some of the most innovative citizen creations have been catalyzed and precipitated with the launch of Challenge.gov. What is it? Challenge.gov is simply a place where theRead… Read more »
Will Government Agencies be ready for the Chromebook?
Originally Posted on Iron Bow Technologies Federal Blog, TechSource. Authored by Prem Iyer, Information Security Practice Director As with many new technologies the Chromebook is creating a surge of excitement among consumers. Users may be excited to get their hands on the new technology – but IT departments are dreading it. With the demand ofRead… Read more »
Video Killed the Network’s Performance
Originally posted to Blue Coat’s federal blog, Blue Print. Authored by Grant Asplund You know your employees are doing it; sitting there, at their desks, watching videos and devouring your network’s bandwidth. Currently Cisco estimates that video accounts for 20-50 percent of traffic on networks, but anticipates that as more and more agencies utilize videoRead… Read more »
Staying Ahead of the Latest Trends in Fraud and Abuse
By Bruce Levick Federal agencies make more than $2 trillion in payments to individuals and a variety of entities each year. Some estimate that as much as $125 billion is spent improperly. Since many grant programs are administered by state and local governments, the federal government has shifted its focus on identifying improper payments toRead… Read more »
Translating Business to Enterprise Architecture: Methodology Activity #2
Capabilities from this context are the “what do we need to be able to do” to enable the strategy. This requires more thought than just saying we need the capability to collaborate. Collaborate by itself is just an activty with no context. If we add a software application associated with collaboration we’re still not talkingRead… Read more »
Recruiting in the Digital Era: Updated Guidance for Employers, Recruiters, and Candidates
This summer I wrote Social Media and Recruiting 101: Overview and Recommendations, which was an extension of some earlier pieces I had written on the topic of “social screening” (see this post, as well as this white paper). In it, I recast the “recruiting funnel” to reflect how social media and other digital activity canRead… Read more »
Disruptive Technology of the Week – Republic Wireless
Paradigm Changing Wireless – Exactly what the Doctor prescribed The new Republic Wireless cell phone service has been released. This service offers unlimited cell, data and text, for only $19 a month. They piggy-back off of Sprint’s CDMA 3G services, but rely primarily on Wi-Fi for network connectivity. Republic requires the user to log onRead… Read more »