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Administration issues far-reaching plan for building cyber workforce

BY ALIYA STERNSTEIN 08/12/2011 The Obama administration on Friday released the first-ever roadmap for building a U.S. cybersecurity workforce and testing the government’s success at raising public awareness of computer threats. Currently, there is no definition of what it means to be a cybersecurity professional. The draft strategic plan sets forth a way to measureRead… Read more »

Project of the Week: Memphis PD – Fighting Crime with Analytics!

This week’s Project of the Week is brought to you by one of GovLoop’s 2011 Major Partners, IBM. As the year continues they will be present on GovLoop to help you with any Analytics questions you may have. Dr. GovLoop recently caught up with Nathan Greenhut of IBM about how they’ve been of great assistanceRead… Read more »

Casellas on Legal Ontology Engineering

Dr. Núria Casellas of the Legal Information Institute has published Legal Ontology Engineering: Methodologies, Modelling Trends, and the Ontology of Professional Judicial Knowledge (Springer, 2011) (Law, Governance and Technology Series ; Vol. 3). Here is the publisher’s description: Enabling information interoperability, fostering legal knowledge usability and reuse, enhancing legal information search, in short, formalizing theRead… Read more »

Open Government Links of the Week – August 19, 2011

“Opening government, the Chicago way” “Interviews with Chicago journalists and open government advocates, along with Tolva and Goldstein themselves, led me to a clear conclusion: there’s something new going on in the Windy City that’s worth sharing with the rest of the country and world.” (O’Reilly radar) “Department of Veterans Affairs releases progressive, structured socialRead… Read more »

Phone tips & Tricks: Hear and Be Heard

The Phone Tips & Tricks series is supported by the Sprint Federal Employee Discount Program. To find awesome discounts visit the Sprint Federal Employee Discount resource center today. I don’t know about you, but I still get a weird feeling when I see a person walking down the street talking or singing to themselves. ThenRead… Read more »

Are You Volunteering to Honor September 11th?

This year, more than 1 million Americans are expected to serve in their communities in honor of 9/11. Service projects will range from food drives and home repairs to neighborhood cleanups and disaster preparation activities. In many areas, volunteers will honor veterans, soldiers, or first responders by collecting donations, assembling care packages, and writing thankRead… Read more »

GovBytes: Are Government CIOs Underpaid?

How much is a good CIO worth to a government agency? Perhaps more than they’re currently getting paid, it turns out. According to a story by Colin Wood at Government Technology, public-sector CIOs endure far more scrutiny than their private-sector colleagues, not to mention exponentially more red tape that makes getting the job done harderRead… Read more »

Govie Webmasters! NAGW standard registration fee deadline extended.

Come to Cincinnati for the 2011 National Association of Government Webmasters Conference from September 14–16. The conference is focused on local and state government, but anyone interested can participate. Learn more and register at NAGW.org Keynote speakers are Jeffrey Zeldman, Kristina Halvorson, Joe Rotella and special guest speaker Molly Holzschlag. Sessions include government mobile, openRead… Read more »