It’s time to “take 5” for the… Friday Fab 5! We had a busy week here on the site. Lots of great content and even more great comments! I wish we could recognize them all, but alas, we only have the time to highlight a few. So without further ado… Today’s Blog of the WeekRead… Read more »
Originally posted on BeltWiki Blog from WhoRunsGov.com Universities take great care to land big-name commencement speakers. A celebrity, CEO or high-ranking public official can mean press exposure for the school, and graduates are more likely to suck up the “celebration sickness” that tends to spread in mid-May for the opportunity to shake hands with someoneRead… Read more »
INPUT Sr. Analyst Jeff Webster reports. If you are a computer aided dispatch (CAD) vendor, now is the time to begin working with counties in Washington state. Effective June 1, 2011, the Washington Military Department, Emergency Management Division’s E911 Office will be reimbursing eligible counties for the purchase or lease of new CAD systems, whichRead… Read more »
The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from http://www.free-pm-exam-questions.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— The method of constructing a project schedule network diagram that represents activities and connects them to show the dependencies is known as: A) Arrow diagramming methodB) Schedule network templatesC) Precedence diagramming methodD) Activity list —————————— AllRead… Read more »
You hear it all the time: Facebook this, Twitter that, social media… blah, blah, blah. But why should government care? Especially when many are in a pinch for resources and the costs for municipal goods aren’t helping them out so much. Well for starters, two words: Time & money. Now saving time and money areRead… Read more »
Everybody who has had much to do with the development of government web services knows that there have been failures of imagination, failures of bravery, failures of technique and failures to seize opportunities – as well as successes in the teeth of opposition and incomprehension. Few have had the opportunity to start from scratch (thoughRead… Read more »
So Mike Bracken, former digital boss at Guardian Media Group is the new Executive Director for Digital for the UK government. Welcome, Mike. In times as tough as these for the public sector, it’s a real coup to have recruited someone of your calibre to the role. The post was recommended by Martha Lane FoxRead… Read more »
Last week I sat down with Alex, an Epidemiologist (and fellow public servant), and we worked through a redesign of the information systems he and his team use to track infectious diseases that may be threatening Canada. Although to be honest, that was never the intention. We originally met to discuss how (if) tablet computersRead… Read more »
KippsDeSanto is an investment banking firm with an outstanding reputation in the national security and advanced technology sectors. The leadership of the firm have demonstrated a proven commitment to community building and in doing so have built a very virtuous system that delivers value to a wide range of stakeholders. Every person I’ve ever metRead… Read more »
It’s been about five years since the DoD-commissioned Open Technology Development Road Map was published, considered the definitive primer for smart government agencies and their personnel diving in to Open Source development, acquisition and operational policy-making. The next anxiously-awaited (well, not anxious but very much looked-forward to) installment – entitled “Open Technology Development: Lessons LearnedRead… Read more »