If the sheer volume of initiatives ensured cybersecurity, then the federal government would be one of the tightest entities in the world. Last week’s annual report on Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) compliance is a paean to the many efforts underway by the Office of Management and Budget. It reiterates: Movement by agencies toRead… Read more »
This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. How is your enterprise dealing with Big Data? We’ve written much about the growing benefits and challenges Big Data is posing in the Federal enterprise and have highlighted a number of tools and approaches to addressing issues of big data analytics. While the analytics pieceRead… Read more »
In February 2011 we reported on a Department of Homeland Security research agenda for cyber security, providing the opinion that this was “the most mature research agenda on the topic of cyber security.” That research agenda is fantastic and should help shape the future cyber ecosystem in very positive ways. Now in March 2011, DHSRead… Read more »
This article was posted on Washington Technology on Friday, March 25th. Written by Van Ristau, CTO, DLT Solutions. Cloud computing vendors working with government agencies are seeing a wide range of knowledge among customers and their ability to make informed choices. This is understandable given the explosion of new services and products that have beenRead… Read more »
Over at “Rock Your Resume” — a joint project of GovLoop and Young Government Leaders — we’re happy to honor Sandra Yeaman as GovLoop Member of the Week! The goal of Rock Your Resume is to help current and aspiring Govies fine-tune their government resumes by offering resume reviews and resources. Since its launch inRead… Read more »
It seems a reporter from the Orlando Sentinel spent the better part of an evening fundraiser last week headlined by Vice President Joe Biden locked in a storage closet, news of which made its way onto the Drudge Report. Everyone is bending over backwards to dig their way out of the embarrassment but for thoseRead… Read more »
Learning Pool, in collaboration with Cosmic, are running an event in Exeter on 8th April to talk about how civil sector organisations can meet their training needs in this age of austerity. Paul McElvaney will be showcasing My Learning Pool – the ludicrously cost-effective new service from Learning Pool that delivers over twenty high qualityRead… Read more »
I think this is a really interesting website (Tech Support Care Package) which allows a user to post a message to their parents or anyone actually with a list of useful videos to allow them to learn how to use aspects of the web. You are limited to sending 12 videos at a time, howeverRead… Read more »
Since the Open Government Initiative was kick-started in the United States in 2009, the implementation of the concept has exceeded the borders of US to other countries around the world. Australia Declaration of Open Government and Canada Open Data Project are only two examples of these countries. During the last few weeks, I’ve been inRead… Read more »
John Joergensen of the Rutgers Camden Law Library has created a new, free, full-text database of what appear to be all judicial decisions issued by U.S. state and federal courts from January 2011 to present: State and Federal Caselaw from the RECOP Project. The database contains data from RECOP, The Weekly Report of Current Opinions,Read… Read more »