Tech

Recruitment 411: Social Media Melting Pot

Social Media allows the IRS Recruitment Office to communicate and network with job applicants at any time and from any place. The key to our success is integration; every tool is part of a well-oiled social media machine. By using social media, the IRS accomplishes several important goals. First, we show the IRS is aRead… Read more »

Technological assistance for corruption detection and prevention

Professor Richard Jones will talk about “A high tech sleuth? Technological assistance for corruption detection and prevention” at the Austrlaian National University in Canberra, 28 March 2011:A high tech sleuth? Technological assistance for corruption detection and preventionProfessor Richard Jones (Research School of Computer Science, ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science) COMPUTER Original post

Mobile Cybersecurity…Things Really Have Gotten Wild!

Last week I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the AFFIRM Luncheon for an awesome talk on the state of cybercrime worldwide. Donald Codling, Unit Chief and DHS Liaison, Cyber Division from the FBI, took us through a very informative presentation on the topic of cybercrime on a mobile scale. I never knew there wereRead… Read more »

Cloud-first: Taking a Centralized Approach to Service Delivery

By Bobbie Browning, Senior Vice President Since 2001, GovDelivery has helped government improve communication, and our new mission statement – Maximize direct connections with the public through digital communications – reflects this commitment. Our focus is on helping our clients become more effective, efficient and engaged with stakeholders using communication methods that reach more people,Read… Read more »

Fixing The Information Flow

So check this out–H2Glow has an LED faucet light that it temperature sensitive and turns blue for cold water and red for hot. When I saw this, I thought this would be a great metaphor for managing the information flow from our organizations–where we could quickly and simply see whether the information flowing was sharableRead… Read more »

Arduino – Open source code for hobbiest

Geeks or g33ks leading social media way? Web site explains a new USB attachable processor for reading lights, switches and sensors while controlling motors, LEDs and speakers. Web site : http://www.arduino.cc/ Not news worthy per se for people at large. Why blog about geek toys? Its what social media can learn. They have open source,Read… Read more »

Eight Reasons Why Your Collaboration System Is Failing

The recent media frenzy over the latest social media offerings introduced at SXSW last week demonstrates that collaboration is one of the app themes for 2011. This isn’t the first time collaboration software has been the “next big thing’” I remember back in the early 90’s when computer-supported work applications were all the rage (rememberRead… Read more »

Interesting elsewhere – 21 March 2011

Things which caught my eye elsewhere on the web Commercial Use of your API – why you should allow it | The London Biker The great thing about letting people make money is that they’ll make you money in return – you don’t have to spend months locked away in an R&D lab – butRead… Read more »