If you have been working modern IT concepts in the federal space you probably already know of Kevin Jackson, the mission-focused writer of the Cloud Musings blog and Director of Cloud Services at NJVC . Kevin recently completed a new book, GovCloud: Cloud Computing for the Business of Government. I try to track cloud-related issuesRead… Read more »
Hope you didn’t miss this. In his State of the Union speech, President Obama talked about reorganizing government to consolidate programs/services. “There are 12 different agencies that deal with exports. There are at least five different agencies that deal with housing policy. Then there’s my favorite example: The Interior Department is in charge of salmonRead… Read more »
Lyn Stephens, Director of the Australian Centre for Dialogue Project dropped in on Friday. The project’s aim is to provide facilities people to discuss issues of public interest. Lyn wanted to see how technology could help foster discussion, both in real and virtual spaces, so visited me at the ANU College of Engineering and ComputerRead… Read more »
Facebook recently unveiled its new format for Pages. Now, each organization or business presence must take the form of a Page, which is designed to look and operate much like a personal Facebook account, and which — a crucial point — must be linked to a personal profile. Facebook is adamant that all Pages mustRead… Read more »
Open data as an overall banner is a very useful one. It says exactly what it means – opening up data (for benchmarking, performance improvement, resource allocation efficiencies etc etc). What is becoming foggier as time passes, for me, is the role of all the individual stakeholders in this banner – I had to tryRead… Read more »
If you thought data management was difficult in business, imagine the nightmare it becomes in the Navy. The Navy faces monumental and unique challenges with its shipboard networks as, just like everywhere else, data flows continue to increase. The systems aboard US ships tend to be outdated since they can only be upgraded while theRead… Read more »
Think Smokey the Bear 2.0. Here’s an example of a government Facebook page that works really well. World: Meet Birdie NYC on Facebook. The goal of Birdie is help meet the goal of GreeNYC: decrease greenhouse gas emissions by 30% over the next 30 years. This is the initiative of Mayor Bloomberg’s Sustainability Director, DavidRead… Read more »
Observe Everything. Communicate Well. Draw, Draw, Draw. Frank Thomas, Disney Animator, When asked to give advice to young animators McDonald’s Aiming to Start Healthy Food Chain: Well what do you know…the fast food giant is looking to correct the public health disasters they’ve helped to engineer with creating a chain of healthy food restaurants. IRead… Read more »
This last week, The Boston Globe covered Klout scores in the “Ascent of Social-Media Climbers.” The article by Beth Teitell shows how important digital reputation tools have become in the “real world.” Teitell states that individuals have even been fired for low reputation scores. As a social media user (GovLoop and beyond), how do youRead… Read more »
The Veterans Administration takes steps toward an open source approach for patient records management, city government officials in Florida devise a unique way to protect the city’s IT infrastructure from hurricanes, TileMap offers government agencies a cost-effective custom mapping solution, and the Army studies the benefits of smartphones in the field, all in this week’sRead… Read more »