As the meat grinder of sequestration continues to move forward, the initiatives to improve and develop the acquisition workforce will more than likely come to a grinding halt, and move capabilities backwards at a time where forward movement is badly needed. At this past week’s 2013 Acquisition Excellence Conference, The American Council for Technology-Industry AdvisoryRead… Read more »
By Bob Gourley The Big Data era is upon us and it is bringing incredibly interesting new situations for humanity to think through. Ethical decisions on topics like privacy, security and abuse of personal information and violation of trust are amplified in this age of massive interconnected data sets. Sign up to our Weekly GovernmentRead… Read more »
Winter 2013 PSRPanel Quarterly Questionnaire, conducted by 220 public service professionals, in January, covered a range of topics related to public service and current affairs. Continuing brighter outlook on the direction of the country: Increasingly, panelists see the country overall as heading in the right direction (59%), continuing an upward trend seen over our lastRead… Read more »
This past weekend as I was checking out the running app, cardio trainer, on my phone I realized that on Saturday I logged my 200th run since I started tracking nearly 2 years ago. Based on the apps map I’ve run almost 2000 kms, basically from PEI to a bit past Hamilton, Ontario (or WashingtonRead… Read more »
Things got a bit choppy last week for stocks as the Cyprus news and the Fed got most of the headlines. Here are the up to date TSP fund returns through March 22: As we talked about last week, the week after options expiration week is generally weaker than a random week, and the minorRead… Read more »
The Public Service Research Panel (PSRPanel) is a project housed at Rutgers University that supports academic and applied research in public and non-profit management and related fields. As a public service professional, you’re invited to visit the PSRPanel.org webstie to view results of our prior surveys — and to sign up to be included inRead… Read more »
Continue your training for digital media accessibility and excellence with our upcoming webinar. You and your colleagues are invited to join us for an interactive webinar focused on complying with government mandates for delivering digital content. As you know, the Administration is requiring electronic access to government by all citizens, regardless of device. Enrollment processesRead… Read more »
This past weekend as I was checking out the running app, cardio trainer, on my phone I realized that on Saturday I logged my 200th run since I started tracking nearly 2 years ago. Based on the apps map I’ve run almost 2000 kms, basically from PEI to a bit past Hamilton, Ontario (or WashingtonRead… Read more »
By Bob Gourley The 2013 HP Government Software Summit will be held 16 and 17 April in Washington DC, at the Ronald Reagan Building. I’ve been working closely with the HP team and the many awesome speakers lined up for this summit and have never been more pleased with how an event is shaping up.Read… Read more »
By Bob Gourley CTOvision provides information and assessments you can use including assessments on the future of IT. And we build these assessments in collaboration with a broad community of enterprise technology with CIO, CTO, CISO, CDO backgrounds. We love engaging with technologists like you and would appreciate your continued engagement. Below are some ofRead… Read more »
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