Meet Mike Flowers.

Over the weekend, the New York Times came out with a high-flying profile of Michael Flowers, New York City’s director of analytics. It’s an accessible piece that highlights the strides NYC is taking with data and open government. The article also make an anecdotal highlight of Mike’s work mining data to unclog Manhattan pipes filledRead… Read more »

NAGC Names Fillichio Communicator of the Year

201 Park Washington Court, Falls Church, VA 22046-4527 PH 703.538.1787 | FX 703.241.5603 info@nagconline.org | www.nagconline.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Dawn Shiley NAGC Communications Manager shiley@nagconline.org 571-481-8657 March 26, 2013 (Falls Church, Va.) – The National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC) has selected Carl A. Fillichio, Senior Advisor for Communications and Public Affairs atRead… Read more »

The Postal Service Is Not a GOP Target

Congressional Republicans Just Want You to Think It Is. Unlike most Americans, many members of Congress have actually read the United States Constitution. They know what it would take to abolish the postal service and they do not intend to do it. The Constitution requires Congress “To establish Post Offices and post Roads”. Thus, closingRead… Read more »

The Transition with Courtney Lords, Office of Multnomah County Attorney

Courtney has taken the leap back to the public sector after spending several years at Beery Elsner. Her individual practice areas at Beery Elsner were municipal law and governance and urban renewal and economic development. We caught up with Courtney to discuss her job transition, her career accomplishments, and of course, her best lawyer joke.Read… Read more »

The power of open data is often in serendipity

I often hear talk from government agencies about their wish to release more of their data openly, but their concern over how they allocate resources to ensure the most useful data is released first. In several conversations I’ve had in different parts of Australia, the agency view was that they only wanted to release usefulRead… Read more »

Leadership and Empathy

George Mason University and Arlington Economic Development presented a panel discussion on Empathy in Business. It focused on empathy as an asset and whether this is an element of what makes a leader great. The panel composition: Jonathan Aberman, of Amplifier Ventures as moderator; Carly Florina, former CEO of HP; Dr. Angel Cabrera, president ofRead… Read more »

Owning up to your mistakes

One of the things that we’ve been working on as a company is doing a better job of client side communications like keeping folks informed about what’s new in the marketplace and areas where we have special insights where we might be able to help them improve. Obviously the idea there is to ensure thatRead… Read more »

26 March Podcast: Cybersecurity with Matt Devost

By Ryan Kamauff In this podcast Matt Devost, CEO of FusionX, joins us to discuss cybersecurity challenges and innovations in the pipeline. We talk about a variety of aspects, including; Script kiddies cracking passwords Outsourcing password cracking to the cloud A Change in Cybersecurity Thought Paradigm Advances in agile networking Big Data for network activityRead… Read more »