By RyanKamauff The NSA needs to find cheaper ways to activate intelligence, and sharing seems to be one of them General Dynamics has introduced the TACLANE MultiBook laptop – which is certified by the NSA to secure network communications on Secret and below levels. This laptop can operate simultaneously on classified and unclassified networks, andRead… Read more »
Anyone working on one?
Broken windows, caved-in roofs, and abandoned buildings have a negative effect on the way residents think and feel about their city. These — and other symptoms of blight — are more than just eyesores. Blight becomes everyone’s problem when it leads to increased crime and lower property values throughout neighborhoods. In New Orleans, blight hasRead… Read more »
Former Buffalo Councilmember Brian Davis was recently sentenced to one year in prison for stealing taxpayer dollars that he controlled through discretionary funding that is provided to all Councilmembers. The Buffalo City Charter states one of the responsibilities of the City Comptroller as: “The comptroller shall engage an independent consultant to conduct an audit ofRead… Read more »
Dick Davies attended The Hamilton Project at Brookings conference about education and the Wikipedia came up as a ‘problem’. I have talked with many teachers and they tend to poo-poo Wikipedia as a serious reference source – in fact, they prohibit the students from using it when doing projects. I recall in school, before theRead… Read more »
I’ve got a post up at Tech President assessing the accomplishments and challenges facing the Open Government Partnership on its first year of operations… Original post
By BobGourley Chris Gladwin of Cleversafe is one of the great teachers of technology. He is a CEO and a leader, but his ability to explain technology so clearly ranks him among the top communicators in my book. The video below features Chris in an interview discussing how Cleversafe is uniquely addressing the issues ofRead… Read more »
By BobGourley Over the last three years CTOvision has grown to become one of the most widely read outlets in the federal IT space, earning recognition by Forbes as one of the top 20 most influential on the topic of Big Data and recognition by FedTechMagazine as one of the top 50 “Must Read” federalRead… Read more »
On the 18th of October is the next Canberra Gov 2.0 lunchtime thingy, with a focus on open data, data visualisation and new approaches to policy development through policy visualisation. As usual we have two fantastic speakers: Pia Waugh, an open government and open data ninja working with the ACT government as an Open GovernmentRead… Read more »
I’m getting really bored of hearing the ‘but we haven’t got time to do digital’ refrain. So I thought I’d tell a little story of something which happened to me on Sunday which demonstrates the economic impact of not doing digital to a company I assume most of you will have heard of: See tickets.Read… Read more »