DARPA’s Computer Network Operations R&D, Cellphone Location Data not Constitutionally Protected, and More

Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Information Innovation Office is requesting information on potential performers for classified Computer Network Operations Research and Development. More here. The Obama administration told a federal court that the public has no “reasonable expectation of privacy” in cellphone location data, andRead… Read more »

FastForward Health Film Project Needs Your Support!

Hey folks! First of all, I want to thank each of you for connecting with Pulse + Signal and reading about issues, perspectives and people moving public health forward through innovation. Over the next few months there will be some changes that I think you all will enjoy when it comes to content here asRead… Read more »

Eat Lunch While You Learn

Please join AFGE SSA Local 3615 on Thursday, September 20th in Falls Church, VA to meet our newly elected national officers and learn more about union benefits. Lunch will be served. Click here for more information. Filed under: AFGE Information, Events, Uncategorized Tagged: Local 3615, lunch and learn, national officers Original post

Beginning With the End in Mind – What’s Your “Big Picture”?

According to Stephen Covey, author of 7 Habits for Highly Effective People, habit two tells us to “Begin with the end in mind”. Part of this is developing a personal mission statement that speaks to your character – the values, ideals, and morals that inform your life decisions. A well-developed personal mission statement can serveRead… Read more »

Election 2012: Recovery Rooms and Party Platforms

BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE September 5, 2012 by Ron Manderscheid 0 Comments Share on facebookShare on linkedinShare on twitterShare on google | More Sharing ServicesShare | Print The Coalition for Whole Health has undertaken key election tasks this year With the annual demarcation of the Labor Day Holiday, Election 2012 is now in full swing. As inRead… Read more »

Android at 1.3M activations a day, Nokia Releases the Lumia 920 and more

Here is yesterday’s top tech news and stories. Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, reported on the status of Android devices – they are seeing 1.3M activations a day, to total 480M devices, and even 70k tablet activations a day. A lot of their strength is on sales of devices such as the Samsung Galaxy SIII,Read… Read more »

Social Media: Will the Bubble Burst?

Conventional wisdom among many stock market analysts used to be that highly successful social media companies such as Facebook, Groupon and others would fare well in the U.S. stock market. Yet, surprisingly, just the opposite has occurred in many instances invovling the largest and most successful social media sites. Some social media outfits have seenRead… Read more »

Predicting the internet

Here is a fun piece by The Next Web highlighting a variety of predictions that were made regarding the internet, some dating as far back as 1969. I love retrospectives like this because they are a good way to learn how to make better predictions and, as a result, better decisions. Don’t be one ofRead… Read more »

EcoCAR 2 – proud to be part of it

Our little company has been chosen to provide project management (PM) training for the 15 teams of university students who are in the EcoCar 2 Challenge. You can read more about EcoCar2 here, and about our involvement here. We are thrilled to be part of this effort, and wonder why it doesn’t get more press,Read… Read more »

RightClick 2012 round-up

I attended and keynoted RightClick 2012 yesterday in Perth and wanted to share my notes, which I presented as a round-up at the event, as well as my presentation. It was a good event, with an excellent turn-out of WA public servants. From the feedback I overheard, the attendees were pretty happy with the event.Read… Read more »