I just read a press release from the Chertoff Group that I would like to share with you. It is about a friend and IT hero of mine, Dr. Pres Winter. The release is pasted below: The Chertoff Group Hires Dr. Prescott Winter July 23, 2012 WASHINGTON, D.C. -The Chertoff Group is pleased to announceRead… Read more »
With the impending elections only a few months out, the onslaught of commercials has begun. From “America the Beautiful” to “Wasteful Spending”, both sides are already making negative statements about the other. Without significant background knowledge to provide context for these commercials, the half-truths and partial quotes create an environment where it is easy toRead… Read more »
BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE July 24, 2012 by Ron Manderscheid 0 Comments Share on facebookShare on linkedinShare on twitterShare on google | More Sharing ServicesShare | Print Are we prepared to take action to improve our mental health response to this tragedy? (Note: The following commentary is virtually identical to one that I prepared 18 months agoRead… Read more »
NASA’s move to the cloud saves $1 million a year. Read how: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/nasas-move-to-the-cloud-saves-1-million-a-year/79773
This morning at the Drupal Downunder event I learnt about the New Zealand Features site which shares recipes for re-usable Drupal code and patterns across NZ government. To me this is representative of one of the significant opportunities I’ve seen for government in Australia emerging out of Gov 2.0 thinking and tools is the abilityRead… Read more »
This is the third in a five part series, originally published on the Tri Tuns blog. Start at the beginning here. TIMELESS INSIGHT As I mentioned in my last blog post, I recently I came across a page of Mark Twain quotes and in reading them I realized that the insights and teachings of aRead… Read more »
The federal government’s use of social media—including Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, and other sites—draws no end of press coverage, and for good reason: in the past three years, federal agencies have been engaging citizens through Facebook (NASA has more fans than the population of Denver, CO) and Twitter (The State Department has more followers thanRead… Read more »
Everyone has posted something they wish they hadn’t. Don’t worry so much about the past and get back up on the horse. That’s what will define you, not one post. On Friday, the NextGen Journal published an article titled “Why Every Social Media Manager Should be Under 25″ by Cathryn Sloane. This article predictably generatedRead… Read more »
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Bruce Bennett, program executive officer of communications systems within the Defense Information Systems Agency, predicted that Department of Defense personnel may be able to use personal mobile device for unclassified data in late 2013 or early 2014. More here. A White House science advisory panel hasRead… Read more »
The Department of Defense needs to accomplish its critical global missions despite a decreasing budget and rising cybersecurity threat. To that end, the Chief Information Officer of the DoD, Teri Takai, released its Cloud Computing Strategy, which outlines its goals to accelerate the adoption of cloud computing throughout the department. In the strategy, the OfficeRead… Read more »