Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: C. Frank Figliuzzi, head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s counterintelligence division, told congress that foreign hacking and corporate spying against American companies is on the rise, with $13 billion in losses from corporate espionage this year. More here. The Department of Homeland Security Inspector GeneralRead… Read more »
Jonathan Breul retires today from his role as executive director of the IBM Center. He has had a long and storied career in public service over the past four decades, where he has left a lasting mark. I’ve worked with Jonathan directly or indirectly over the past 30 years. His retirement is a good inflectionRead… Read more »
As a NYC government employee I’ve sometimes likened myself to the Dark Knight – spending his days trying to help Gotham and its citizens improve its services and save loads of money all the while looking like and feeling fit like a superhero (except for the skin tight rubber suit). But sometimes it’s hard forRead… Read more »
This week, I successfully lobbied for the communications area at my company, Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) to be a regular part of new employee orientation with a media/social media session. My goal is simple: to increase employees’ awareness of the public nature of their jobs, and how their actions, on the clock andRead… Read more »
In the White House digital government strategy released a few weeks ago, the White House has made it clear that it wants all government agencies to ensure that the American public can find its critical services via their mobile phone. This is not surprising considering that currently 46% of the American public owns a smartphone,Read… Read more »
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released findings from a cyber security study which focused on the economic espionage aspects of the cyber threat. Their report, available at: GAO-12-876T : Cyber Threats Facilitate Ability To Commit Economic Espionage provides an update and summary of several incidents in the private sector which underscore the nature ofRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Wil workplaces become more gray-friendly? Andrew Krzmarzick asks “What If the Workplace Had More 70-Somethings? Because It Will…” and goes on to list some of the important issues that the changing demographics of the workplace raise. Quite a few people respond. EPA’s Got (new e-) Mail. In the same week that Nora EphronRead… Read more »
Two of the biggest challenges facing government IT policy is how best to tap into the potential of open data and how to make digital by default a core goal. mySocity’s director Tom Steinberg hosted a session at LGA Conference 2012 outlining how local government should respond to these two issues and enable the sectorRead… Read more »
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Brought to my attention by @maxious, the ACT government has said in response to their Estimates process that they are building a data portal which they aim to have ready in July 2012. Discussed in ACT’s Hansard, Andrew Cappie-Wood, Head of Service and Director-General for ACT, said that, “There is a lot of interest inRead… Read more »