Most companies, despite their best intentions (and even understanding of what a win theme is supposed to look like), fail to sell in their proposals. Win theme is one of the top five elements of proposal persuasion – and if they don’t work, it will be much harder to stand out. Time pressures force theRead… Read more »
I was listening to Joe Scarborough explaining our current economic situation. He has said repeatedly that our situation comes from choices that were made in the ’70’s, shaping subsequent choices that control what we can do today. In The Direct Economy, I’m showing how our current situation is changing our optimal organization for getting thingsRead… Read more »
LexisNexis has a new resource for government in 2012. It has just released the LexisNexis for Government Facebook page. The LexisNexis for Government Facebook page is maintained by a team of LexisNexis Government Consultants and will provide you with current, targeted information especially for those in government. The LexisNexis for Government Facebook page can helpRead… Read more »
Deltek Principal Analyst Brian Coyle reports. After the Obama Administration began an effort to offer more flexibility from federal education mandates in exchange for a commitment from states to boost overall student achievement, 11 states formally submitted requests to the U.S. Department of Education for waivers from key provisions related to No Child Left BehindRead… Read more »
Thursday January 19, 2012 Carahsoft and Cloudera are presenting a webinar on Big Data in the federal space. The following is from their announcement site: Join us as we describe big data technologies including Apache Hadoop and how government organizations have been successfully deploying these technologies. We will discuss the fundamentals of Hadoop and howRead… Read more »
There is a ton of talk today about “big” data. The concept comes from our ever increasing ability to collect, store, and manage larger and larger datasets full of vast amounts of information – customer information, habits, purchasing patterns, social media visits, and so on. Unfortunately, I think many private and public organizations have becomeRead… Read more »
Did you know Wade Henderson, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, will be the guest speaker at the Civil Rights Luncheon at the 2012 Legislative Conference on Monday, February 13th? Visit www.afge.org and register for the Legislative Conference TODAY! Click here to learn more about the Leadership Conference onRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Joanna Salina reports. Surveillance initiatives have continued to expand across the country as many states and localities look for more feasible and cost-effective ways to fight crime. Through 2012 and years to come, there will be an even greater need for surveillance technology to be more advanced, efficient and cheaper to fit withinRead… Read more »
Poor Mitt Romney. They certainly took him out to the backyard and beat the bejesus out of him after his “I like to fire people” gaffe last week. But come on, now – I doubt that he meant it, at least not in the way that it was subsequently twisted and exploited by everyone fromRead… Read more »
Change is one of the most reliable components found within the task of managing an $80 billion dollar IT budget for the US. Vivek Kundra exemplifies this as the former Public Sector CIO accepts the new role of EVP/ emerging markets for none other then the private sector, cloud-friendly app Salesforce.com. A longtime proponent ofRead… Read more »