Free PMP Exam Sample Question

The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from The Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— There are 20 stakeholders. What is the number of total potential communication channels in this project? A) 10 B) 45 C) 190 D) 380 —————————— All our questions are updatedRead… Read more »

Plastic Privacy Monitor Filters Not Enough? Try This…

Many of you likely work with sensitive data on a regular basis. Whether it be classified government information, personally identifiable data, or any other type of data that should be protected, there are many ways to secure it in the digital domain. In fact, securing that data digitally is the easy part. What about theRead… Read more »

Illinois balancing FY 2012 budget deficit with tax increases, spending cuts, and debt management

Deltek Principal Analyst Jason Sajko reports. Challenged by an anticipated budget shortfall of more than $13 billion, IL Governor Quinn and the state legislature passed tax increases in January, 2011 that are projected to create more than $6 billion in increased revenue per year. Then, in February, Quinn unveiled his FY 2012 recommended budget. TheRead… Read more »

Hybrid IT Service Delivery

This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. Today’s users expect IT services and response to be immediate, interactive, connected and fluid. Delivering technology-enabled services is more important than ever and the most successful enterprises don’t just respond to this, they embrace it. Cloud computing promises the agility enterprises need. It helps deliverRead… Read more »

GovBytes: State-Issued Phones To Go The Way Of The Dodo

California Gov. Jerry Brown has eliminated 44 percent of all state-issued cell phones in what Government Technology’s Brian Heaton describes as “just the first round of cuts.” It’s part of Brown’s plan to reduce the number of state-issued phones in California by half, to lower costs for the budget-strapped state. Evan Westrup, a spokesman forRead… Read more »

McDonald on mLegal: Mobile Legal Technology for Developing Nations

Sean Martin McDonald, Esq., of Frontline SMS and Frontline SMS: Legal, has published The Case for mLegal, Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, 6(1), 41-62 (2011), doi: 10.1162/INOV_a_00057. (Click here for an open access version of the article.) Here is a summary: While there are a number of obstacles [facing citizens of developing countries] to accessing legalRead… Read more »

Three Op-Eds On “What’s Next California”

I was invited to contribute one of three short op-eds about the upcoming Deliberative Poll “What’s Next California?” for Zócalo Public Square, an online magazine on civic issues based in Los Angeles, CA. You can read all three of them here (scroll to the bottom for mine): Hurdles Remain, But It’s a Start The secondRead… Read more »