SF Summer of Smart

We’re thrilled to be based out of the SoMA area of San Francisco, a hotbed for tech startups (where keeping tabs on new companies is as easy as searching for a new wireless network). Almost everyday, it seems, there’s a new company with a new product and a new possibility for impact. And this isRead… Read more »

U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC) is a Winner of the 2011 CIO 100 Award

The CIO 100 Award, which annually recognizes 100 organizations that exemplify the highest levels of operational and strategic excellence in information technology, was awarded to the U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC). The award is especially meaningful in the Federal arena because typically only about five Federal organizations are honored each year out of the 100Read… Read more »

SRDC Open Data Consultation Debrief

Over the next few blog posts I will debrief a few of the many events I attended this Spring. I have included only key takeaways and interesting insights…I find them interesting anyway. The SRDC Open Data Consultation was an invitation only event, which I had the pleasure of participating in. I have agreed not toRead… Read more »

The Business of IT – Facing Down the Budget Crisis

The Federal budget crisis is clearly affecting business as usual for all Federal agencies. Federal CIOs are dealing with the leading elements of the budget crisis – short-term funding and more active cross-government oversight of IT spending and projects. Federal CIOs are also in the vanguard of those addressing the Obama administration’s IT reform initiative,Read… Read more »

Combined Cycle Power Plants Use Less Energy

We continue our short series on energy storage technology with something that might reduce the amount of energy storage needed. Earlier this June, GE made a splash with the unveiling of their FlexEfficiency 50 Combined Cycle Power Plant. The plant utilizes several different advancements in power plant efficiency and the integration of different energy-generating technologiesRead… Read more »

We have started opening up data on traffic and travel. Because it is picking up live information from sensors on the streets and roads across the county, you can only view it as feeds (go here and search for traffic). If you are a developer, we’d love to see what you can do with thisRead… Read more »

Maryland broadband expansion moves forward

Tweet Maryland will soon begin expanding broadband access throughout the state through the use of a $115 million federal grant. The initiative will cover ten counties. The expansion will be coordinated through a new “logistics center,” and headquarters of One Maryland Broadband in Elkridge, Maryland. The bulk of the money will go to provide serviceRead… Read more »

How E-mail Signatures Can Brand and Promote Your Organization

One of the most overlooked opportunities for online marketing also happens to be one of the most ubiquitous: the e-mail “signature” One of the first things new employees do is create a “signature block” for their e-mails. These half a dozen lines or so, consisting of your contact info, plop themselves at the bottom ofRead… Read more »