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 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 »
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 »
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 »
1. What Are My Goals? Long-term goals and short-term goals go here. Write them down. Make sure they are SMART goals: Specific – List the candidate companies you want to work for, specific titles you want to hold, etc. Measurable – How will you know when you’ve achieved it? Attainable – Is this within theRead… Read more »
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 »
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 »
In the article from the prestigious Counter Terrorist magazine, read about how Muslim terrorist support groups like CAIR, are looking to shut down US law enforcement training using “Lawfare”, a form of Jihad that uses this country’s hard earned laws against itself. READ MORE: http://www.homelandsecuritynet.com/news/lawfare.html
For our Open Government Canada webinar, Nik Garkusha, a leading Open Data expert from Microsoft, will cover the ‘Open Government Platform of the Future’. You can follow Nik’s pioneering Open Source Community work at their Port 25 site. Open Government Platform of the Future The future of Open Government is transparency, efficiency & civic engagement.Read… Read more »