Long Range High Speed Wireless for NBN

There are media reports that CSIRO is seeking a deal with NBN in the next three months for use of their Ngara long range high speed wireless broadband technology. The claim is that just a firmware and antenna upgrade is required to mobile phone LTE base station technology to make it usable.If this is true,Read… Read more »

How the Best Leaders Inspire Others

How well do you inspire others? Do the people on your team consistently exceed your expectations? Or do you wish there was a way you could simply get them to do more? I’ve learned over the years the best leaders do more than just motivate their teams…they inspire them! The best leaders I’ve worked withRead… Read more »

Research positions open at Kettering

Amelia Law asked me to share this important announcement with NCDDers. If you have questions, you can contact her at 800-221-3657 or [email protected]. The Charles F. Kettering Foundation offers one-year research positions at their Dayton, Ohio offices to doctoral candidates and recent Ph.D.’s. Research Assistants and Associates receive excellent full-time compensation and benefits including medicalRead… Read more »

Records Retention: Addressing Insider Threats to Data Integrity

Professor Marianne Winslett, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Advanced Digital Sciences Center, Singapore will speak on “Records Retention: Addressing Insider Threats to Data Integrity” at University of Sydney 15 March and the Australian National University in Canberra, 16 March 2011. I have encouraged my e-records students to attend.ANU College of Engineering and Computer OriginalRead… Read more »

GovLaunch- Online Game for City Planners

City planners now have a cool new tool for optimizing management strategies with IBM’s free CityOne game simulation. Users are challenged use the game’s urban environment by meeting profitability and revenue goals, increasing customer and citizen satisfaction, and making overall improvements to the city. For example, one challenge is to deliver high-quality water in theRead… Read more »

You know it ain’t easy…

what the kids want We’ve just finished up another Local by Social, this time for the North East. We were hosted by Sunderland council at Southwick Community Primary School. We had an amazing range of speakers. We had some really cool ideas developed by parents of kids at the school beforehand – and the eventRead… Read more »

CP week tip of the day: Dealing with debt and collectors

It’s National Consumer Protection Week and in a short while, our office will release our list of industries that received the most consumer complaints in 2010. I’ll give you a hint – there’s a good reason why today’s tip focuses on dealing with collection agencies and debt. Original post