Friends – You may be hearing a lot less from me both on and offline. I have decided that I am going on hiatus, and I’m not sure for how long. My priorities shifted dramatically this past Sunday when my father told me he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. My father has always beenRead… Read more »
There are 47 published submissions to the “Inquiry into the role and potential of the National Broadband Network” on on the the House Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications web site. Some which got my attention were:Infrastructure Australia (PDF 566KB)Mr Andrew Freeman (PDF 95KB)Mr Tom Worthington (PDF 306KB)Mr Chris Avram (PDF 113KB)University of Tasmania (PDFRead… Read more »
Anyone else get a call from a three-digit number today? The calls to cell phones appear to be a phishing scam. Original post
The folks organizing the GovSec 2011 Conference and Expo have just given me a code that will give you a 10% discount when you register for their event, and they would like me to share that with you. That’s nice of them isn’t it? I try to go to this conference every year. When I’mRead… Read more »
Wow! Number 4 already! At this rate I’ll be through all 101 by 2020… Instapaper is a really neat service for saving content for consumption at a time that suits you. You create an account, and then add a bookmarklet to your browser – when you spot something you’d like to check out later, justRead… Read more »
Anyone “out there” have any recent info? SES’s have been waiting for nearly a year for the decision! Unable to purchase homes, vehicles, nearly any large ticket item is out of the question as “we” could be facing a downgrade from a 9 to a 6.
Kim Nelson, Microsoft US Public Sector executive director of eGovernment I just celebrated my fifth anniversary at Microsoft. In those five years, my two daughters finished four years of high school and are now both in college. Like most parents of teenagers working at Microsoft, I’ve had to listen my girls bemoan the fact thatRead… Read more »
Chris Vein has pioneered open-source and open-data initiatives in the City by the Bay. Now he’s taking his vision for a more transparent and collaborative government to Washington. If you follow Gov 2.0 issues, you’ve heard of Chris Vein, San Francisco’s first-ever CIO, who has spent the last five years leading the charge to moveRead… Read more »
The federal government will run out of funds to operate on March 4, 2011. After that date, without a budget passed by Congress and signed into law by the President or another continuing resolution, much of the federal government will shut down. For government contractors, the implications and consequences of a shutdown are largely unknownRead… Read more »
Okay, it’s not really dirty, or little for that matter. And it’s really not secret. But many of the leaders and managers I work with have forgotten it or have never heard of it. It’s the fast-cheap-good reality of decision making. You are always bound by the “pick two” rule. Because there is no suchRead… Read more »