1. Your writers assure you they don’t need an editor. 2. Clients send back documents with errors circled in red. 3. Clients threaten to take business elsewhere due to poor document quality. 4. You’ve ever been featured on websites that exist mostly to make fun of poor spelling and grammar. 5. Your managers spend halfRead… Read more »
We are looking for recommendations on what third-party solutions government agencies are using for email marketing purposes. Our needs include having a solution that offers templates, the ability to manage subscribers and track performance. I’m aware of companies such as MailChimp and Mad Mimi, but we are looking for a company that is based inRead… Read more »
On the way in to Civic Center this morning, I stopped by the new SoMa offices of Code for America, a non-profit startup that deploys top web professionals in one-year fellowships building Web 2.0 applications for cities across the U.S. The fellows, recruited from around the country, are here for January before heading off forRead… Read more »
I know it has been some time since the American Public Health Association had their annual meeting in Colorado last November, but I am just getting around to watching a video of Dr. Cornel West’s opening session talk. Wow. I don’t believe I have ever seen as much energy in a gathering of public healthRead… Read more »
Last week I had the awesome experience of participating in a global telepresence conference on government cloud computing. Joining me as presenters were Blake Salle, Senior Vice President of VCE, who shared a roadmap which focused on goals and objectives to better serve goverment organizations and their constituents, and Joshua McCloud, Public Sector Solutions ArchitectRead… Read more »
Thank You USBE&IT Publisher Mr Tyrone Taborn for such an inspiring issue and my sincere appreciation to Mr. Frank McCoy for my inclusion in his list of Cyber visionaries! The Homeland Security, Government and Defense Edition of US Black Engineer Information Technology inspires as much as it informs. An awesome publication, from the interview withRead… Read more »
In this month’s blog, I wanted to start out the new year talking about the US Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (“TAA”). Yes, the TAA (19 U.S.C. § 2501 et seq) continues to be one of the main pain points of GSA and USG contractors and at the same time, one of the most confusingRead… Read more »
Good Morning Gov Employees If I asked you to describe the person (s) in your office who acts out, complains, performs marginally, causes others to pick up the slack, use leave excessively (particularly, when assignments are due), never feel that the task belongs to them, and on and on, does a particular face come toRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Last week I linked to an article arguing that crowdsourcing was broken. Here’s one showing how New York is trying to implement it through a program called “Give a Minute.” Twitter and blogging are helping children’s services in the UK. Examples like these should be making it easier to justify the time governmentRead… Read more »
IT purchasing decisions in government have gotten complicated over the last five years. There are more factors that need to be considered than ever. To me, that’s perfectly fine as long as we evaluate the factors correctly. After all, we are asked to invest significant public dollars in our choices, and I want that listRead… Read more »