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Demystifying Virtualization: Dramatically Reduce IT Energy Consumption, and Improve the Business of Government
Did you know that the average desktop computer uses almost as much power when idle as when it’s active? And the problem isn’t just restricted to the desktop. There are literally thousands of data centers across the globe stacked to capacity with inefficient, underutilized computer servers. In 2006, in the United States alone, datacenters consumedRead… Read more »
Implementing And Operating An Open Government Organization
The President’s December 8, 2009 Memorandum on Open Government requires a new approach for many federal government organizations. It will impact the people, processes and technology of government offices. It will impact the work habits and behaviors of government employees. For Open Government plans to be successfully implemented, cultural issues will also need to beRead… Read more »
Tell Us What Healthcare Reform will Do for US in 200 Words
Health care reform is hard politics, with a great deal of wangering. But, I would like to the point focus to turn to the people,tell us what it is and what it is not in 200 words or less with key bullet points making it more tangible? Can Gov 2.0 effectively bridge the information gapRead… Read more »
Social Media – What’s the Purpose?
Just read an interesting article on a Washington survey from the National Journal. Interesting to see that Social media seems to be a bigger deal to Government than private sector. The results: Over 1/2 of Capitol Hill staffers, federal executives and employees of corporations, lobbying firms, nonprofits and other private sector organizations view Twitter asRead… Read more »
Examples of Good Web 2.0 Newsrooms/Pages?
After a recent post about newroom 2.0 make overs…I’d now like to emphasize that there is a legitimate need to change towards the use of social media as part of your communication, marketing, outreach, employment recruitment, and the meeting of your agency procurement needs strategy. Therefore, I went looking for good examples of Web 2.0Read… Read more »
How do you balance work and pleasure for yourself, and for those that you lead?
My weekly leadership question comes on Thursday this week, thanks to the last two busy days at the GovSec conference in Washington, DC. Bill Annibell asked us on GovLoop earlier this week, “Are you a Workaholic?” He seems to have gotten, shall we say, a plentiful response (please have a look and share your thoughtsRead… Read more »
RecoveringFed writes on Leadership Lessons from Passage of Health Care Reform
This is a repost from my blog: recoveringfed.com I’m sure other people will soon, if they haven’t already, write on this topic and I imagine the business schools will take it on as a case study, but the passage of health care reform strikes me as chock full of practical leadership-management lessons. My interest isRead… Read more »
Federal Eye Eye Opener: Vote on TSA nominee delayed
Happy Thursday! The Obama administration’s pick to lead the Transportation Security Administration will have to wait after the Senate’s Easter Recess for an up or down vote on his nomination, after a leading Republican raised concerns about inspector general reports and several lawsuits related to his work as an Army officer and government contractor. RetiredRead… Read more »
Politics and Photography
originally posted on raffaellaloro.com Every so often I will go back and watch two interesting slideshows on the New York Times, one which followed photographer Damon Winter on Obama’s campaign trail, the other following a group of photographers who were covering the Republican and Democratic conventions. I’m continually fascinated by the content of these slideshows,Read… Read more »