President Obama holds his first full cabinet meeting today (without the still unconfirmed Kathleen Sebelius) to order spending cuts at each of the government agencies. The goal is to trim $100 million in the next 90 days, an impressive-sounding figure, but don’t be fooled: The cuts announced today amount to just one quarter of oneRead… Read more »
President Obama named his CTO on Saturday, April 18. With the addition of Aneesh Chopra to his team, does this mean IT is ready to roll to new heights in this administration? Hopefully, there are no remaining obstacles, and the first tech president in U.S. history will meet his goals of better tech, more transparencyRead… Read more »
Public managers in communities across the country are under increasing pressure by the public to report on the outcomes and results of their programs. With both internal and external demands for information, public managers not only need to provide an accounting of resources expended and services provided, but also report on performance and outcomes. TheRead… Read more »
Jonathan Walters’ report chronicles the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) efforts to realign and centralize its information technology activities. Describing it as an “ambitious, audacious and arduous crusade,” Walters makes it very clear that this is still very much a work in progress. There are significant hurdles ahead and certain significant adjustments will no doubtRead… Read more »
W. Henry Lambright writes an interesting report about Griffin and NASA. A summary of the report is that President George W. Bush told NASA to return to the moon and prepare for manned exploration of Mars. The man he put in charge, Michael Griffin, was a certified rocket scientist with a passion for manned spaceRead… Read more »
Both Oregon (Portland) and Washington (Seattle and Bremerton) have HOPE VI projects, the latest generation of public housing. (HOPE VI is a federally funded program started in 1992 aimed at improving distressed public housing and reversing the negative perceptions of it.) One of these projects in Seattle was recently evaluated for energy efficiency – andRead… Read more »
Good morning. It is your weekly dose of TSP Talk. The indices were mixed on expiration Friday as the Dow and the I-fund were basically flat on the day, the S&P 500 gained 0.50%, and the small caps gained 1.0%. Like the title of this article says, it looks like the S&P 500 is goingRead… Read more »
A new Department of Defense research paper co-authored by Dr. Linton Wells II and Dr. Mark Drapeau. It is a publication from the Center for Technology and National Security Policy of the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. You can find and download the report here: Social Software and National Security: An Initial Net Assessment
I continuously fail to deliver the right message to senior leadership on the value or Return on Investment (ROI) of Social Networking Software (SNS). The problem is that the value is not something that is directly, or quantitatively measured. In fact, the whole “business case” thing is a bit nebulous, as Facebook, with its 200Read… Read more »
Apologies for errors in advance: @juliabeebuzz: @Gov20Camp – Passing along the great stuff happening for Data.gov http://tinyurl.com/cgslam #gov20 #opengov #gov20camp #edemcamp #gov20cloud @adrielhampton: Tune in to http://gov20radio.com for Clay Johnson of Sunlight Labs w/@govloop & @meghan1018 – 2/5 eastern #gov20 #opengov @a_marsh: To consider when making immigration policy: 1/2 of US tech companies had foreignRead… Read more »