The acting director of the National Archives and Records Administration will not appear tomorrow before a House subcommittee to explain the possible theft of a hard drive with one terabyte’s worth of sensitive data from the Clinton administration, according to congressional staffers. Lawmakers instead will receive regular updates from the NARA inspector general’s office andRead… Read more »
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-060.pdf Thanks to Ezra Klein’s blog on washingtonpost.com for the link – the paper is a great read (once you get past the economics) to understand exactly the mortgage back securites (MBS) market fell apart – essentially it was due to (1) bad assumptions of defalut rates, (2) poor ratings of each MBS pool byRead… Read more »
Following is an exclusive podcast with Michael Brown, former Director of FEMA, on the ITAC Identity Blog. Mr. Brown is an expert on cyber security and provides excellent insights into what our nation can do to better protect itself in this new era of cyber warfare. Click here to listen to the podcast.
Ever wonder why folks in charge nowadays are still called “leaders” when they are really no where near the front of the column? I mean Alexander the Great and William Wallace, they actually “led” their men into battle and the title was appropriate, but today that isn’t the case. Comedian Redd Foxx once had aRead… Read more »
A secure ID is the starting point for most in-house IT systems, but we really need a federated ID that is still secure for most of what we are now contemplating in terms of the people based Web 2.0 style interactions that are driving a lot of the new business value today. No where isRead… Read more »
Twitter – often and easily dismissed because of the question “What are you doing?” When I was first encouraged to dabble with Twitter, that question alone created a sense of skepticism as it immediately conjured thoughts of the mundane and idle. What could I be doing? A question, that if more people wondered, asked andRead… Read more »
As acquisition reform initiatives move forward in Congress, specifically with the House following the Senate in passing their defense acquisition reform bill, personnel issues continue to be at the forefront of discussions and focus on reform initiatives. Of course it goes without saying that the announcement to bring 20,000 acquisition positions in house at theRead… Read more »
The Obama administration has set the goal of achieving and unprecedented level of openness, participation, transparency, and collaboration in government. This applies especially to the accessibility of government information and the tracking of stimulus expenditures. This presentation discusses ways that cloud computing, web 2.0, and web 3.0 semantic technologies can be used to deliver citizen-friendlyRead… Read more »
The Senate passed a measure today that would allow visitors to carry loaded firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges, approving a bill that could restore a Bush-era policy rejected by a federal judge in March. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) introduced the bill as an amendment to the credit card reform package, which passed theRead… Read more »
Note: this blog entry is a copy of one that I originally posted on Intelink-U. Sadly, nobody there had any Federal Bridge success stories to share. Since all the references are available on the public Internet, I thought it would be interesting to publish it to a wider audience and see if I got anyRead… Read more »