NASA has announced that it will release a list of grant opportunities worth up to $100 million for work supporting its spaceflight mission to Mars, scheduled to kickoff in 2020. The agency wants to identify robotic and human exploration technologies such as unmanned vehicles and payloads for the Mars 2020 program, NASA said in aRead… Read more »
One of the things I think this new budget reality has created for public sector organizations is an extraordinary need to make better decisions. In previous years budget situations have been tight and there’s been a fight for resources but I think that this past year and next year the situation has and will becomeRead… Read more »
HP recently released a new case study outlining how they utilized enterprise architecture to improve Detroit’s Water and Sewage Department’s (DWSD) service to taxpayers while reducing costs. DWSD is the third-largest water and sewer utility in the United States, pumping 595 million gallons of clean drinking water each day to Michigan residents and providing wastewaterRead… Read more »
This post is part of a series to celebrate the Code for America Accelerator companies. Why are we Coding for America? I believe SmartProcure is in a unique position to do two great things at once—save the government millions of dollars and help government contractors become more profitable. That’s a tangible, measurable boost to theRead… Read more »
We were musing about groups that venerate experience and the those that don’t. That moved into wondering why we don’t see more venerated old-timers. There is a ratio of value between teacher and student, which changes as they mature. Many of us know a grandmother, who can teach us about the world. That goes onRead… Read more »
About eighteen months ago the APSC released updated guidance for the use of social media by public servants. Designed to cover personal and professional use, the guidance was widely criticised at the time by traditional media and former public servants for its imprecise language and broad reach. I criticised it as well, and it wasRead… Read more »
Code for America’s second Accelerator year kicked off yesterday. The first day’s schedule was packed with a day-long facilitation session led by Allen “Gunner” from Aspiration Tech. The day’s highlights included: product pitches, breakout sessions, company q&a’s, and a lunch discussion with Tim O’Reilly. What better way to celebrate the end of a long workRead… Read more »
NASA has enlisted 13 university teams to support the agency’s small spacecraft collaborative projects. Selected teams stand to receive as much as $100,000 annually for two years and will work with agency engineers and scientists from six NASA centers, the agency announced Monday. The agency initially received 100 proposals for the Small Spacecraft Technology Program,Read… Read more »
One of the things that’s easy to do when the workload starts piling up and you’ve got multiple deadlines, multiple projects and multiple priorities, is that unless you’re careful you can sometimes end up isolating yourself in an effort to get all of it done. I know this because I’ve done it firsthand a lotRead… Read more »
Spent last night using the methodology I’m developing for the book to analyze the Data Insights and Business Intelligence line of business. While I like Business Model Canvas (Osterwalder, et al) for its visualization I find it lacking on the analytic side. There are no metrics in the approach so the business model analysis subjective.Read… Read more »