Bluehost Issues an OSCON Challenge

Bluehost is one of Code for America’s largest corporate donors, supporting us for the second year in a row at the $250,000 level. We are so grateful for the support of founder Hari Ravichandran and the entire Bluehost team, who share our belief in the power of the open source community. While we know Bluehost’sRead… Read more »

Puerto Rico TechSummit Reimagining the Tech Industry

When I took the challenge to serve as Chief Information Officer for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, I knew there was a lot at stake. Security and Jobs were the most important points on the Government’s agenda, and it is the CIO’s responsibility to enable the tech sector to respond accordingly. We started by unitingRead… Read more »

Captains of Change

Yesterday I was in the Eisenhower Executive Center at The White House to honor women and men from across the country who have demonstrated leadership and vision in open government and civic hacking. President Obama and his administration have long promoted the ideals of open government to the point of mantra: transparent, accountable, and collaborative.Read… Read more »

House Approves Bill to Stop Pentagon Civilian Furloughs

The House on Tuesday approved two amendments to the fiscal year 2014 defense authorization bill that would ban the Pentagon from furloughing civilian workers for that fiscal year, GovExec reports. Kellie Lunney writes one amendment applies to civilian defense workers placed on unpaid leave and the other amendment covers employees falling under working capital funds.Read… Read more »

Aphorism 89

The future is not out there like some foggy day, pre-existing and waiting to be revealed once the mist lifts. Instead, I now like to thing of it more as a lump of clay – it has the potential of being fashioned into a fine sculpture but, equally, it could end up an unstructured mess.Read… Read more »

Moving Forward: The Need to Migrate to Windows 7

Windows XP’s days are numbered. Microsoft will be terminating all support for the operating system, as well as support for Microsoft Word 2003, on April 8, 2014. This includes all security updates and fixes, leaving those with Windows XP vulnerable to security threats. Many organizations are now faced with the task of migrating to aRead… Read more »