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Can I Bum a Ride to Perspectives on Public Safety Forum?
Interested in joining? Visit Join ELGL. RSVP: Perspectives on Public Safety with Clackamas County, Lake Oswego, and Milwaukie In an effort to encourage to carpooling to ELGL events, we will post a list of attendees to each event. We encourage you to carpool with other attendees. Andy Gale, Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff’s Policy/Accreditation AnalystRead… Read more »
More Event Cancellations + Something to Share with the Corporate Office
by Allan Rubin, Vice President, Marketing First, here’s some news on continued government event cancellations. Word on the street is thatGFIRST 2013 will not take place this year “due to all of the budgetary/travel restrictions.” Scheduled from August 25 to 30, the Government Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (GFIRST) “is a group ofRead… Read more »
The Unexpected Consequences of Government Decisions
Many Americans are not aware that the standard railroad gauge in the U.S. (the distance between the two metal rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. Why the heck did our government leaders ever establish such an odd size for spacing the tracks when building our nation’s first rail lines? Well, that is because, when ourRead… Read more »
The State of the Federal Market
It is as good a time as ever to evaluate the federal environment and draw some conclusions on the effects of the sequester. Many other factors come into play when considering the Federal Market from the perspective of a Government Contractor. Every Industry will be effected differently, because some are ripe for cuts and othersRead… Read more »
The Physics of Federal Programs
Several new studies demonstrate the difficulty of defining what constitutes the “atom” of a federal program, but a recent Washington Post article begins to uncover why it is so elusive, much like finding sub-atomic particles in physics. Defining Federal Programs Isn’t Simple There is more than one way to define what constitutes a federal “program,”Read… Read more »
06.12.13 Your Premium Buzz
Dwyane Wade Wore a Jacket Made Entirely of Jams Shorts Knope of the Week Jessica Williams, Mac’s List Editor and Mac Prichard, Mac’s List Founder Newest Members Judith Mowry, City of Portland, Office of Equity and Human Rights, Policy Analyst Nicholas Kobel, Portland State University, Graduate Research Assistant Next Forums June 12 – Lunch andRead… Read more »
Author of Microsoft Business Intelligence End-user Tools Provides Context on Big Data
By Markus Ehrenmueller Editor’s note: Markus Ehrenmueller-Jensen is the author of Microsoft Business Tools, and is well positioned to provide context on ways users can better leverage these tools. -bg Big Data I can remember back in the beginning of my own school time, what a sensation it was, when I could upgrade from aRead… Read more »
3 Ways Peer-to-Peer Services Will Rock Government’s World
Last week, I was able to attend the 2013 Personal Democracy Forum in New York City. This conference and community is about the present and future impact of digital technologies on our democracy. While listening to many of the thought-provoking and passionate presentations, there were a few different ideas that really spoke to me. HereRead… Read more »
The Outlook for Discretionary Spending
I’ve been closely following the federal budget for more than two decades, and at no point have things been more confusing, not only to observers like myself, but more importantly to federal managers and executives who are trying to plan their department budgets. A grand bargain on the budget would be welcome news not onlyRead… Read more »