IJIS Institute Publishes White Papers on Corrections Information Sharing and NIEM Internationalization Support

Papers explore corrections information sharing and NIEM globalization Ashburn, VA (March 28, 2013). The IJIS Institute, a nonprofit organization that focuses on mission‐critical information sharing for justice, public safety, and homeland security, is pleased to announce the publication of two new white papers authored by IJIS Institute Advisory Committees: 1) Value of Corrections Information: BenefitsRead… Read more »

What’s Lurking Beyond Your Firewall? 11 Types of Cyber Attacks (GAO Report Pt. 2)

In a previous post, “9 Sources of Cyber Threats Highlighted in GAO Report,” Pat Fiorenza discussed Table 1 of GAO’s report Cyber Security: National Strategy, Roles, and Responsibilities Need to Be Better Defined and More Effectively Implemented, describing the various types of attacks that vulnerable users can fall victim to. In this blog, I willRead… Read more »

Thursday Thoughts: Learning From Non-Events

I am a graduate student at George Washington University and I am fortunate enough to be taking a leadership class with a former high-level government official. My professor has served at the highest levels of government, and provides a first hand account how to lead large, complex and bureaucratic government agencies. Every Thursday I’ll postRead… Read more »

Link roundup

I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Crime and Justice: an open data challenge Simple steps towards local prosperity Editorially is the collaborative writing tool we’ve been waiting for Google’s Keep: is it for keeps? Probably not The coming of the industrial internet Ready for Doc Ready Only open systems are effective forRead… Read more »

Let’s do the LocalGovCamp again

Photo by Mark Braggins. It’s probably about time we sorted LocalGovCamp out again! For various reasons it’s going to be running after the summer rather than before, as has previously been the case. So, the two potential dates are 21st or 28th September. Let me know if you feel strongly one way or another inRead… Read more »

Should political accounts for governments declare they’re not run by the public service?

I blogged last December on the topic of whether social media was blurring the non-partisan status of appointed public servants. At the time I was reflecting on the confusion that can be caused when political operatives and members of a politician’s own staff use social networks in ways that can mislead parts of the broaderRead… Read more »

Win Free Copy Of Hadoop Operations by Eric Sammer

By Bob Gourley CTOvision was fortunate enough to have been given a signed copy of “Hadoop Operations” by Eric Sammer (@esammer) of Cloudera and we want to get this into the hands of someone working on Big questions. Is that you? Eric Sammer’s book is considered the most relevant, practical and useful book available forRead… Read more »

Hacking the Hackathon

At Code for America, we’re no stranger to the hackathon and its event cousins: iconathons, make-a-thons, write-a-thons, and more. In 2013 alone, we hosted two hackathons at our San Francisco office, and partnered on events in 12 cities—and it’s only March. With so much experience, it’s easy to prep for new events by focusing solelyRead… Read more »

The Use of Recorded Future for Cyber Security Professionals

By Bob Gourley We have previously written about Recorded Future, a fast moving startup delivering predictive signals from the noise of the web. Recorded Future provides a blog that captures several exemplars of their capability and its applicability in many mission areas. One mission area of particular interest in the use of Recorded Future forRead… Read more »

5 Things to think about in the morning before you start work

Start your day off right Before you get started on your work for the day there are a few things you should consider in order to be more productive. By taking these few minutes before you hit the grindstone every day you can organize your thoughts and needs for the day and really make aRead… Read more »

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