Fifteen years ago, I predicted the demise of the supermarket. Four years ago, I noted that that hadn’t turned out to be the greatest of predictions: I wasn’t quite daft enough to think that everybody was going to do their food shopping online. My argument was slightly more subtle, though it has so far provedRead… Read more »
By Ryan Kamauff In today’s podcast Bob Gourley and I discuss the value of Mobile devices in the enterprise. We talk about using the Cloud to protect the enterprise and the data center, and architectural decisions surround cloud and mobile computing. Bob and I dip into wearable computing (I cannot wait, he is a littleRead… Read more »
A Highlight from the upcoming NAGC Communications School. Monitoring reporters’ interviews with government officials is a routine practice among public affairs officers, mainly to protect against misquotes, according to a survey undertaken by the Society of Professional Journalists and the National Association of Government Communicators last fall. The final report is being released today inRead… Read more »
By Marcus Williams More Cyber News we are tracking: Several organizations around the country have been collecting and selling PII, DARPA will no longer support CFT, VMware’s Horizon Mirage 4.0, and more Who’s keeping track of Who? After reading this article it made me reconsider how I shop or pay bills online. Several organizations aroundRead… Read more »
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator Joe Jordan recently got some much needed feedback on the debate about insourcing and outsourcing, and how those decision are being made. However, the insourcing versus outsourcing issue is not just external to the government. A recent trend seems to be developing where Contracting Officers are inserting VetBiz verificationRead… Read more »
Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would theyRead… Read more »
By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Napolitano: Cybersecurity executive order only part of the solution – “President Obama’s Feb. 12 executive order falls short of a complete cybersecurity plan and should be seen as a first step in addressing cybersecurity issues, said Homeland Security Secretary Janet NapolitanoRead… Read more »
Citizen engagement has traditionally been viewed as citizens participating in community activities such as testifying on policy proposals, budgets, and strategic plans. But government does more than policy and budget. And citizens want to do more than testify or volunteer at the local food bank. How can governments at all levels engage their citizens inRead… Read more »
Right after I finished reading Pirate Cinema, the United States Congress passed the six strikes law to take people off the internet. I guess they hadn’t read the book. I was looking for some reviews of the book because I wanted more context about the story. Good criticism is supposed to either explain more fullyRead… Read more »
Image credit: David Pearson UKGovCamp happened on Saturday at the second time of asking and I think it went rather well. Take a look at the chatter on Twitter or the photos on Flickr and make your own mind up. The mixture of attendees – government folk, suppliers, activists and the merely curious – andRead… Read more »