By Bob Gourley In this podcast we provide an update on the recent Chinese espionage stories including discussion of Mandiant’s recent reports, and we talk about Jason Healey’s well articulated opinions on what should be done about the threat. We also provide other context on the technology news and analysis you will want to track.Read… Read more »
Today my home broadband got upgraded. A few hours ago, 7Mbps down and a tenth of that up was as good as it ever got. Now it’s close to 50Mbps down and, even more dramatically, about 15Mbps up. Once there were no computers visibly in my life, still less devices which happened to compute. NowRead… Read more »
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 »
From the Participedia news page… The FACTS Initiative and CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation have announced a call for proposals on local democratic innovations for publication in a special issue of the FACTS Reports, on the 2013 website of the journal, and on the CIVICUS website. This special issue of the FACTS Report, inRead… Read more »
Washington attorney John Mahoney talks about your rights when in furlough status. http://www.federalnewsradio.com/176/3228995/Sequestration-and-its-impact-on-you
With well over 90 cities now scheduled to partake in Open Data Day and with several events expecting 50+ and even 100+ participants I wanted to outline some thoughts to help people who are thinking about participating but not sure what to expect or if they have anything helpful to offer. First things first. YouRead… Read more »
By Bob Gourley If you are an enterprise technologist you are probably pretty busy, right? And you are almost certainly numbed by the constant stories of cyber espionage, especially reports of data theft coming out of China. If you have been numbed with all the reporting please shake it off and dive into this currentRead… Read more »
By Marcus Williams Today’s Cyber News We Are Tracking: Apple has become one of the top Fortune 500 companies in the US to be hacked. Twitter is thinking about going public secretly. Smartphone and tablet maker HTC has introduced their newest phone called HTC One. Another Fortune 500 Company has been Hacked Apple has becomeRead… Read more »
TriMet Senior Accountant of Treasury and Cash Management Rhyan Van Horn is back in school as a first year student in the executive MPA program at the University of Washington. Today we catch up with Rhyan to discuss topics such as do you still have to waste a bunch of money buying books that you’llRead… Read more »
A marketer was telling me how people used her product. I actually do use her product (not that she asked), and I sure don’t use it the way she said “they” do. She told a helluva story. It was much more colorful and important than the way I use it. I kinda wished I hadRead… Read more »