Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Customs and Border Protection plans to purchase an outside computer program to track aircraft inventories despite Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s call to use existing capabilities. More here. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published its updated guide to handling computer security incidents. MoreRead… Read more »
There’s an interesting event coming up in Canberra for Science Week, a discussion around Science, Technology & Wellbeing that seeks to build engagement between government, scientists and the community around the topic of “How can we improve our lives? And how might science and technology help?” To be held as a free event on 18Read… Read more »
ARAPAHOE COUNTY Department of Human Resources 5334 S. Prince Street Littleton, CO 80120 http://www.co.arapahoe.co.us/Jobs/HumanResources Invites Applications for the Position of: DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES AND FLEET MANAGEMENT An Equal Opportunity Employer SALARY: $8,184.00 – $13,095.00 Monthly $98,208.00 – $157,140.00 Annually DEADLINE TO APPY: 09/06/12 DESCRIPTION Salary may be negotiable depending experience and qualifications. The Director ofRead… Read more »
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This is a question to which agencies will now have to come up with an answer. And it won’t be easy! Background Earlier this Spring, Senator Tom Coburn grilled an OMB witness at a hearing about why OMB had not yet implemented a provision in the GPRA Modernization Act requiring the creation of a government-wideRead… Read more »
If “most used phrase since 2009” was an Olympic event then “open government” would surely dominate. Olympic spirit and jokes aside, I wanted to pass along an excellent read from the Open Government Partnerships blog. In it, IdeaScale’s Jessica Day (and my awesome colleague) does a great job highlighting the tangible progress of open government,Read… Read more »
Hugo Miller of Bloomberg wrote a piece today titled “Motorola Solutions Backs Fixmo In Bet On Better Security.” I like the way he captured the news in that headline. It is yet another endorsement of the engineering talent, mission-focused solutions and corporate leadership in place at Fixmo. It makes me even prouder to be associatedRead… Read more »
John Tolva, is the CTO for Chicago and a Code for America partner. We ask John how Chicago got to being at the forefront of open government and how others cities can follow suit. “There is no reason city government can’t operate on the same principles of our hot digital sector”. For John Tolva, CodeRead… Read more »
There’s been a lot of commentary this week in the media around the decision by the Australian Advertising Board (ASB) to rule that the comments of fans published on an brand’s Facebook page are actually advertisements and must comply with industry self-regulation and consumer protection laws. In face the ruling states that Facebook, and otherRead… Read more »
While listening to a favorite podcast of mine, I learned that Bill O’Reilly recently gave up eating wheat and discovered a number of signficant health benefits, including increased energy and weight loss. This of course is a main tenet of the paleo diet/lifestyle that I subscribe to, so I wasn’t surprised by what happened soRead… Read more »