Hello Everyone, I’d like to introduce myself, my organization, and interests to fellow members. Efficient construction product delivery methods (integrated project delivery/IPD), job order contracting/JOC), construction/renovation/repair/sustainability cost databases, BIM as an integrated process, cloud computing, and facility life-cycle management are my core interests. Our firm’s software and solutions support over 80% of United States AirRead… Read more »
The Policy Studies Organization invites you to attend the Middle East Dialogue 2012: The Arab Spring and Beyond. Location: The Whittemore House1526 New Hampshire Ave., NWWashington, DC 20036 Date:Friday, February 24th, 20129:00 am- 5:00pm For full information and the preliminary program click here. Feel free to extend the invitation since we have arranged for freeRead… Read more »
With this post I’d like to draw your attention to a great firm that has been helping serve a group of warriors most deserving of our nation’s thanks and support. KippsDeSanto is a firm who’s core purpose is to serve other firms, but they have done so in a way that serves a larger community,Read… Read more »
Anonymous, whether viewed as an online force for good or hackers disguised as do-gooders, have undeniably far-reaching capabilities. They’ve demonstrated this again Friday (2/10/2012) by announcing that they had hacked local and state law enforcement in Alabama to gain access to the information of 46,000 residents. The information includes social security numbers, license plate numbers,Read… Read more »
The AIIM conference is a great learning opportunity for all IT professionals Every year, the AIIM Conference meets to provide excellent keynotes and other speakers. This year our editor, Bob Gourley will be speaking on Big Data. The conference is March 20-22 at the Grand Hyatt in San Francisco. The topic for this year isRead… Read more »
As an engagement strategist still recovering from chronic burnout as a result of my organizing efforts for the Boston Police Department and Neighbors for Neighbors (facilitating 250+ meetings a year for many years), I avoid spending entire Saturday afternoons at civic events like the plague. To my surprise, something extraordinary happened yesterday. I ended upRead… Read more »
Join us in New York City this March 30th and 31st for the International Conference on Participatory Budgeting in the US and Canada. NCDD is a proud co-sponsor of this event, and we hope to see you there. Let me (Sandy) know if you plan to attend, so we can be sure to meet up!Read… Read more »
Passwords alone aren’t enough any more… Passwords suck. They are long, hard to remember (even if you have easier-to-remember phrases), moreso when new, and are largely a difficulty for users to user properly. Combined with the fact that many users choose easy-to-guess or easy-to-ascertain passwords based off of commonly-known facts about themselves and that theyRead… Read more »
The “Bring a Friend” Mobile Gov Wikithon held last week was an overwhelming success! Attendees in Bethesda, MD, Washington, D.C. and those online discussed mHealth initiatives, consuensus mobile good practices and created content for the Mobile Gov Wiki. You can see everything that was done during the Wikithon at this link. Thanks for the attendeesRead… Read more »
Last week I got a valid comment on a two year old post. The same commenter also posted under a current post. LinkedWithin is a widget that shows a changing choice of three stories at the bottom of each blog post. I first saw it on A Suitable Wardrobe, and even though I feel tremendousRead… Read more »