UTA plans Twitter chat on 2012 budget
To complement a public hearing on its proposed 2012 budget, the Utah Transit Authority has scheduled a Twitter chat with its general manager on Monday. Original post
GSA USASearch Wins 2011 Government Big Data Solutions Award
The Government Big Data Solutions Award was established to highlight innovative solutions and facilitate the exchange of best practices, lessons learned and creative ideas for addressing Big Data challenges. The top five nominees and overall winner was announced at Hadoop World in New York City on November 8 2011. The Government Big Data Solutions AwardRead… Read more »
Bill Bratton and Zach Tumin: The New “Collabonomics” of Disaster Management
Last week’s New England snowmeggadon showed us how far social media has come in making collaboration across the boundaries of government and citizens easy. And it offered stark contrast between those who get it and use it, and those who don’t. Social media and the digital devices that connect us change the collabonomics of disasterRead… Read more »
Lessons from the EPA Apps for the Environment Forum: How Can We Build Innovation Through Partnerships?
This afternoon I attended the Apps for the Environment Forum, hosted by the EPA in Rosslyn. The forum honored the winners of the recent Apps for the Environment Challenge, hosted a variety of speakers from the EPA and executive office, and offered breakout sessions on how to use the Internet and open data space betterRead… Read more »
Public Safety procurement season heats up with more than 100 RFPs hitting the street
Deltek Sr. Analyst Jeff Webster reports. With October 1 marking the beginning of a new fiscal year for the federal government, and a good majority of state governments three to four months deep in their fiscal year, government procurement calendars are beginning to take shape. Over the last month, Deltek has reported on a wideRead… Read more »
Will Government Agencies be ready for the Chromebook?
Originally Posted on Iron Bow Technologies Federal Blog, TechSource. Authored by Prem Iyer, Information Security Practice Director As with many new technologies the Chromebook is creating a surge of excitement among consumers. Users may be excited to get their hands on the new technology – but IT departments are dreading it. With the demand ofRead… Read more »
Video Killed the Network’s Performance
Originally posted to Blue Coat’s federal blog, Blue Print. Authored by Grant Asplund You know your employees are doing it; sitting there, at their desks, watching videos and devouring your network’s bandwidth. Currently Cisco estimates that video accounts for 20-50 percent of traffic on networks, but anticipates that as more and more agencies utilize videoRead… Read more »
Women in Government: Barbara Roberts
There are few women in Government, who have carved out a harder path than Barbara Roberts. Oregon’s first (and to date only) woman Governor, Barbara Roberts is a woman of great integrity and commitment to public service, who has served in state and local government for over 25 years. Barbara Roberts was born Barbara KayRead… Read more »
Staying Ahead of the Latest Trends in Fraud and Abuse
By Bruce Levick Federal agencies make more than $2 trillion in payments to individuals and a variety of entities each year. Some estimate that as much as $125 billion is spent improperly. Since many grant programs are administered by state and local governments, the federal government has shifted its focus on identifying improper payments toRead… Read more »
Translating Business to Enterprise Architecture: Methodology Activity #2
Capabilities from this context are the “what do we need to be able to do” to enable the strategy. This requires more thought than just saying we need the capability to collaborate. Collaborate by itself is just an activty with no context. If we add a software application associated with collaboration we’re still not talkingRead… Read more »