I was in the front row yesterday morning as Bill Bratton — forty year veteran and former Police Chief in Boston, New York City, and Los Angeles — spoke at the Government Security (GovSec) Conference and Expo in Washington, DC. Chief Bratton spent some time afterwards with the folks fromUSIS as he signed books andRead… Read more »
Growing up my mother made sure that I was exposed to culture, art, music, and science. I was almost as diversified as you could possibly get for being a “small-town” kid. When the time came for me to head off to college and pick a major, I followed these same adolescent teachings. Not wanting toRead… Read more »
The mastermind behind some of the most notorious data breaches in history (Heartland Payment Systems, TJX and others) faces sentencing this week. The word is that prosecutors are aiming to give Albert Gonzalez the maximum sentence of 25 years in prison. We imagine justice will be rightly served. In a bizarre twist, Gonzales was purportedlyRead… Read more »
Today (March 24, 2010) is Ada Lovelace Day, a global celebration honoring women in technology. This is the second year for the event, which is celebrated by blogging about your favorite woman in technology.My favorite, is Julie Perlmutter, who introduces thousands of people to new technology with her Web Managers Roundtable. She enjoys the tribeRead… Read more »
Continuing my thinking on the World of GovCraft, I’ve started to think about what the real challenge is for government, various comments suggested that Government is so disconnected that it is unlikely that we will start to bridge the gap. But i’m starting to wonder whether this just an illusion and we are only creatingRead… Read more »
Most IT projects focus on the supply of IT delivery – that is, they focus on getting the technology live – and they often ignore the key issue of driving full user adoption and benefits realization. . However, the bulk of the factors that drive user adoption are in factor organizational, not technical and thusRead… Read more »
Happy Wednesday! Last month’s snow days that kept the federal government closed for almost a week cost taxpayers much less than initially feared. The government lost $71,074,495 worth of productivity for each snow day, according to updated estimates released Tuesday by the Office of Personnel Management. The figure dropped from an estimated $100 million becauseRead… Read more »
INTRODUCTION Meyer Moldeven (Mike) 3/23/10 (I’ve posted several of my articles and blogs online since I retired based on my gov’t experiences hoping that content might be useful to others (military and civilian) in gov’t service. I’ll be responsive to questions as best I can. Mike) ~~~ I am 92 years old, retired in 1974Read… Read more »
David Carr of the Wall Street Journal wrote a good article (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/business/media/22carr.html) on geo-social services a couple of days ago. In this article he highlights a point I have tried to make for some time now: ‘“The check-in is bigger than location,” said Yancey Strickler of Kickstarter, a Web site that helps with fund-raising forRead… Read more »