Mission Focused Defense Intelligence WorldWide Conference: 8-10 April 2013 in Baltimore MD

By BobGourley The Department of Defense’s most elegant missions require advanced technologies exquisitely operated by highly trained professionals. This is especially true of intelligence missions, where complex situations involving threats to the nation must be assessed and acted upon quickly. One of the critically important mechanisms used by planners in DoD intelligence to collaborate andRead… Read more »

Gov & Love: 3 Valentine’s Day Tips at Work

Have you ever been struck by Cupid’s arrow at work? If so, a bit of common sense, good manners and politeness will go a long way towards keeping you out of big trouble. While the following “do’s” and “don’ts” are especially applicable to the workplace on Valentine’s Day, they also merit consideration every day —Read… Read more »

Update to “How Much Credit Do You Have To Give?”

At the end of last year, I published a post exploring copyright issues titled “How Much Credit Do You Have to Give?” Recently Bay Sweetwater contacted me to let me know some important information related to copyright and the Terms of Use for Second Life. She also shared a link to a very informative, copyright-relatedRead… Read more »

MarkLogic 6: An introduction

By Ryan Kamauff The latest permeation of MarkLogic (version 6) offers ACID (atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability) transactions, horizontal scaling, real-time indexing, high availability, disaster recovery, government-grade security and built-in search. MarkLogic has made application development easier with Java and REST APIs. They also added JSON support. This allows developers to use their language of choice,Read… Read more »

In the News

Statewide Unions propose state budget cuts of $278 million – A coalition of unions and other public-sector groups released a report Tuesday suggesting state government could save $278 million over the next biennium by making a series of spending cuts. The group said savings could come from three sources: $66 million by further reducing theRead… Read more »

New “Open Data Guide” Answers Whys and Hows of Growing Field

What’s with the buzz about open data these days? Why did New York City’s Chief Digital Officer Rachel Haot predict that, “Open data will saves lives” in 2013? Why did Mayor Emanuel in Chicago hire a Chief Data Officer? Cloud-based, open data software provider Socrata, Inc. has just release an “Open Data Field Guide” toRead… Read more »

Moderate This! Facilitate That!

http://managementhelp.org/blogs/training-and-development/2011/10/12/trainers-moderate-this-facilitate-that/

International #OpenDataDay: Now at 90 Cities (and… the White House)

Okay. We are 10 days away from International Open Data Day this February 23rd, 2013. There is now so much going on, I’ve been excited to see the different projects people are working on. Indeed there is so much happening, I thought I’d share just a tiny fraction of it in a little blog postRead… Read more »

Voice memos: Capturing thoughts faster than you can think them

Over the years I have gone around and searched for different ways to get things out of my head, on paper, and in front of the right people quickly. The solution I’ve found to be most effective and efficient is the voice memo in terms of getting the ideas out and to other people toRead… Read more »

Beaverton to host first of 100 White House meetings on federal-city cooperation

By Nicole Friedman, The Oregonian, February 12, 2013 Federal officials will kick off a series of visits to 100 cities around the nation Thursday as part of a White House program to support urban revitalization. First stop: Beaverton. The city will host the feds at a daylong symposium to discuss how government agencies, nonprofits andRead… Read more »