When (if ever) is it appropriate for a government agency or politician to delete a tweet or post?

While a sideshow to the fire disaster sweeping Australia, there’s been reports in traditional media and conversations online over the last day regarding the decision by the Australian Government Housing Minister, Brendan O’Connor, to apologise for and delete a tweet that claimed that a tweet from Australia’s Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, was a political stuntRead… Read more »

USDA Website Information

www.registrarcorp.com/fda-food/registration/ This is a great site for USDA requirements. Original post

Travel & Logistics CIOs: Put your maps in memory

By RyanKamauff Note, this article is reposted from Terracotta’s blog (here). If you’re an IT exec in logistics, travel, or transportation, mapping is certain to appear on your list of top challenges for 2013. Maps pose a challenge because they require large data sets, real-time processing, and fast display. CIOs working with maps must grappleRead… Read more »

How NORAD tracked Santa Around the Globe Christmas Eve

Now Playing: Avaya Tech Talk #002 – NORAD Santa – This week Guy covers the history of the 57 year old NORAD tradition of tracking Santa around the globe Christmas Eve. Please click arrow below to play: Share: Facebook Twitter Download Transcript: Good day all! Guy Clinch here, advocate for the government customer in Avaya’sRead… Read more »

COTS Cloud security reference design and related NIST workshop

By RyanKamauff Since the beginning of the modern Cloud movement (which we trace to November 2006 — see here if you want to know why) technologists have been seeking ways to mitigate key risks. Top on our list include 1) The increased risk due to multi-tenancy 2) The mission needs of availability (including the needRead… Read more »

Breaking Down MeriTalk’s sCIOal (Social) Circle Study

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — How good are Federal government Chief Information Officers (CIOs) at social media? That was the question posed by media company MeriTalk in their recent study, named sCIOal Circle (get it?). According to the study (registration required), this is the first of an annual series of analyses. Thus, before the nextRead… Read more »