Well, we really don’t have a unified national alert system that is able to alert the population, first responders, law enforcement, etc, in case of natural or man made dissasters. So what did I do about this? Well, I got together with a group of homeland security and IT security professionals and designed a systemRead… Read more »
This is a link to an article I wrote recently on the economic impact of modern day piracy. http://www.helium.com/items/1414729-the-economics-of-modern-day-piracy Comments are appreciated.
Republished from eGovAU. Government often has a narrow path to walk when engaging online, some of the measures in place to protect the privacy and security of citizens and government officials can conflict with efforts to improve the transparency and openness of government processes. Hence this article from the New York Times, Government 2.0 MeetsRead… Read more »
I talked to the CIOs today at another agency. Very good discussion. I used many of the ideas people gave me here on GovLoop and on Twitter. And then I used that experience as an example when I was talking, of the concept that “everyone is smarter than anyone.” They asked some intelligent questions andRead… Read more »
Over the past two years, ClearanceJobsBlog.com has become the only place on the internet where people can ask tough questions about security clearances and get expert answers. Due to popular demand and our rapid growth, we are launching a new private security clearance question and answer service. This will help ensure your critical questions getRead… Read more »
Technology in Law Enforcement? I was having a conversation the other day with a newly appointed Chief of Police, Ray Douglas, from a small town close to Memphis. This newly sworn-in Chief was going through the process of determining what capabilities his staff had and what they lacked. During my conversation with Ray, I askedRead… Read more »
There has been a fair amount of speculation around whether or not President-elect Obama will choose to (or even be able to) use a mobile device, as he’s accustomed to doing, once he takes the oath of office. As we saw during his campaign, traditional ways of getting things done will likely be challenged andRead… Read more »
One of the wonderful FCW.com links on the GovLoop home page lists the CWE/SANS Institute’s top 25 Software Programming Errors at http://www.sans.org/top25. It specifically lifts out architecture and implementation errors that cause vulnerabilities in Web 2.0 applications. Good stuff! (if you’re a geek, I suppose)
President-elect Obama has certainly drawn plenty of comparisons to President Clinton. From bringing on former Clintonites like John D. Podesta and Rahm Emanuel, it seems that team Clinton will be back in office on January 20th. What is really interesting is that Obama is also being compared to Clinton when he first came into officeRead… Read more »