A couple weeks ago, GovLoop kicked off its Fall 2012 Mentors cohort and we wanted to say “congratulations” to the Finalists and their mentors! As many of you know, the GovLoop Mentors Program is a first-of-its-kind, government-wide initiative that connects public sector professionals across agencies and at every level (federal, state and local). This freeRead… Read more »
Like many, 9/11 brings forth a lot of emotions in me. Though it was far away, United Airlines flight 175 was headed towards my local airport, Los Angeles International, and the deaths of its passengers was directly felt around Southern California, my home. Not long afterward, I began what would become 8 years of intensiveRead… Read more »
This is basically a repeat of the blog I posted last 9/11. On the eleventh anniversary of the worst day in the history of this country the Government Man will dispense with the usual satire and comedy. Poking fun at what people take seriously is something I enjoy doing but there is nothing funny aboutRead… Read more »
Earlier this year we partnered with the Blue Ridge Foundation of New York to bring the “Code for America effect” to America’s most populous city. I have to admit, it was a tall challenge for us. The City of New York is “firing on all cylinders” in terms of our own measures of effectiveness. TheyRead… Read more »
For some patients, it’s Hell and they’d rather be dead, and I was one of them. “Whose Life Is It Anyway,” is the title of a play by Brian Clark that I lifted from him with more information from good old Wikipedia complete with links to other respective sites. I remember the movie made fromRead… Read more »
Cisco and IDG have sponsored this post and asked that we spread the word on this event which should be of interest to anyone in the enterprise IT business. Cisco is one of the firms we should all track closely and this is a great opportunity to learn the full array of their solutions forRead… Read more »
Rick ‘Doc’ Walker was the keynote speaker at a recent Comcast event I attended at Redskins’ FedEx Field. Fans may remember Walker as one the HOGS, or more recently as a champion for research and cure of Muscular Dystrophy, Cystic Fibrosis, Alzheimer’s, and Arthritis (he does an ESPN 980 radio show “2-4 weekdays” as heRead… Read more »
CTOvision was once again named one of the top sources for government technology news and analysis. Fed Tech Magazine just published it’s list of “46 Federal Technology Experts to Follow on Twitter” which it later updated to include a 47th member, features CTOvision’s Twitter account, which you can follow for our CTO feed for theRead… Read more »
Following Hurricane Katrina, then-Governor Haley Barbour created the state’s Disaster Recovery Division and appointed Jon Mabry as its chief operations officer. Many lessons have been learned in the recovery process in the 7 years since Katrina directly affected some one million Mississippians, nearly one-third of the state’s population. In a recent interview with Emergency ManagementRead… Read more »
This post is cross-posted at Routeam.com. The Federal Government traditionally does not concern itself with the health and diets of its employees. This is changing here and there, but it is still not a part of the work culture in the way that it is in many leading private companies. I think that needs toRead… Read more »