Many of our clients shared with us their frustration with their current state of business development (BD). They either weren’t growing fast enough because they weren’t bidding on enough projects that were in their sweet spot, or they had wasted money going after poorly qualified opportunities that they had no chance of winning. All ofRead… Read more »
With an emphasis on surveillance, evidence, and reporting, law enforcement is an extremely data-intensive field and the New York City Police Department, as the largest agency which deals with the largest American city, has the most data to handle. Lately, with the NYPD’s greater focus on counterterrorism and projects like the Lower Manhattan Security InitiativeRead… Read more »
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Air Force seeks software that uses machine learning to detect threats and targets from sensor data. More here. The Department of Defense has proposed that military cyber-specialists be allowed to take actions outside of U.S. military networks to defend critical U.S. computer systems. More here.Read… Read more »
By Derrick G. Silas, Sr., Web Manager, City of Enid, Oklahoma Often, the National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC) spotlights the accomplishments of its members. Valerie Suber, a member of NAGC and Public Information Director for Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD), rightly deserves accolades for production of the video series, “Voices Beyond The Mirror.”Read… Read more »
Every industry utilizes data in some facit or another. In the geo world, you can’t look in a direction that doesn’t include data…BIG data. Which is why we are bringing together GIS and developer professionals from throughout the DC metro area to learn more about Big Data and the latest in geospatial and cloud technology.Read… Read more »
Over on the PEP-NET blog, they just announced a series of webinars for the week after next: Get involved in the latest developments of eParticipation tools! Policy analysts, decision makers as well as civil society stakeholders and other people interested in policy-making all have to cope with numerous arguments brought forward in policy debates. TheRead… Read more »
With the end of the fiscal year upon us, the “feeding frenzy,” as I like to call it, is in full swing. With possible sweeping budgets on the horizon through sequestration, and overall declines in revenues, agencies are unloading end-of-year dollars at a dizzying pace. It should be particularly good times for small businesses, asRead… Read more »
GovLoop Insights Issue of the Week with Chris Dorobek… where each week, our goal is to find an issue — a person — an idea — then helped define the past 7-days… and we work to find an issue that will also will have an impact on the days, weeks and months ahead. And, asRead… Read more »
Whether dealing with highly classified intelligence data or managing bring your own device (BYOD) policies, security has been one of the biggest hurdles to a mobile government. NIST recently issued its draft recommendation for securing mobile devices for government agencies, which include: Enforcing Security Policies Data Communication and Storage User and Device Authentication Solutions RestrictingRead… Read more »
I’m curious as to if there are currently any agencies using or in the process of incorporating Responsive Design into their agency’s Digital Strategy. My agency is starting to have serious talks on this. My concerns are from the standpoint of if you have a large number of data products that you are serving, howRead… Read more »