Monday Morning News Kick Off: DOE Offers 3D Employee Training; GSA Wants to be “Government Savings Agent; and Cyber Chief Plans “Long Harley Ride”

Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from the FedConnects blog. We hope you’ve had a restful weekend and are ready to be the smartest and most efficient government or contractor professional possible. Here’s all the actionable news you need to achieve these goals. Happy Monday! Department of Energy Offers Online Training toRead… Read more »

Teleworkers: Keep from cabin fever’s creep

I’m currently a part-time teleworker myself. As I’m located in DC and the laboratory I telework to is in New York, it’s pretty helpful not having to make that commute. When I first started teleworking, I found it extraordinarily difficult to not get distracted or to feel trapped in the apartment. I’m much better atRead… Read more »

What the Facebook IPO Means for Government Agencies

All last week it couldn’t be avoided – every newspaper, TV station, magazine was talking about the Facebook IPO. But I never did read much on what it means to GovLoopers…i.e. what the Facebook IPO means for government agencies. So here we go, Steve’s list on what the Facebook IPO means for government agencies: 1)Read… Read more »

Government IT Reform: About Checking Boxes or Driving Efficiency?

It’s been a year and half since the U.S. CIO’s office issued its 25 point implementation plan to reform federal technology management. Chief among them are goals to consolidate at least 800 data centers by 2015 and the shift to a “Shared First” policy, under which the federal government had identified $20 billion in ITRead… Read more »

DorobekINSIDER: 7 stories you need to know: House passes defense budget blueprint

The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Monday the 21st th of May, 2012 Despite a threat of veto from the White House the House has cleared a more than six hundred billion dollar defense budget blueprint. The authorization bill is for 2013 and includes more than a half trillion dollars for the Pentagon’sRead… Read more »

Like it or not, this is the workplace culture your organization is competing with

I came across  this gem via  Peter Stoyko’s blog; it’s the  Valve employee handbook. Before I share my thoughts, here is what Peter had this to say about it:  Behold: the employee-orientation manual of the future; except, I hasten to add, this manual is for an extremely successful company from the here and now, theRead… Read more »

Hip Hop Doc Heads to Uganda: ICT and Culture

The following guest post is written by Dr. Rani Whitfield – also known as the Tha Hip Hop Doc. This post chronicles his recent trip to Uganda to discuss telemedicine’s impact in Africa as well as other observations. It’s been just over six weeks since my return from Uganda and I can’t shake the country’sRead… Read more »

Lessons from Michigan’s “Innovation Fund” for Government Software

So it was with great interest that several weeks ago a reader emailed me this news article coming out of Michigan. Turns out the state recently approved a $2.5 million dollar innovation fund that will be dispersed in $100,000 to $300,000 chunks to fund about 10 projects. As Government Technology reports: The $2.5 million innovationRead… Read more »

CTOvision Newsletters and Tech Reports

Signing up for our newsletters and tech reports means you will be alerted when we publish updates. You will also see summaries of our best reporting and reviews of tech trends. We would love to put you on distro. Here is more info: The Monthly CTOvision.com Tech Review provides a recap of the most significantRead… Read more »

Government Consolidation Taking Baby Steps In New York State

Two years ago the residents of the village of Seneca Falls New York (population 6,600), voted to have the village absorbed by the town of Seneca Falls, New York, which had 2,500 people living outside of the village. The vote to dissolve the village passed in March 2010 by only 86 votes — 1,198 toRead… Read more »

Yearly Archives: 2012