The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Thursday the 17th of May, 2012 The Central contractor registration system will shut down next Wednesday. Companies currently use the online database to update their contractor registration with the federal government. The Washington Business Journal says, the General Services Administration is leading an effort to consolidate theRead… Read more »
PJ Rey has a typically well-thought out post at Cyborgology on the problem with “opting out” media, with some significant implications for the way we think about technology and cybersecurity. Even a CTOVision reader may have a friend or relative (or both) that just doesn’t get why Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn is so important. LikeRead… Read more »
While in the UK last week I was involved in a number of discussions about whether social media can make a genuine impact on the democratic process. This reflects similar conversations I’ve witnessed or been involved with in Australia and in other countries. This conversation is very important – it helps people involved in theRead… Read more »
Battling the Bullies–Using Audio for Internet Reputation Management Http://LeonardSipes.Com Note: Good writers visualize their readers. I see a women/girl being the victim of internet bullies posting photos or salacious stories on Facebook and related social sites. This article is for her. There was an article in the New York Times addressing reputation management. The fundamentalRead… Read more »
People often ask me about various innovative efforts to change America’s voting rates, habits, or options. There is a ton of interesting experimentation happening here, from TurboVote to ElectNext to Americans Elect. I haven’t dug in deeply to any of these projects, but it’s clear they are offering some new thinking to a deep andRead… Read more »
The mission of the Security Innovation Network™ (SINET) is to advance innovation and enable global collaboration between the public and private sectors to defeat Cybersecurity threats. SINET increases awareness between builders, buyers, researchers and investors in the Cybersecurity domain, in particular the Defense Industrial Base and the Federal Government. SINET utilizes a top down –Read… Read more »
Fantastic parody on mayor Cory Booker’s success shoveling snow and saving citizens out of burning buildings – a must watch! Original post
Many professionals overlook LinkedIn as a career development and business networking tool, only using the site when they need a job. This presents a challenge when you ultimately do need a network for your job search. Rather than being able to tap a very well-established network, you have to ramp up quickly. Networking is aRead… Read more »
Not making the connection? Understandable at first glance. The theme of this year’s NAGC Communications School is “Telling America’s Stories” and many of the speakers will be doing just that — sharing their case studies, experiences and anecdotes — and showing how their agency made an impression with their audience. That usually means connecting withRead… Read more »
Right now the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) is hosting a Civic Data Challenge. This challenge hopes to “turn the raw data of ‘civic health’ into beautiful, useful applications and visualizations, enabling communities to be better understood and made to thrive.” Judges, that’s me, will evaluate entries based on the quality of the analysis andRead… Read more »