Notcompatible Android Security Buzz: This week a new malware package for Android managed to spark the internet intrest in the security of the Android mobile computing platform. The new malware, dubbed “Notcompatible” is limited in scope and vector — it is installed via user interaction and can only be installed on those phones which theRead… Read more »
I love speeches. I love speech-writing, and I love trying to sway an audience. There may be many better orators around, but I’d say I’m above average. It’s an art in which you have tools, including: fallacies, buzzwords, calls to action, anecdotes, etc. But now there’s a new tool being used, not by people givingRead… Read more »
This post is, in some ways, an extension of another from last week called “The Three Dimensions of Open Government“. “Open government” is a term that’s getting a reasonable amount of use these past few years. It’s overtaken an earlier term “Gov 2.0”. That doesn’t surprise me. “Gov 2.0” seems a little dated (as, inRead… Read more »
Welcome to 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.Read… Read more »
Something happened to me over the past year – as if a switch flipped in my mind. All of a sudden, I can’t get enough of life and want to savor its experiences. Perhaps I’ve clocked too many years in the proposal war room, stayed up late nights seven days a week building a businessRead… Read more »
I am slumping over my keyboard as I write this blog post. Why, do you ask? Because I let my my dear hubby drag me to the midnight showing of The Avengers; a movie that he has talked about ad nauseam for…ohhh…the last two months. So anyone who has not seen the movie (which isRead… Read more »
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My hometown City of Tampa just re-launched their website today so thought I’d write a little review. Pros -Love the new big focus on search and key terms up top -Love how we’ve moved from just a series of links to highlighting the top key areas -Love the background image showing the beauty of tampaRead… Read more »
In case you were wondering, I was not directly affected by Workforce Adjustment (WFA). That said, I can’t help but feel a pang of survivor’s guilt for those who were (of which I know many); its one of the reasons I took the entire week off. I should be back to regularly scheduled blogging nextRead… Read more »
Both in the U.S. and around the world we find ourselves in a dramatic period of civic awakening. We know this work and ideas under different names: public engagement, deliberative and participatory democracy, collaborative governance, educating for democracy and civic learning, public work, building social capital, and strengthening democracy. We promote it using diverse means;Read… Read more »