Yearly Archives: 2012

Implementing An Organizational Realignment – Useful Guidelines

With any organizational realignment or restructuring the challenge and real work is in the details of implementation. There are risks, challenges and issues to identify, address and manage. Realignment can be as small as rearranging a few positions and responsibilities or a major re-positioning of large divisions, along with changes to their operating units, processesRead… Read more »

The Impact of the Fiscal Cliff on Local Governments

By Sam Williford, Associate Consultant As Congress works to find a solution to the ‘fiscal cliff’ by the end of the year, the federal budget is hardly the only player involved. Without a compromise, state and local governments, which are required to keep balanced budgets, would feel the effects from less federal support. This couldRead… Read more »

Center Releases New Report: Mitigating Risks in the Application of Cloud Computing in Law Enforcement

This post was initially published by Dan Chenok at the IBM Center for the Business of Government Blog. Today, the IBM Center for The Business of Government is pleased to release the report, Mitigating Risks in the Application of Cloud Computing in Law Enforcement, by Paul Wormeli, Executive Director Emeritus, IJIS Institute. This report comesRead… Read more »

Countdown to Fiscal Cliff – Plus Your DorobekINSIDER 7 Stories

On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: It’s hard to peer into a crystal ball and predict what will be the top trends for government technology. But that’s exactly what the experts at IDC Insights has done. Click here for the full recap. But up front: Countdown to the ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Market Watch has a Fiscal Cliff Countdown:Read… Read more »

Proactive Disclosure – An Example of Doing it Wrong from Service Canada

Just got flagged about this precious example of doing proactive disclosure wrong. So here is a Shared Service Canada website dedicated the Roundtable on Information Technology Infrastructure. Obviously this is a topic of real interest to me – I write a fair bit about delivering (or failing to deliver) government service online effectively. I thinkRead… Read more »

Community Advocates can learn from Silicon Valley

6 Things Silicon Valley Can Teach Social Entrepreneurs WRITTEN BY: Claire Diaz-Ortiz Co.Exist Based on my work leading social innovation at Twitter, here are six essential things that Silicon Valley can teach social entrepreneurs. Claire Diaz-Ortiz If there is anyplace that knows about innovation it is Silicon Valley. Claire Diaz-Ortiz asks “Can a social enterpriseRead… Read more »

Peering into our Crystal Ball — 2013 Tech Trends Unveiled

It’s hard to peer into a crystal ball and predict what will be the top trends for government technology, but that’s exactly what the experts at IDC Insights have done. Thom Rubel is the Vice President for Research at IDC Government Insights. He told Chris Dorobek on the DorobekINSIDER program that 2013 will be anRead… Read more »

Innovation as Experimentation

Innovation is a hot buzz word these days. Tech magazines rank the most innovative companies in world. Industry groups do the same for government. So what does it take to actually be “innovative?” In the book Running the Gauntlet by Jeffrey Hayzlett, Deustch Inc. CEO, Linda Sawyer states, “Be fearless and not afraid of failure.Read… Read more »

CIO vs. CTO

Don’t wrestle over tasking, there is plenty of responsibility to go around Count me among the many who have been confused at times by what it really means to be CIO vs. CTO. Both jobs are generally technology oriented, both include responsibility for the delivery of technology to the business, and both jobs require advancedRead… Read more »