By Lizzie Bogue There’s a new event in town and it’s designed with you in mind! Come and hear about latest the technologies and methods out there; discuss your own project developments and find new solutions; get together with developers and trade great ideas at the FREE Web & PHP Conference. Whether your interest liesRead… Read more »
Social media has revolutionized government’s interactions with its citizens. A new survey by NASCIO found 100% of state chief information officers said social media is apart of their business operations. 83% said they use Facebook. 81% use Twitter. 83% use Youtube. 80% of CIOs say social media is either essential or a high priority atRead… Read more »
By Bob Gourley I’ve mentioned before how proud I am to be associated with Invincea as a member of their advisory board. They are a firm with a fantastic team of engineers and executives led by a mission-focused CEO. Together the Invincea team has built a capability that can mitigate some of the biggest challengesRead… Read more »
By Timothy Coleman The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) have announced that senior leaders of both organizations had met to discuss ways of implementing significant cost-cutting measures aimed at reducing overall Information Technology (IT) spending by 20 percent. The goal of the effort is two-fold and seeks to reduceRead… Read more »
By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Cyber Security Depends on Education – One of the issues that is always brought up with Cyber in organizations is how to train and educate your personnel to behave responsibly in the cyber domain. This blog at Harvard Business Review examinesRead… Read more »
By ChrisScott Today the Navy announced that they had relieved the O6 in charge of the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) acquisition program. When I read the news, I thought that FINALLY someone was going to be held accountable for the years of delays and the millions of dollars wasted on this mess. But no…Read… Read more »
To celebrate the new fiscal year, here’s a complimentary issue of Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. You can receive these weekly job announcement by joining ELGL – free for students, $20 for individuals, and $250 for organizations. North West Meaning Explained: Kimye Baby Name ‘Inspirational’ Not ‘Directional’ ELGL Corporate Members Colin Baenziger & Associates – Active RecruitmentsRead… Read more »
It is possible to state that presently, open data is at its high water mark in the Government of Canada. Data.gc.ca has been refreshed, more importantly, the government has signed the Open Data Charter committing it to making data “open” by default, and a rash of new data sets have been made available. In otherRead… Read more »
Is running the government like a business a good idea? New Public Management (NPM) is a relatively new style of government administration. In short, NPM revolves around running the government like a business. NPM focuses more specifically on seven different traits of running the government like a business: Customer orientation, Efficiency and effectiveness, Competition, possiblyRead… Read more »
This week, for the second year in a row, I am volunteering as a contractor and will be joining several hundred youth and adults from my faith-based community to perform home improvement work in the homes of needy people living in an economically depressed area. The 140 or so projects we will complete include painting,Read… Read more »