Yearly Archives: 2013

Profiling a Data Breach – Where Should You Spend Your Cybersecurity Resources?

In the 2014 budget request the White House sent to Congress one of the few areas to not get cut dramatically was cybersecurity. But before we pour resources into protecting our networks from cyberattacks it is important to know from where and from who these attacks are coming. That’s where the annual Verizon 2013 DataRead… Read more »

04.23.13: Your Morning Buzz

The High Five 5 Sustainable Infrastructure Projects Other Cities Might Want to Copy – BRT-Lite in Lagos, zero-carbon in Masdar, recycling in Curitiba, and more. K Street’s bounce proves elusive – What K Street had hoped would be a boom year is starting out as a bust. Revenue was either down or flat at manyRead… Read more »

Participating in the Civic Data Challenge

We want the NCDD community to know about a great opportunity to participate in the 2013 Civic Data Challenge: The Civic Data Challenge turns the raw data of ‘civic health’ into useful applications and visualizations that have direct impact on public decision-making. In order to achieve an exceptional level of real-world usefulness, designers, data scientists,Read… Read more »

Tips on How to Win the Government Proposals

To start with, firstly make sure your proposal seems to be and sounds professional. Next, let others represent you. make certain to incorporate verifiable reviews, referrals, descriptions of comparable comes that you just have antecedently completed, awards, skilled certifications and memberships, etc. – in different words, incorporate everything that shows that others believe you areRead… Read more »

Your Customers Are Talking. Are You Listening?

How do you really know what your customers want? One of the most common answers I hear is, “Because they told us….” Yet, for me anyway, this answer only invites more questions. Who? When? What did they tell you? How did they tell you? Was it an interactive conversation? Are you sure you really understoodRead… Read more »

A DoD Update: Taking the Pulse at SSC LANT

By ChrisScott Chris Miller, the Executive Director at SSC LANT had a busy week. On Wednesday, he briefed the Tidewater Association of Service Contractors (TASC) in Norfolk, VA and on Thursday he briefed the Charleston Defense Contractors Association (CDCA) in Charleston, SC. His message left the audience with mixed feelings. Obviously, budget constraints are severeRead… Read more »

Transforming a community with sustained dialogue

A recent post on the Everyday Democracy blog caught our eye. Written by NCDD member Janice Thomson and featuring the work of NCDD member Mary Jane Hollis, the article focuses on the power of sustained dialogue to tease out difficult issues such as race and to create lasting positive effects in our communities. The fullRead… Read more »

Nudge Theory

Fancy that; persuasion theory in action: “…relaxing the standard economic assumption that everyone in the economy is rational and selfish, instead entertaining the possibility that some agents in the economy are sometimes human… “Nudge theory is an attempt to resolve a classic Conservative dilemma: since they believe in the small state and low taxation, shouldRead… Read more »