Yearly Archives: 2013

Assessing the Nation’s Cybersecurity Strategy – 782% increase in cyber-attacks in 6 yrs.

The Government Accountability Office has looked at the growing number of cybersecurity threats facing our nation. And it’s no small number. The GAO says the increase in cyber attack reported to CERT in the last 6 years has grown by 782%. There were 5,500 incidents in 2006, last year there were 48,000. So what isRead… Read more »

Enterprise Information Management: Market Views and Emerging Technologies

Please join us for this exciting event – Register here: http://www.nccaiim.org/Programs/program1303_register.htm Thursday, March 14, 2013Afternoon/Evening EventClyde’s of Gallery Place 707 7th Street, NWWashington, DC 20001 About this event: Hear from industry and market leading organizations on emerging technologies, market views and the next hot topics. The industry panel lead by NCC-AIIM President Carol Keuch, willRead… Read more »

Watch this Video

March marks and exciting month for Code for America for two reasons. First, it marks the return of our 2013 Fellows – they have just returned to San Francisco from their month-long residency in their respective cities and counties. Secondly, at the end of the month, our application process for 2014 Fellowship cities/counties will close.Read… Read more »

The View From My Seat

March 8 was International Women’s Day. I am embarrassed to say I found this out through social media on March 8 itself, having had my head in the sand in the previous weeks. I was honored to be included in a few lists of women doing interesting things in the world, but by far mostRead… Read more »

Usability Testing for .Govs: It’s the Law

The movement to assess and improve the usability of federal government websites is small, vocal, and growing. GSA’s First Fridays program makes free usability testing available to federal agencies, and a wide range of agencies have undertaken their own regular assessments of their sites and applications. Slowly but surely, the archaic mindset that a .govRead… Read more »

4th Annual FAI National Small Business Event: Washington Days Conference 2013

Dear Colleagues, Federal Allies Institute’s next national conference for small business federal contractors and federal agencies seeking to achieve set-aside goals are encouraged to participate in this very successful annual event, which includes a free year round ombudsman service for small businesses that are located outside the Washington, D.C. area that need “boots on theRead… Read more »

Sequestration and the Ulysses Solution

I wanted to share this recent post by my colleague Mark Nadel at the Government Affairs Institute who shares an interesting point about government leadership in difficult situations: “when individual desire is about to trump the common good, the decision maker must tie his hands behind his back to avoid disastrous results.” There are aRead… Read more »

03.13.13 Your Morning Buzz

MC HAMMER SAYS POLICE CAN’T TOUCH THIS, RAP VET’S TOO LEGIT TO BE A CONVICT Welcome Newest Members Individual Members Dan Englund, Portland State University, MPA Student, Local Government Paul L. Evans, Former Mayor, City of Monmouth, Oregon Pioneer PAC Corporate Member Johnson Controls delivers products, services and solutions that increase energy efficiency and lowerRead… Read more »