Yearly Archives: 2013

The Rise of Project Intelligence and Why It Matters

There’s a lot going on in government today. The economic pressures agencies feel from the uncertainty of budget cuts and sequestration effect every part of an organization, including the Project Management Office (PMO). The PMO is responsible for monitoring and administering government IT projects. As time goes on, priorities shift, technology advances, and new regulationsRead… Read more »

Reshaping and resizing the Pentagon – Plus your Weekend Reads

Government restructuring. It seems like we have been talking about eliminating duplicative programs for years. But there hasn’t been much progress. But now that sequestration and other budget cuts are on the table a restructuring of government seems to be inevitable, especially at the Defense Department. So how do you restructure correctly? Christopher Lamb isRead… Read more »

SOCOM Selects DigitalGlobe for Geospatial Dataset Software, Licenses

U.S. Special Operations Command plans to award a one-year sole-source contract to GeoEye Analytics, a subsidiary of DigitalGlobe, for human geography information system geospatial dataset software and licenses. SOCOM selected GeoEye Analytics’ software for interoperability and compatibility with simulators the command uses, according to a Sept. 24 FedBizOpps notice. “The specialized HGIS software is independentlyRead… Read more »

Redefining Citizenship with Ideation Nation

Over the last three years, the surface area of the civic technology movement has dramatically grown. The question of how governments should be leveraging technology is now a common one — becoming particularly relevant over the last few months — and beyond that, citizens are beginning to expect high quality digital services from their publicRead… Read more »

Farm Credit CFC Campaign Kickoff

“Mission: Impossible” into “Mission: Make It Possible Early this month, The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) and the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (FCSIC) kicked off their joint 2013 CFCNCA campaign in style. Through a parody of the old “Mission Impossible” TV series, employees presented three skits representing community problems that employees can help solve byRead… Read more »

Friday Photo: Two Phones Edition

I have two phones on my desk. I had too much fun during the government shutdown, taking advantage of the unpaid break to drink in beer gardens, eat delicious jamon and go on coffeeneuring adventures. But now it’s back to work. While my bank account is thankful for this, the reintroduction to the absurdities ofRead… Read more »

Washington Post Highlights Government’s Ability to Reach More People using GovDelivery

For government communicators and IT professionals, driving traffic to the website is one clear metric that can be tracked and analyzed over time as a measure of success. And, with Google Analytics and similar tools, you can point to increased Web traffic as part of your success as an IT professional or communicator. But inRead… Read more »