GovHelp: Q & A Default and Federal Workers
Although we are just waiting on the vote to seal the Debt Crisis deal, here is a write up from the Washington Post on how a default would impact federal workers: Q & A: Default and Federal Workers Favorite
Posts By Patrick Fiorenza
GovLaunch: CDC moves BioSense program to Cloud to Increase Collaboration
Government Executive reported today that the Center for Disease Control’s BioSense Program will be moving to the cloud. Officials believe that the move to the cloud will increase collaboration and save the agency money. The BioSense Program was created in 2002 to provide early detection of illness and outbreaks of disease that could be anRead… Read more »
Great Social Media Lessons from the DoD All Service Social Media Conference (DoDASSMC)
Today I had the chance to go to the Department of Defense All Service Social Media Conference (DODASSMC) at Georgetown University’s Clarendon Campus. If you are a community manager or interested in connecting with people running social media programs, you should for sure check out the group. Today there were four speakers, everyone did aRead… Read more »
GovHelp: How Can DoD Avoid Raising Fees for Military Retirees?
Government Executive reports that numerous watchdog groups are calling for reform of military health care programs for retirees. The article highlights that the non-profits Government Oversight and Taxpayers for Common Sense have proposed $586 billion in cuts to national security over the next 10 years. The cuts would include decreases in weapons systems, reform TRICARE,Read… Read more »
GovLaunch: E-Neighborhood Watch Now Covers Half of the United States
Nextgov reports that a federally funded program called The Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative (NSI), which trains law enforcement officials how to electrically share tips and threats through a standard, searchable format, is now in effect in half of the states. Part of the NSI history comes from recommendations in the 2004 9/11 commission report,Read… Read more »
GovTech: New Facebook App Connects Citizens to Government
Government Technology reported that citizens in Burleson, Texas, now have another way to connect with government. A new Facebook application was developed to make it easier for citizens to report and request services from their local government. The Facebook application is called the Citizen Request Tracker (CRT). Public administrators in Burleson have seen an increaseRead… Read more »
Daily Dose: 3,600 More Post Offices Under Review
Remember the days when you would get a hand written letter? Or your friend would send you a cool postcard while they were on vacation? We all know that social media and email have ended the art of a hand written letter. If you get a hand written letter now, it is really special, noRead… Read more »
FOSE Conference: IBM’s Watson
This morning I had the chance to listen to David McQueeney. McQueeney is the Vice President of Software at IBM. David spoke about the history of Watson and the potential uses of the technology. McQueeney gave a great presentation and there are a lot of great lessons that government can learn from how Watson wasRead… Read more »
Has social media made us lazy?
Here is an interesting article from Dean Obeidallah posted on CNN, Are Social Media Creating the Laziest Generation? Obeidallah comments, “Observing events and then commenting about them on social media has become our national religion. We anxiously wait for the next celebrity to screw up, another politician to be caught in a sex scandal, theRead… Read more »
GovBytes: GOP Task Force Finalized for Cybersecurity
GovTech has provided a full list of the Republican led task-force to evaluate the cyber-security legislation that was proposed by the Obama Administration on May 12th. GovTech states, “The legislation — Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act — focuses on protecting domestic federal networks and the national infrastructure, but would make the Department ofRead… Read more »