On Tuesday the Obama administration laid out their ambitious Digital Government Strategy. Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel and Federal CTO Todd Park unveiled the strategy at the TechCrunch Disrupt NYC that took place in New York. “It’s a roadmap to transform government to be an enablement platform. Open data will be the new default. On topRead… Read more »
This is my second post reviewing a new report from Quest Software, Taking a New Approach to Application Compatibility in Windows 7 Migrations: New Solutions Ensure Application Compatibility During Operating System Upgrades. The report provides valuable insights for IT administrators. You can view my first blog post here. The report provides some interesting insights aboutRead… Read more »
On the program today for Wednesday May 23, 2012 How to be online — safely. EPA has created an easy to use guide, and we’ll walk you through it with the people who created it… You get into any discussion about fixing government and inevitably somebody talks about fixing HR. We’ll talk about that withRead… Read more »
Human relations it’s a job that SHOULD be so important, but too often at agencies — and many organizations, it is a role that is mostly regulatory, not strategic. But HR could hold the keys to the government’s daunting workforce challenges — doing more with less, hiring the right people for the right positions etc.Read… Read more »
For many warriors the battle doesn’t end when they leave the battlefield and many organizations across the country are stepping up to help wounded veterans. Warriors and Quiet Waters is one of those organizations. The group, based in Bozeman, Montana, helps soldiers recuperate by teaching them to fly fish. They started the week long programRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Wednesday the 23th of May, 2012 Four of the Secret Service employees who were dismissed for inappropriate conduct in Colombia last month are fighting back. The Washington Post reports, the agents are arguing that the agency is making them scapegoats for behavior that the Secret Service hasRead… Read more »
Last Thursday I spoke to 100 Italians in Rome at the Forum PA annual conference about Govloop, social media, and innovation in government. I got to wear one of those Janet-Jackson headsets and even had a translator (pretty surreal experience) ForumPA is basically their big IT annual event with over 8,000 attendees from Italy andRead… Read more »
On the program today for Tuesday May 22, 2012 Karen Evans, the OMB administrator for e-government and IT, talks about the departure of Howard Schmidt as the first White House cyber-security coordinator and we’ll talk about his replacement. We’re also going to start our series looking at groups that are helping Veterans — theRead… Read more »
Everyday there seems to be a new technology and new service that is being tested out. Many times, they involve geo-locational services as well, and running behind the scenes and helping to power the technology is Geographic Information Systems (GIS). GIS is not just for programmers or coders, there are dozens of applications of GISRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Tuesday the 22th of May, 2012 The Congressional Budget Office says letting feds partially retire could save the government more than $420 million in the next 9 years. Under the bill, a fed could work part time while taking a partial salary and get a part ofRead… Read more »