I’ve got a long post on the meaning of Obama’s acting appointments at management agencies up at FedBlog today. Here’s the first half: Why the Acting Appointments Matter By Alyssa Rosenberg | Monday, January 26, 2009 | 12:19 PM I’ve had a number of people ask why we’ve been so focused on President Obama’s decisionRead… Read more »
Vivek Kundra, the DC CTO, and I are writing, a book Democratizing Data, (i.e. “Democratizing data makes it automatically available to those who need it when and where they need it based on their roles and responsibilities, in forms they can use, and with the freedom to use it as they choose — while simultaneouslyRead… Read more »
In this episode, we get MAIL!!! Four people wrote in to tell us we suck – but it’s all good. The police in Canada need your help in finding a homicide suspect – see the video. We give shout-outs to 2 lucky CopsOnline members, and talk about how to kill terrorists without firing a shot.Read… Read more »
In the coming months, I’ll be posting a series of columns about public sector leadership that are from my web site GovLeaders.org. This first one, by Ray Blunt, is about combatting the culture of fear that exists in too many workplace. Your comments are most welcome! – Don By Ray Blunt Before Mel Gibson caughtRead… Read more »
Open means having access. In the Dept. of Defense we need to ensure/create/enable open access to tax-payer funded technology, period. Tax-payer funded software development needs to be openly available to all (except for really classified stuff). This means that we will need to figure out the acquisitions mechanisms needed to ensure that the intellectual propertyRead… Read more »
Hi Everyone, I am new here and not sure, of any guidelines for the blogs, so I hope you will put up with me. I got some news the other day that made me think about my life a career, and for whatever reason I thought I would share it here, maybe for some self-therapy.Read… Read more »
This week, from a tech perspective, everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. Morgan is trying to adjust to a daily work schedule after his long holiday break. Mack is trying to stay warm in the -38 degree temperatures in Timmons. Rich spent his week teach a supervisory course at the Norfolk Police TrainingRead… Read more »
It was an interesting time in the Christmas to New Year break in the West, on one hand the pace slows down operationally but on the other hand more time gets devoted towards thinking a little more strategically. It’s obvious to look at the year gone by to try to assess what was actually achieved,Read… Read more »
[My buddies Rich Schumaker, Mack Pettigrew and I have one of the longest running podcasts out there dealing with police and tech issues. It’s humorous and fun – give it a listen.] COPCAST EPISODE 105 – LOOKING FOR LOVE Now that we have the holidays behind us the next big challenge will be making itRead… Read more »
Read the entire story HERE at The Thin Blue Online “Why do you rob banks?” “Because that’s where the money is.” Whether Willie Sutton actually said it or not, it’s still good theater. And it’s on point for how the tables have turned about how to commit terrorism, espionage and crime. You DON’T have toRead… Read more »