Original can be viewed here… So, allow me to expand on my prior blog entry (Architecture Frameworks Don’t Make Architects) and answer the question, what does make an architect? To help structure my query, I went in search of a concrete specification that defines the difference between and engineer and an architect and found thisRead… Read more »
Note: This post is of my own personal opinion and is not endorsed or supported by any local, state, or federal government agency. Maybe I’m completely numb to this, but can we get a final answer on the NARA issues, solutions, concerns, and policy related to the use of Twitter by the Government? I’ve seenRead… Read more »
Inspectors General – “Change Agents for Better Government” Features: Speakers will include elected officials from the federal, State, and local levels and other top officials to discuss the stimulus, ARRA and other issues facing Inspectors General offices General Sessions for Conference Attendees include: • FBI Interface – Combating Fraud • I.G. Reform ActRead… Read more »
Happy Fourth of July… our country is massively awesome!! Have a great holiday and weekend. Here’s sports teaser for you college football fans (like the Hokie Guru) that can’t wait for college football: College Gameday starts it all!! 🙂 You can’t see me… but I’m dancing by my computer!! 🙂 This, of course, is theRead… Read more »
Spending a lot of time in the car today on a last minute road trip, I started thinking about the federal hiring process and the problems we seem to have with getting the right people hired for the right jobs in a reasonable amount of time. Additionally, we have a challenge of making it easierRead… Read more »
Author’s Note: I wrote this originally a year ago fresh into my Mac era. It was rough! I’ve evolved a bit since then and, perhaps it is the cult of Mac, but things are fairing much better now. #gofigure – to borrow from Twitter: GIVE ME THE WORKS So I foolishly bought a Mac computerRead… Read more »
A couple months ago, I noticed a conversation on GovLoop regarding acquisition. Having spent the past ten years as a proposal writer that has responded to hundreds of Requests for Proposals on behalf of non-profit and educational institutions, I contributed six quick ideas to the discussion. Well, no good deed goes unpunished and those commentsRead… Read more »
From the Government Business Examiner by Donna L. Quesinberry When performing a search on Clay Shirky (an adjunct professor in NYU’s graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program [ITP]), the result is no less than 20 pages of factoids, videos, articles, blogs, etc. Mr. Shirky’s understanding of the interrelated effects of social and technological network topology and howRead… Read more »
EPA just announced the winners of a water quality video contest that we ran in April leading up to Earth Day. For this contest, EPA offered two cash awards of $2500 to the two best video entries. We were astounded by how many entries we received: more than 250 videos were submitted by the closeRead… Read more »
You should: His speech is 14 minutes long.