In spite of the Obama Administration’s recent $200 million investment in the Big Data Research and Development Initiative many agencies continue to struggle to find the necessary funds for Big Data projects, while others are challenged to build the proper infrastructures to handle them. Simply put, agencies recognize the importance of Big Data, yet ITRead… Read more »
Do you have it? I certainly do. It’s not always easy to admit, but I am ready to do it now. I have succumbed to the latest Internet-induced disorder. It’s called FOMO – Fear Of Missing Out – and increasingly people are stepping up and admitting that it’s affecting their social lives. Now, though, it’sRead… Read more »
With this post I would like to introduce two videos I recommend any enterprise technologist watch. Both are from the website at Cloudera.com The first is actually very NON-technical. It is a short, cute (with rainbows and butterflies) cartoon that talks in small words about some key use cases most businesses are experiencing today, andRead… Read more »
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Innovation Team is taking new steps to make it easier for people to connect and find information on our innovation activities. As an example, we have used Twitter to promote the first time public voting for selecting input on the HHSinnovates Program. Here are some of theRead… Read more »
I wrote last week on the importance of running your IT organization like a business and what I got back was that I had fallen into the classic trap of providing advice on what to do, but no insight into how to do it. This week I’m going to try to fix that by talkingRead… Read more »
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: 12.5 million Americans are currently unemployed. But there are also a record number of jobs that need to be filled. What’s the disconnect? Deloitte’s Bill Eggers fills in the gaps. Click here for the full recap. The word sequestration sends shivers up the spines of government employees and contractors alike. ButRead… Read more »
The word sequestration sends shivers up the spines of government employees and contractors alike. But the threat of sequestration isn’t the only issue taking shape for the tech community this year and next. Trey Hodgkins is the Vice President of TechAmerica’s Global Public Sector Advocacy. He sat down with Chris Dorobek on the DorobekINSIDER programRead… Read more »
12.5 million Americans are currently unemployed. But there are also a record number of jobs that need to be filled. What’s the disconnect? Bill Eggers is the Director of Public Sector Research for Deloitte. He’s compiled a new report that looks at the problem, “Brawn from Brains, Talent Policy and the Future of American Competitiveness.”Read… Read more »
You may not have heard of 3D printers. They use a digital design as a blueprint and then print layer upon layer of plastic, until you create an object in your own house. For this reason, they’re also called material printers. 3D printers are starting to become more common and as far as I’m concerned,Read… Read more »
Mil-OSS is a volunteer collective of mission-focused open source professionals seeking to serve some of the nation’s most critically important missions, those in the national security community. Mil-OSS exists to improve technology development and innovation across the DoD by connecting and empowering the active community of patriotic open source developers and solution providers, improving useRead… Read more »