What happened in 1974? Where does a hybrid conference occur? And why should you care about avatars? Never have meeting planners needed to know more about virtual meetings. Costs for in-person conferences are rising, but attendance isn’t. Both the media and legislators are scrutinizing government meeting expenditures. The White House has directed agencies to cutRead… Read more »
Moving from paper based communications to digital is never an easy process. With increasing use of the web and the changing norms of how people consume information, a sound digital communications strategy is key to reach stakeholders. Recently, the USDA’s Farm Service Agency has made the switch to provide farmers with more information digitally. ARead… Read more »
On today’s program edition of the DorobekINSIDER Making cloud computing count. How GSA is making it a reality from agencies. Insights from GSA’s Dave McClure. Click here for the full story. The IBM Center of Business of Government has a new Executive Director. We’ll talk to Dan Chenok about his hopes for the future andRead… Read more »
Currently, there is a great deal of buzz surrounding the movement toward Cloud environments within government. From discussions of significant cost savings to hesitations surrounding security concerns, most government agencies have begun to weigh the pros and cons of migrating information and operations to the Cloud. David L. McClure, now Associate Administrator of the OfficeRead… Read more »
For the last 14 years, the IBM Center for The Business of Government has worked to bring external research and leadership perspectives to causes and potential solutions for hard problems facing the public sector. Dan Chenok has recently taken over as the executive director for the center of business of government at IBM. He replacesRead… Read more »
The Center for Digital Government and the Digital Communities program has announced the winning counties in this year’s survey competition to identify leaders in the digital field. Four winners were named in various population categories. These four leading communities implemented new initiaties this year that created positive results and cost savings for, despite scarce funding.Read… Read more »
Continuing where James Mulvenon left off at the the Cyber Statecraft Initiative‘s and the Cyber Conflict Studies Association‘s ”Addressing Cyber Instability” event, Greg Rattray, CEO of Delta Risk and former Commander of the Operations Group of the Air Force Information Warfare Center, spoke on “Instability in the Cyber Environment” at the Atlantic Council on JulyRead… Read more »
I am inviting everyone to join and participate in the 2 new groups that have been “stood up” Group Name: BYOD: To Perhaps Centralize all the discussion(s) going on regarding the relative hot topic of “Bring Your Own Device” Discussions that have been posted include: The Next Level (Tablets) Hidden Costs of BYOD Enterprise AccessRead… Read more »
The Center for Digital Government and the Digital Communities program has announced the winning counties in this year’s survey competition to identify leaders in the digital field. Four winners were named in various population categories. These four leading communities implemented new initiaties this year that created positive results and cost savings for, despite scarce funding.Read… Read more »
For those stopping by my page because of my OSCON keynote here are some links on community management that might be of interest: Structurelessness, feminism and open: what open advocates can learn from second wave feminists (this is in part about why open source communities are not pure meritocracies). Developing Community Management Metrics and ToolsRead… Read more »