When disasters strike — think hurricanes, wildfires or terrorists attacks– and you are in need of medical care, Dr. Herman Allen Dobbs is the guy to call. As the Chief Medical officer for the National Disaster Medical Systems at the Department of Health and Human Services, Dobbs worked to significantly improve the way disaster victimsRead… Read more »
Improving America’s public education system has been at the forefront of policy debate for years. At the core of the debate often is how to best measure performance of teachers and school districts. With the help of Oracle, the Upstate New York School District of Rochester has recently implemented business intelligence tools to track studentRead… Read more »
Some of you might know that I run a little blog for Microsoft called Publicyte.com, about the people, places, and things driving civic innovation. We’re beginning to run more photo and video content as part of our recent site redesign. One thing I love is seeing photos of where people work, their offices, desks, andRead… Read more »
In June Cloudera announced the general availability of CDH4 and Cloudera Manager 4. These releases are significant milestones for the Big Data community, and are also important to any organization which has yet to being their Big Data journey. CDH4 and Cloudera Manager 4 make it far easier to begin projects the right way. BothRead… Read more »
Spent the morning checking out Federal Computer Week’s 25 years in review (great read check it out): When reading it, I noticed 7 key themes that have been big over time 1 – Space/telework – Seems like GSA has been trying to consolidate/shrink space for 25 years 2 – Job Description – Problems with outdatedRead… Read more »
There are two kinds of software: cludgy software and open source. Think about it logically. When you (or your organization) is the only person that’s ever going to see something, you’re a lot more likely to “just make it work.” After all, who would ever know? 1 But the same logic that applies to sweepingRead… Read more »
With the 4th of July falling on a Wednesday this year, most people are likely going to take off the first or second half of the week. Also, many people will be working remotely, as many offices have become much more flexible for employees schedules, especially around the holidays. One of the reasons for thisRead… Read more »
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Office of Personnel Management has decreased the average length of a federal background investigation from 145 to 36 days with electronic forms and increased automation. More here. Rep. Mike McCaul proposes reversing a 2008 Department of Homeland Security policy that stopped providing organizations with informationRead… Read more »
Flavor Flav once said “don’t believe the hype,” but should we when it comes to cloud computing? In administrative circles it seems to be the talk of the town, and certainly has benefits, though it’s still developing as a way to store data. Christopher Dorobek of the DorobekINSIDER recently sat down with Jim Sweeney, ChiefRead… Read more »
For agencies mobility is a bit of an enigma. For the first time, the customer and end user are really driving the push for mobile technology not the enterprise itself. That makes planning and executing a swift mobile policy difficult. That’s especially true at large cabinet level agencies like the Commerce Department. Commerce is currentlyRead… Read more »