Tech

Disruptive Technologies — why Netflix and Southwest Succeed

Disruptive innovation is having a HUGE impact on how you do your job — think cloud computing and military drones. But what is disruptive innovation… and how can you be at the forefront rather than being run over by it? Bill Eggers is responsible for research and thought leadership for Deloitte’s Public Sector industry practiceRead… Read more »

Invitational Briefing on High-Performance Visualization: Cross-cutting Capabilities

Virginia Tech National Capital Region April 2, 2012 8:30-10:30 amat the VT NCR Research Building in Ballston (910 Glebe Rd) Description:In the face of the data deluge and increasingly distributed teams, prior strategies toward information infrastructure and user interfaces are clearly insufficient, even quaint. It is critical that decision and policy makers are aware ofRead… Read more »

Introducing Kind of Digital’s digital engagement training library

Quite excited about this! Affordable, scalable digital engagement training for your whole organisation. Get access to over one hundred instructional videos on how to use digital tools to engage with citizens and communities. From getting started with Twitter and Facebook to publishing open data and developing a social media strategy. We offer the best valueRead… Read more »

Recruitment 411: Interesting Insights from Interns – Part 4

This is the fourth part of our series exploring a few of our interns’ views on life as a govie. Let’s be honest, these days telling people you work for the government can result in interesting and often blunt responses. When I tell people I work at the IRS, nine times out of ten, IRead… Read more »

Newspapers suck at social. Why are you different?

Http://leonardSipes.Com I recently wrote Newspapers and the internet; the lessons we share. The first and second articles were based on The Story So Far, What We Know About the Business of Digital Journalism from the Columbia Journalism School which may be (and probably is) the most insightful social media document of all time. This isRead… Read more »

Open Source has a Cyber Security Posse Riding in to South Carolina March 28th

One of my favorite projects I have the good fortune to be contributing to was created by the US Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (that’s DHS S&T in Beltway lingo, the equivalent of the R&D arm of the agency for the rest of us mere mortals) It’s called the HOST program (HomelandRead… Read more »