According to a report in POLITICO this morning, Vivek Kundra, the first official Federal CIO and principle architect of the government’s technology strategy, is expected to leave the White House in August. Considered by many as an innovative leader who has pushed government agencies towards cloud computing / virtualization, creating better online experiences for citizensRead… Read more »
We all know that one of the most influential individual purchaser of goods is the federal government. Combine the federal government’s purchasing with that of the states, and you get not only a lot of purchasing power. But sheer volume of good purchased only partly represents the effects of government purchasing, because purchasing decisions areRead… Read more »
Last Friday, a new policy paper by Peter Levine was released entitled: “Civic Engagement and Community Information: Five Strategies to Revive Civic Communication“. “His paper is the sixth in a series focused on implementing the Knight Commission’s 15 recommendations for creating healthy informed communities across the country released in 2009 in a landmark report, InformingRead… Read more »
There is a reason why my grandparents’ generation has been called “The Greatest Generation”. My grandparents and their siblings were children during the Depression and young adults during World War II, with many being sent overseas to fight the most epic war in American history (in my opinion). The hardships they endured left them withRead… Read more »
The TransLink (QLD) go card went multi-platinum last week, celebrating two million cards issued. “There has been significant investment across the go card distribution network resulting in a 150% growth in the past 18 months,” said Annastacia Palaszczuk, transport and multicultural affairs minister for the Australian state of Queensland, in a statement. “The travel dataRead… Read more »
Why are ITIL and SharePoint Important together? ITIL best practices provide a coordinated approach towards managing I.T. ITIL’s goal is the management of service lifecycle from creation to retirement of services. The objective is the rallying point for all the concepts and best practices captured in the ITIL model. The model provides a list ofRead… Read more »
Building an ITIL implementation in SharePoint SharePoint with its flexibility as a collaboration and workflow platform can assist in creating the enabling infrastructure for ITIL. Many of the point solutions that have been developed can be integrated (loosely coupled) through SharePoint features such as Business Connectivity Services (BCS). An “Active” Service Catalog, one that end-usersRead… Read more »
This article was previously published on Tri Tuns blog. OBSERVATION User Adoption (UA) is critical to achieving your Return on Investment (ROI). What if you simply do not have the resources and time to establish all of the necessary components for a successful UA program? Enlisting the services of a UA consultant can help mitigateRead… Read more »
Last month I went back to the Kennedy School to speak at the Plenary panel of the HKS reunion weekend. The panel was called “Revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa: Why Now? What’s Next?” The panel was moderated by Xenia Dormandy, Senior Fellow at Chatham House (MPP 2000), and featured Tarek Masoud, AssistantRead… Read more »
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