From Recent College Grad to CPO: It’s a Gov Up..Mash Up!

That’s right! If you haven’t heard about the Gov Up that is taking place tomorrow at Public House in National Harbour, then you’re missing out! The “Rock Your Career” Gov Up, will be a Mash Up of young govies and experienced executives. Holding true to the “melting pot” American spirit, individuals from the private sector,Read… Read more »

Blogging Series 10 Ways Open Innovation Can Transform Your Agency (Week 3)

Blogging Series 10 Ways Open Innovation Can Transform Your Agency (Week 3) Sorry for the brief delay in the blogging series. I’ve been managing the launch of an internal open innovation portal for New York City. More information on this project is available at: http://gigaom.com/2011/01/19/new-york-city-crowdsourcing/ Now time for Week 3! Open innovation can transform yourRead… Read more »

Interagency Collaboration

I know this article is somewhat old news, but I thought I would share. It’s an article from the September 2010 edition of Government Executive about interagency collaboration. http://www.govexec.com/features/0910-01/0910-01s1.htm Are we all doing in enough in the acquisition community to promote interagency collaboration? What do you think?

Green Facilities: Learning from Manufacturing

Often times green building tips come from unlikely sources. So while most folks who read this blog probably have little to with making snack foods, the innovation on display in this video of a Shearer’s plant could still inspire retrofits of many other buildings. From waste heat reuse to efficient lighting, this plant has goneRead… Read more »

National Security Strategy as Art

Wordle is a capability for generating “word clouds” from text. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the body of the text. The Wordle below was created based on the newly released 2011 National Security Strategy. Wordle of the US Military Strategy 2011 What conclusions can you draw about ourRead… Read more »

The problem with the UBB debate

I reley dont wan to say this, but I have to now. This debate isso esey! Really, it is. The back and forth for and against UBB has – for me – sadly so missed the mark on the real issue it is beyond frustrating. It’s been nice to see a voice or two likeRead… Read more »

Colorado awards eGovernment grants to improve online services

The Colorado Statewide Internet Portal Authority awarded 24 local governments with grants totaling nearly $100,000 to increase the availability of online services, products and information in the state. The eGovernment Services Grants are designed to help local government offices migrate their services online and improve service delivery to their constituents. The Statewide Internet Portal AuthorityRead… Read more »

Structuring the e-Document Course

Previously I grouped 8 SFIA Skills for an Electronic Document and Records Management course at the ANU under three headings:Strategy & architecture Information strategyInformation managementInformation policy formationInformation content publishingBusiness change Business change managementBusiness analysisSolution development and implementation Systems developmentData analysisDatabase/ Original post

Recognizing Difference

Used under Creative Commons, Image by Flickr user Nevada Tumbleweed I love Tuesdays. For the next several months, I’m engaged in a project that is a lot of fun for me because it taps into some of my favorite skills. I often tell people that being an Emergency Manager is very similar to being anRead… Read more »