Newton, our popular applicant tracking software, joins leaders like Microsoft, IBM and Netflix in Amazon’s EC2 cloud computing environment. 2010 has been a banner year for Newton. We’ve added over 120 new customers and our revenue has grown by over 1000%. We’ve anticipated moving Newton, our popular applicant tracking software, to the cloud for aRead… Read more »
This morning, the White House new media team tried something a bit different: live questions and answers on Twitter, with Roberts Gibbs (@PressSec) replying to users with their @ handles. I was happy to be one of them. I wrote up a quick story using Storify, the online media curatio tool, but I can’t embedRead… Read more »
No real blog this week from the Government Man. It is time to wish all of my friends, followers (and critics) a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year (as politically incorrect as that wording might be today). No blogs, no comments and no postings today. No biting political satire, no outlandish stories or sports analogies,Read… Read more »
In the never ending search to know “what works,” we have a few choices. We can look to theories, i.e., this ‘should’ work; or we can look to data. Often the latter choice is considered backward looking, or stripped of context. Data autopsies are conducted with the results analyzed and presented as a ‘case study.’Read… Read more »
Entrepreneurs, investors, dreamers, and others spend a lot of time trying to figure out the next new businesses. Will Rogers said investing was simple. Buy low, sell high. If it doesn’t go up, don’t buy it. This week I’ve seen several indicators of where profitable businesses are growing, in a stagnant economy with uncertain capitalRead… Read more »
Last week a disturbing headline crossed my computer screen: B.C. RCMP zaps old news releases from its website 2,500 releases deleted because they weren’t translated into French 1) The worse of all possible outcomes This is a terrible outcome for accountability and open government. When we erase history we diminish accountability and erode our capacityRead… Read more »
Interesting article at Defense Systems “We’re not embracing the issue in its totality,” said Larry Clinton, president and CEO of the Internet Security Alliance, at the forum. “Right now, the private sector is in charge of securing critical infrastructure, and the government’s job is compliance. They have fundamentally misunderstood the relationship that needs to developRead… Read more »
The Oregon Citizens’ Initiative Review (CIR) is a recent, notable, law-related, citizens’ participation effort. The CIR convenes a representative group of Oregon citizens to devote one week to learning about, deliberating about, and voting on a proposed Oregon ballot initiative. Statements expressing the group’s votes, and the stated reasons for their votes, are then includedRead… Read more »
Time for joy and celebration! Happy Holidays! Although proposal industry with its crazy deadlines doesn’t always make it possible, we wish you more time with those you love in the coming New Year! Please enjoy our video with Holiday Greetings from the OST Global Solutions team: http://www.ostglobalsolutions.com/blog/?p=835&preview=true (if clicking the link doesn’t work, you canRead… Read more »
SHOULD I FOLLOW UP AFTER THE INTERVIEW? Question: I had an interview for a job that I am very interested in about a week and a half ago. At the time, the person I interviewed with asked me to email him some additional info and said that he would get back to me within aRead… Read more »