What should the Social Security Administration focus on for the next five to ten years? As we develop our next Agency Strategic Plan (ASP) for 2011-2016, we want to hear your thoughts and suggestions on how we can best plan and vision for the future. Please take a few moments to share your ideas, readRead… Read more »
When people talk about government innovation the discussion tends to revolve around new projects, new buildings and new technologies that the public sector either should be creating or should be directly investing in. But one of the most potentially breakthrough innovations that our government could do to be a Gov 2.0 leader in arts andRead… Read more »
By Paul S. Brennan, M.P.A. Edited by Leonard Sipes. In 1999 Michael was transferred to the Sex Offender Unit (SOU), a newly implemented offender supervision team. Michael, a mild mannered 55 year old man, was no stranger to the criminal justice system. In 1987 he had been incarcerated for eighteen months on two charges ofRead… Read more »
There’s a cool story today at Space.com. The US military is in talks to share its data on Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) entering Earth’s atmosphere. Paraphrasing of course, this is cool because it lets scientists NEO airbursts and how to recover meteroites. The full article is here.
As we come to the end of the year, many people take a moment to reflect on what has been accomplished, or not, during the past twelve months. Did we meet our goals? Did we stick to our plans? What threw us “off course” and what unanticipated opportunities presented themselves to us? With each ofRead… Read more »
This entry may be last before the new year, and to be honest, has been a long time coming. You see, I’ve got this thought in my head and it seems to have taken up residence. I’m not sure how much you know about me, or how much you care to know, but I’ve spentRead… Read more »
Over the last few months, AIIM has gathered hundreds of product ratings from industry professionals and users of Capture software. We will make the results available in a report we are developing with well known industry analyst Harvey Spencer. Here’s the current issue if you are a capture vendor or partner or user — SomeRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Vivek Kundra proposes a slew of IT reforms for the federal government aimed at lowering operating costs while boosting productivity. As if on cue, the USDA has consolidated its email systems (as GSA did last week), and moved to the cloud. The future of citizen participation starts with ExpertNet. Federal CTO Aneesh ChopraRead… Read more »
For all those asking Congress to make the same sacrifices they are asking of others — Incoming Speaker John Boehner said he will propose to cut nearly every office budget by five percent as one of Congress’ first measures next year. In an interview set to air Sunday on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” the Ohio RepublicanRead… Read more »
(PingBack to original post on buzzfreezone.wordpress.com: http://wp.me/p1bJuJ-3b) There have been a few recent developments that have individually generated an aggregate reaction somewhat equivalent to “Meh” (although the specialty markets and analysts have been abuzz). However, taken together, I think they can form the platform basis for a Sea Change in mobile platforms. Of course, aRead… Read more »