No Confessions from the Government Man
Happy Thanksgiving to all. No official blog this week, however, if you need a dose of Greenberg wisdom you can check out my article in this week’s Federal Employees News Digest. www.thegovernmentman.com
HR=Humans Represent: Give Thanks by Going Green this Thanksgiving
Another year has gone by, and it is time to sit back, reflect, and give thanks. I’m sure at the top of your thankful list is family, friends, your great government job, and the food on your table. However, why not give thanks to the planet that makes all these things possible? I suggest weRead… Read more »
Financing Alternatives for Government Contractors©
When Significant Capital Needs Precede Customer Payments on Government Contracts -by Richard Lewis, Financial Engineering Counselors, Ltd. The Good News: Your Company has landed a new Government contract, one that will result in a significant increase in revenues. The Challenge: In order to fulfill this contract, you must commit to additional people (payroll), training, materials,Read… Read more »
Brightscope, a case for developer-friendly open government data
You may recall that I wrote a short article about BrightScope and how its use of open government data, in this case PDF files delivered on CDs on a regular basis, led to a profitable new business, generating jobs in the process. For me, profitable businesses that are generating jobs are a success. However, IRead… Read more »
Kapost: Helping you crowdsource content
I wrote about Kapost not long ago, noting that I was beginning to try out this beta application. Kapost is essentially a multi-user blogging platform where your community can come together to further to share their blog posts. It is separate from your blog but useful in that you can easily move content from KapostRead… Read more »
The When of Leadership
This post began as “Is Everyone a Leader?.” I quickly realized that this is truly determined though the crashing together of needed skills, desire or duty, the situation, and timing. John Wayne typically played characters that are leaders – people follow him over the hill or turn to him for “The Plan.” To the contrary,Read… Read more »
CeBIT Australia’s Gov 2.0 Conference 2010
Hi Folks – I’ve been very remiss in participating in Govloop of late. I have been swamped by my day job and in preparing for the Gov 2.0 Conference held here in Australia. CeBIT Australia’s Gov 2.0 Conference took place 3 & 4 November at the Hyatt Hotel Canberra. There were some great speakers. SenatorRead… Read more »
TSP Weekly Wrap-Up – Tis the Season
Seasonality becomes a big factor (I don’t know why this formats the way it does. Please bear with me. Thanks) Stocks started last week on a down note, continuing the pullback from the recent highs. But by the end of the week the market began to rebound and most of the stock indexes finished higherRead… Read more »
Robert Duffner Interviews Chris Kemp, NASA, and Kevin Jackson, NJVC, on GovCloud
Recently, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Mr. Robert Duffner, director of Product Management for Windows Azure, as part of his “Thought Leaders in the Cloud” series. In this interview, we discussed: Actual government IT successes, especially using cloud computing Deconstructing the hype around cloud computing and talking about its real characteristics andRead… Read more »
NIST Moves Forward on Cloud Computing
Last week the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held their second Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop. Skillfully shepherded by Ms. Dawn Leaf, the agency’s senior executive of cloud computing, the event reinforced the US Federeal government’s move towards the cloud. Of particular note to me was the cloud computing simulation model project, knownRead… Read more »