I’ve previously written about some of the challenges of IT support in the national security space. Leaders have to balance competing mandates of mission support and security and have to do that in an environment constrained by resource limits and slowed by layers of oversight. One of the most challenging positions in the national securityRead… Read more »
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Oracle VP appointed Colorado CIO
Last week, Governor John Hickenlooper named Kristin Russel to the Secretary of Technology and Chief Information Officer spot. Russel will be joining the administration from Oracle where she currently works as Vice President of Global IT Service Operations at Oracle. Russel has been working in technology operations management for the last 15 years. Russel willRead… Read more »
Minn. governor names new state CIO
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton announced that the Chief Operating Officer for Information Technology Services for the Minnesota System of Colleges and Universities (MnSCU), Carolyn Parnell, will be the states new Chief Information Officer. In her capacity atop the Office of Enterprise Technology (OET), Ms. Parnell will guide the state’s IT strategy and manage internal andRead… Read more »
Osocio Awards 2010: Social Cause Advertising
Leading creative/advertising blog, Osocio, is conducting it’s annual awards event for top socially conscious campaigns of 2010 that were featured on the site. Many of you may remember Pulse + Signal guest author – Marc van Gurp, who posted content for Spread the Word Sundays last year. Here’s an excerpt on why it’s happening: BecauseRead… Read more »
New Hampshire gov names new state CIO
In an announcement yesterday, New Hampshire Governor John Lynch named Bill Rogers as commissioner of the state’s Department of Information Technology. According to a statement by the governor, Mr. Rogers brings with him over 30 years of information technology experience from the private sector. “Bill Rogers has the innovation, technical expertise and leadership abilities toRead… Read more »
Department of the Interior is Leading the Way in Redefining the Role of the Department CIO
Too often we hear stories about how the Federal government, for one reason or another, lacks technological capabilities that are commonplace in the private sector and our everyday lives. For example, when this Administration first came into office employees at the Department of the Interior couldn’t even send a department-wide message due to its siloedRead… Read more »
Honest Communication: The Unconscious Signals Behind Our Words
Have you ever had the experience of talking to someone and you start to feel that person is saying one thing but means another? Have you arrived at work in a bad mood and noticed that everyone else suddenly seems to be developing the same bad mood? What you are experiencing is the powerful effectsRead… Read more »
Congratulations – Former Federal CIO Alan Proctor Joins SpringCM
– he served as Deputy Executive Director and CIO of the Federal Trade Commission from 1982 to 1997 and founded what is now the “Small Agency CIO Council” to facilitate program development and resource sharing among more than 90 smaller federal agencies.
Socio-Technical Systems: Not Just Another Pretty Theory
https://dap.dau.mil/mglblog/archive/2010/08/24/socio-technical-systems-not-just-another-pretty-theory.aspx
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka On the Appointment of Dr. Don Berwick To Lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Here is the link : http://www.aflcio.org/mediacenter/prsptm/pr07072010.cfm