Overview of Innovation Contract and construction management for highway projects requires significant communications and documentation of decisions and events. This has traditionally been accomplished through extensive paper-based documentation systems involving conventional postal delivery, project journals, note taking, design and construction submittals, and physical signatures. A paper-based system requires significant time and monetary resources for preparation,Read… Read more »
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Data-Driven Safety Analysis (Team Page)
Overview of Innovation Recent advances in highway safety analysis can provide more reliable information for effective investment decisions on the nation’s highway system. The objective of this EDC-3 initiative is broader implementation of two of these advances—predictive approaches and systemic approaches—into safety management processes and project development decision making. Predictive approaches combine crash, roadway inventory,Read… Read more »
Fear of the FAR – Is It Getting in the Way of Doing Business?
By Craig Taylor, PMP Do 1,883 pages of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), comprised of 53 different Parts, dozens of forms, and a correction page feel like something to be feared? Does it keep you from buying what you need to support your agency? Many government decision-makers look at the FAR as a significant obstacle toRead… Read more »
Your Top 10 Tips for Implementing and Using the Cloud: Training Recap
These days, it seems as if everyone is talking about the cloud. Private and public sector organizations are moving their data to the cloud, seeking to gain cost savings and improve efficiency. The buzzword has taken the digital world by storm and transformed how organizations manage their data. Even though cloud is a hot topic,Read… Read more »
Leading the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases: A Conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci
For more than six decades, the National Institute of Allergyand Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has been at the forefront of research in infectious and immune mediated diseases, microbiology, immunology, and related disciplines. It conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, diagnose, prevent, and treat infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, as wellRead… Read more »
A-Team Edition: CBG Round-up, 06.20.2014
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Social Media in Government: How it works, it’s successes and shortcomings, and what it costs us. FedTech reports on “How Social Media Is Revolutionizing Emergency Response” with “social media guidance for first responders.” Treci Johnson writes in DigitalGov on “Trends on Tuesday: Maximizing Your Mobile Moments,” teasing out the awareness, selling, workforce, product,Read… Read more »
Is Your Brain Limiting Your Federal Success?
That may be the case if you don’t regularly give it exercise. According to scientific research, below are some of the benefits of brain games: Boost brain activity Provide emotional satisfaction and sense of accomplishment Enhance memory and processing speed Help slow the decline and reduce the risk of dementia Improve concentration Reduce boredom ButRead… Read more »
Want to Attract Bright, Young Candidates? Treat Them Like It
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there. -Indira Gandhi I have a friend who works for Google. He wakes up every morning greeted by Google transportation that will bring him to work. HeRead… Read more »
Implementing Organizational Innovation
In the spirit of taking time off to replenish my creativity and innovation, the following blog is one that proved very popular back in May, so I’m posting it again in my absence. Innovation and creativity really is something that all of us can tap into. If you haven’t previously read this, or if youRead… Read more »
Is (Big) Data Good or Evil? Maybe Neither?
I just finished reading a great article from one of my former Teradata colleagues, Chief Data Officer, Bill Franks. He makes a strong argument that Big Data is not inherently good or evil anymore than money is. What makes Big Data (or any data as I see it) take on a characteristic of good orRead… Read more »