There are many exciting ways in which civic data is improving governance in towns and cities across the country. We want to invite you to check out one of the newest blog posts from our friends at the Davenport Institute highlighting a new project using open data called Data-Smart City Solutions. You can read moreRead… Read more »
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When Getting Rid of Risk Isn’t Possible: 4 Ways to Work Around It
GovLoop and Integrity Management Consulting are proud to present a 12-part series called “Conscientious Contracting: A Thoughtful Approach to Acquisition and Program Management,” that aims to address common challenges and achieve new efficiencies in government procurement. “Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.” – Warren Buffett It’s virtually impossible to eliminate risk. That’s theRead… Read more »
Look at What Gov Can Do? Profiles of Excellence
The drumbeat of low morale, budget cuts and pay freezes portray a dark vision of federal workers and the federal space itself. But in reality there is excellence brewing at every agency. The Partnership for Public Service highlights some of those great stories in their annual Service to America Medals. The 31 finalists in sevenRead… Read more »
Wholesale Change at OMB – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder believes technology can transform government but how it works and how it interacts with its citizens. The men behind that transformation is the CIO David Behen and CTO Rod Davenport. They sat down with Chris for an extended conversation about the state of Michigan’s IT system. ButRead… Read more »
The Transition with Anthony Petchel, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
ELGL member Anthony Petchel is living the dream of every kid in Portland. He is working for the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). While we’re sure his job is fun, he doesn’t spend his days in the science playground playing with silly-putty or making sand castles. Instead, Anthony is the Director of DevelopmentRead… Read more »
Invincea: An update for the enterprise technology professional
By Bob Gourley For disclosure: I am on the Invincea advisory board. I’m incredibly proud of to be associated with those guys and I’m hoping my pleasure with them comes through in this post. Invincea delivers an enterprise grade breach prevention platform. Capabilities they field include an ability to run software in a totally virtualizedRead… Read more »
Tech Trends To Watch In May 2013
By Bob Gourley The following is the meat from our monthly tech trends report. You can have this delivered to your email each month by visiting our newsletter signup page. Over the last several months we continued to see foundations being established for dramatic positive change in the federal IT ecosystem including the government contractingRead… Read more »
Group Decision Tip: Outside issues
In principle, if a disagreement is caused by an outside issue that has nothing to do with the group issue at hand, then it must be dealt with outside the group. An outside issue is a disagreement because of, for example, some incident between the parties that happened years ago and was never dealt with,Read… Read more »
An interview with Ron Yaggi of IO: The Evolution of Datacenter Design
By Ryan Kamauff Ron Yaggi, IO’s SVP of Federal stopped by our office last week. He sat down for a podcast with us, which is posted here. We have outlined the discussion in this post. Ron gave us some insight into his 27 year Air Force career, while he traveled widely on various assignments, heRead… Read more »
In Review: Symantec’s Annual Government Internet Security Threat Report (GISTR)
Cyberespionage and targeted attacks are on the rise-by 42%, according to Symantec’s annual Government Internet Security Threat Report (GISTR) report. This latest finding and others were published in Symantec’s annual Government Internet Security Threat Report (GISTR) report, which takes a year of security intelligence and knowledge collected from Symantec’s Global Intelligence Network. The report providesRead… Read more »