By Jose Nazario February was an incredible month of developments. Obviously the two big stories are the Mandiant report on the group tagged APT 1, and the White House’s reactions to the cyber espionage issue by using international trade efforts. Even the NYT, WaPo and WSJ hacks all pale in comparison to these developments. ARead… Read more »
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Weekly Round-up: March 01, 2013
This article has been updated to include Dan Chenok’s contribution. Gadi Ben-Yehuda Mobility helping government caseworkers. In Governing, William Eggers writes about his new report “Gov on the Go: Boosting Public Sector Productivity by Going Mobile,” Pinterest helping home-cooks everywhere. A few weeks ago, I wrote and spoke about 10 Pinterest boards that I’d likeRead… Read more »
Sequestration Could Shift Focus of Federal IT Spending
Originally posted to Federal Technology Insider http://federaltechnologyinsider.com/sequestration-could-shift-focus-of-federal-it-spending/ With an impending March 1 deadline set to trigger $85 billion in federal budget spending cuts, a recent InformationWeek article highlighted concerns raised by officials about the impact sequestration will have on federal IT expenditures. “By cutting technology, it’s going to put us into situations where we eitherRead… Read more »
Thursday Thoughts: Challenging Mental Models
I am a graduate student at George Washington University and I am fortunate enough to be taking a leadership class with a former high-level government official. My professor has served at the highest levels of government, and provides a first hand account how to lead large, complex and bureaucratic government agencies. Every Thursday I’ll postRead… Read more »
Lessons Learned from Brigade, Year One: Don’t Do This!
Recently I reported on the things that worked in Brigade’s first year. I wanted to follow up with this report on what didn’t work and lessons learned over our past year of civic hacking. Next month, in the final installment of this series, I’ll comment on how these lessons are informing our direction and takingRead… Read more »
Using the Force and ArcGIS Data Mapping in the Golden Age of Data
This week Esri has been holding various events to teach, collaborate with and get feedback from government agencies. The hope is that through this collaboration, Esri can continue to create tools and platforms such as ArcGIS that can be used by government agencies to help groups of people and the nation as a whole. ToRead… Read more »
Sequestration Headlines – Plus the DorobekINSIDER 7 Stories
On the DorobekINSIDER: Sequestration goes into effect on Friday and the quickly approaching deadline has feds asking a lot of questions. Like when will furloughs happen and for how long? We answer your questions with employment attorney John Mahoney. Click here for the full recap. For the 12th year in a row human resources issuesRead… Read more »
Using the Force and ArcGIS Data Mapping in the Golden Age of Data
This week Esri has been holding various events to teach, collaborate with and get feedback from government agencies. The hope is that through this collaboration, Esri can continue to create tools and platforms such as ArcGIS that can be used by government agencies to help groups of people and the nation as a whole. ToRead… Read more »
Government Competitions Redux: TopCoder and the Power of Crowdsourcing – 1
Competitions are changing the way government iterates and innovates. NASA and OPM have both opted to use TopCoder to create new apps. TopCoder is member based group of more than 460,000 coders from around the world. TopCoder harnesses the power of crowd-sourcing to achieve goals. Mike Lydon is the Chief Technology Officer and Jim McKeownRead… Read more »
3 Benefits of Location Analytics for the Public Sector
Location analytics is helping to guide the next phase of GIS. This post highlights three benefits of location analytics for organizations, the post pays special attention as to how traditional business intelligence tools and Esri’s ArcGIS platform is transforming how government delivers services. You can view the GovLoop Industry Perspectice: ArcGIS as a Platform online,Read… Read more »