Gadi Ben-Yehuda Of Slivovitz and Twitter. This somewhat-ambiguous independent clause of the first sentence of this Washington Post article says everything you need to know: “The Secret Service has formally adopted new policies on the use of alcohol and social media, “ Of Quads and Quora. Colleges are using social media in more sophisticated waysRead… Read more »
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There is so much joy in what we do
Hello blog. I know it has been a a week since I posted. I want to apologize and explain it is not out of a lack of love, just a tremendous amount of travel. And of course, the fact that I also have this guy to take care of. (And yes, that is us inRead… Read more »
Lessons From Our Cyber Past: History of Cyber Intelligence
By AlexOlesker On Thursday, September 27, the Atlantic Council hosted a stand-out panel discussion on the history of all-source cyber intelligence. The discussion was moderated by CTOvision editor and Crucial Point LLC founder and CTO Bob Gourley, who also has extensive cyber intelligence experience as the former Defense Intelligence Agency CTO and Director of IntelligenceRead… Read more »
My Personal Code for America Effect
I know that there are lots of opinions, both negative and positive, that are swirling around the local government community with regards to Code for America. It’s easy for us to get defensive about our jobs because, well, we’re used to having to be on the defensive. Government doesn’t have a positive image with theRead… Read more »
Online Launch of NCDD Catalyst Awards
To celebrate NCDD’s 10th anniversary this year, we are very excited to launch the NCDD Catalyst Awards. Two $10,000 prizes will be awarded to team projects organized, led and selected by NCDD members that jump-start the field’s next best ideas and impact our communities’ and our country’s ability to solve its most challenging problems. Today,Read… Read more »
Invitation for Workshop Leaders to Post their Case Studies on Participedia.net
NCDD has been involved in a great project called Participedia.net for the past couple of years. Participedia is a new online repository for detailed case studies on democratic innovation and public engagement. Here’s a letter from Participedia director Pat Scully extending an invitation to session leaders at NCDD Seattle to contribute their stories and casesRead… Read more »
Introducing Our Emcees for NCDD Seattle
We’re thrilled to have two great NCDD members serving as our conference Emcees for NCDD Seattle: John Gastil and Susanna Haas Lyons. They’ll be providing you with familiar, friendly faces throughout the event, introducing presenters, making announcements and helping us transition between activities. John Gastil is the Head of the Department of Communication Arts andRead… Read more »
Your help needed to collect audio from all workshops at NCDD Seattle
One of our extraordinary conference planning team members, John Spady (pictured), is organizing an effort to record audio from all our NCDD Seattle conference workshops. Can you help? If you’re willing to record all the workshops you’re attending, you may get a very cool recording device for your iPhone in the bargain. Basically, John isRead… Read more »
Your Presidential Debate Prep and the DorobekINSIDER 7 Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: What are the 4 biggest challenges facing the White House Innovation Fellow for RFP-EZ? Our expert panel weighs in. Click here for the full recap. With a national election looming on the horizon and terms like “fiscal cliff” and “sequestration” being thrown around by policymakers, pundits, and the media, it’s hardRead… Read more »
Sandia National Labs’ Massive Android Testing Array, False Cyber Attacks, and More
By AlexOlesker Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Sandia National Laboratories is building an experimental set-up of 300,000 Android devices so that researchers can study how hackers disrupt mobile networks. More here. Defense Information Systems Agency Chief Information Officer Henry Sienkiewicz will become the new vice chief information assurance executive while DavidRead… Read more »