How many times a day do you check the weather? Whether it is on your phone, computer, radio or TV – the need for weather data is nearly constant. In the past few years the scientists at NOAA have pioneered numerous hurricane and wind speed prediction models that have become the bedrock for the nation’sRead… Read more »
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Weekly Round-up: June 21, 2013
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Vines, Spreading like Kudzu. Joseph Marks reports that US Embassies are sending out Vines. (Bonus: he also writes about how agencies are filling out their Facebook Timelines.) You’d be surprised. Ryan Holmes, the CEO of HootSuite, write about “7 Unexpected (but Great) Ways the Government is Using Social Media“ And You Might LearnRead… Read more »
The StartUp Agency – A Case Study on the Consumer Financial and Protection Bureau (CFPB)
This afternoon, GovLoop and WordPress are hosting an event, Do More With What You Have: Experience WordPress in Government, highlighting the power of WordPress to modernize and optimize government websites. The event included numerous case studies of WordPress websites and the robust scalable CMS services of the websites. At the event, government employees were connectedRead… Read more »
New Sensation with Kristin Akervall, Austen Group
Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would theyRead… Read more »
NVIDIA SHIELD Price Lowered to $299, Logitech announces the Harmony Ultimate Hub and more
By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top mobile news and stories of the day. NVIDIA SHIELD Price Lowered to $299, Release Date Scheduled for June 27 – NVIDIA’s SHIELD is a portable gaming device that could possible change the way we game. It is designed to be used on the road and in the livingRead… Read more »
Some thoughts on the relaunched data.gc.ca
Yesterday, I talked about what I thought was the real story that got missed in the fanfare surrounding the relaunch of data.gc.ca. Today I’ll talk about the new data.gc.ca itself. Before I begin, there is an important disclaimer to share (to be open!). Earlier this year Treasury Board asked me to chair five public consultationsRead… Read more »
Hadoop World NYC is 28-30 Oct 2013: The place to be for exchanging lessons learned on Big Data solutions
By Bob Gourley Hadoop World is coming! If your organization uses information and if you play a role in collecting, moving, storing security and/or analyzing it, come interact with your peers from other information intensive organizations and learn cutting edge concepts for enhancing your ability to sense make over data. Sign up now at: http://ctolink.us/19jtxZeRead… Read more »
Federal Agency Demands, Competition Challenge Cloud Vendors, How Cyberwarfare and Drones have Revolutionized Warfare and more
By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Federal Agency Demands, Competition Challenge Cloud Vendors – After IBM protested the CIA’s cloud services award to Amazon Web Services, the GAO has found key deficiencies. Apparently, the CIA “failed to evaluate prices comparably under one of the contract’s pricing scenarios[.]”Read… Read more »
Thoughts About Government Transformation
Updated: This article was originally posted by Dan Chenok at the IBM Center for the Business of Government Blog. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing on June 18 entitled “Reinventing Government”. Several leaders with great experience in Federal government leadership and management issues presented testimony and engaged in an extensive discussionRead… Read more »
Big Data in 5 Steps: Lessons from Shawn Kingsberry, CIO of RATB
Big data is a big task. Of the many agencies dealing with massive amounts of data is the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board (RATB). As an independent agency within the federal government, RATB is focused on providing extensive transparency insights to federal programs as well as preventing waste, fraud and abuse of Recovery Act funds.Read… Read more »