(This post was provided by Praveen Asthana, Chief Marketing Office of Gravitant, a cloud service brokerage and management company) Sequestration burst out of obscurity and entered our household vocabulary in 2013. It got our attention because the impact of it is $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts from the Federal budget over the next tenRead… Read more »
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Tablets vs. PCs- Will Tablets Take Over?
According to a new report from the International Data Corporation Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker, tablet shipments are expected to grow 58.7% year over year and reach nearly 230 million units in 2013, up from 144.5 million units last year. They are predicting that IDC tablet shipments will exceed those of portable PCs this year, givenRead… Read more »
Resume Book Overview
Below please find the summarized 2013 Resume Book submissions. This is available to ELGL readers (members can access the full Resume Book page here). Resume Book participants were encouraged to include a three item summary of their career aspirations and skills to share in the public version of the Resume Book. If you are anRead… Read more »
6 Books for Your Summer Reading List – What Did We Miss?
With temperatures reaching 90 degrees this week, one thing is clear, summer is here. But instead of heading to the beach with your favorite romance novel or spy thriller, Tom Fox has some suggestions that might just help you do your job better. Fox is the Vice President for Leadership and Innovation at the PartnershipRead… Read more »
Weekly Round-up: May 31, 2013
Gadi Ben-Yehuda The future is not what you think it is. In some ways, it’s like the past. “E-Mail: Not Dead, Evolving“ In others, it’s a break from the past. @CJoh, in Q&A: “RFPEZ ≠ FOB 2.0, SAM, FedBizOpps” Philadelphia’s Chief Data Officer is trying to “change the game on civic tech” Related: HowTo.gov asks:Read… Read more »
The Mobile Internet: You won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is
By Bob Gourley Every year Mary Meeker does the tech and business community a great service by researching, analyzing and reporting on the State of the Internet. Her latest presentation is embedded below in slideshare format and is also available at this link. KPCB Internet Trends 2013 from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers This isRead… Read more »
New Sensation with Tom Hogue, Economic Development Specialist, Dept. of Land Conservation and Development
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 »
Municipal Code[rs]
We’re six weeks into our beta launch of the Peer Network, CfA’s membership-based community of innovators who work in local government. So far, representatives from 42 cities and counties are helping us to pilot the new program. Who are these innovators and where are they coming from? Well, they’re coming from all across the country,Read… Read more »
The Best is Yet to Come
There is an incredible potential hidden in the middle of things. Within our fellowship cohort, the middle of the year is constantly stirring with possibilities, chaos, triumph, and the potential for greatness, even before the fellows’ culminating presentations at our annual CfA Summit. Today, I thought I’d share some on the goings on in KansasRead… Read more »
Pres. Nominates a new FBI Director – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: The Agricultural Research Service’s Ken Lithicum studies deadly insects who terrorize plants, animals and humans. His work has saved millions of lives in Africa and the Middle East and has made him a Service to America Medal Finalist. Meet him! The SEVEN stories that impact your life President Barack Obama hasRead… Read more »