By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Evernote Hack Exposes User Data, Forces Extensive Password Resets – If you are an Evernote user, chances are you got quite the shock this weekend. Evernote forced a manual reset for all of its users, and “About 50 million passwords haveRead… Read more »
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February Cyber Conflict Link Roundup
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 »
Characteristics Female Voters Find Attractive in Male Candidates Running For Local Public Offices
A study conducted by the Association of Women Voters of America {AWVA} in 2012 revealed there are several characteristics female voters find attractive in male candidates running for local public offices {i.e. County Boards, City Councils, School Boards, Township Offices, Village Boards, Parishes and Boroughs etc.}. The characteristics that seem to attract to women votersRead… Read more »
Navigating the Federal Application Process with Doris Tirone and Donna Dyer
Applying for a job is scary. Applying for a federal job is terrifying. But for those of you who attended today’s session, “Navigating the Application Process” during the GovLoop Virtual Career fair were lucky enough to find someone to help you guide you. Navigating the Government Applicaiton Process Today during GovLoop’s virtual career fair, AndyRead… Read more »
Three Ways Tech Is Changing Culture in DC (and One Way It Isn’t)
For Social Media Week DC, I participated in a panel that discussed how tech is changing the culture in the nation’s capital. All of the panelists had interesting points and perspectives–espoused by Microsoft’s Dr. Mark Drapeau, Carousel30’s Greg Kihlstrom, and PageLever’s Jesse Channon. For my part, I talked about three ways in which tech isRead… Read more »
Forget the 80:20 and 90:9:1 Rules. For Online Training, It’s 50:50.
When it comes to group behavior, most of us – both anecdotally and based on research – cite the Pareto Principle (aka “the 80/20 Rule”). Generally, this principle states that 20% of the people create 80% of the value for an organization. This 20% group includes those standout leaders who make most organizations function moreRead… Read more »
Identity: the Anglo-Saxon countries versus the rest of the world
Recently, I was asked to become a member of the program committee for the eID and ePassport Conference. A week and a half ago, we had our first meeting for the next edition of this conference, and it was decided that it would take place in Berlin on October 28th and 29th. The web siteRead… Read more »
Join OGTV-Tell Congress: NOT TO SEQUESTER STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math)
As per current federal statutes, the inability of Congress to agree on ways to reduce the United States deficit will result in $1.2 trillion in across-the-board cuts in federal spending, referred to as sequestration, effective March 1, 2013. According to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), this could translate into as muchRead… Read more »
Tracking Fixmo: Virtuous capabilities working incredibly well with others in the ecosystem
By BobGourley I am proud to be on the advisory board of Fixmo. You might think that biases me in my reporting on them. I’m a human for sure and have my own biases. But the fact is this company is knocking it out of the part in terms of both capability and value-adding partnershipsRead… Read more »
Countdown to Cuts, Sequestration Reader – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: The President issued the Cybersecurity Executive Order during his State of the Union earlier this month. But some say the Executive Order doesn’t go far enough. What’s missing? Click here for the full recap. But up front: Sequestion, of course, with just days before those automatic spending cuts start to kickRead… Read more »