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 »
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Why Metrics Matter
The Administration is pushing for more performance metrics. They launched Performance.gov in June 2011. So how is it going? And why should these metrics matter? Dennis D. McDonald is an independent consultant. He has written a white paper on web-based performance metrics, “Developing Digital Strategies for Web-based Public Access.” He told Chris Dorobek on theRead… 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 »
Measure, Engage, and Manage- Next Generation CMS
In 2009, the White House released the Open Government Directive requiring federal agencies to take immediate steps to achieve key milestones in transparency, participation, and collaboration. Open Government means many things to different people, but basically it boils down to citizens having the ability to access important public information easily and quickly. Since this initiativeRead… Read more »
How ITS helps small business make government stronger
Small business helps America innovate, create jobs, and grow. These small businesses also play a critical role in moving government forward, and ITS is dedicated to providing ample access and opportunity to connect government to small business. With Small Business Week upon us, I thought it would be a good opportunity to look at howRead… Read more »
Can You Rise Above A Scandal? We’ve got 5 ways
Right now the federal government is being pummeled by scandals. The IRS is facing the double whammy with its conference spending and its handling of Tea Party tax audits. Meanwhile the NSA is facing a scandal of their own in its secret phone tapping. So how does government improve its reputation and get back inRead… Read more »
SpaceCurve Raises $10M Series B Financing
By Bob Gourley From: http://ctolink.us/16GZFF7 SpaceCurve Raises $10M Series B Financing Brings Unmatched Performance to Big Data Applications and Services SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 18, 2013– SpaceCurve, the creator of a new big data platform designed to meet the increasing volume, velocity and variety demands of data in real time, today announced it has raised a $10MRead… Read more »
Leading Hadoop Vendor Poised for Next Stage of Growth and Continued Service to Big Data Community
By Bob Gourley If you are an enterprise technologist the driving factors in your technology selections are probably the discriminating functionality of the technology you are looking at mixed with factors like cost, simplicity, ability to work with your legacy environment, and overall ability to position your organization for success. Most enterprise CTOs also payRead… Read more »
Finding New Efficiencies through Big Data Analysis
Government is in the midst of a transformation. As government is collecting, managing, and storing increasing volumes of data, agencies are challenged to find actionable insights from the tsunami of data they are collecting. With the explosion of data from social media, online transactions, and internal systems, government has more opportunities than ever before to… Read more »
Choosing it to be a Good Day – Improving your work life by adjusting your attitude
Hundreds of unread emails, regulatory requirements, acquisition holdups, antiquated technology – in the government it seems there is always something to complain about. But that endless cycle of negativity can not only impact your job performance but your life too. Anya Kajich is a Supervisory Public Health Veterinarian for USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.Read… Read more »