For the past four year the US Public Interest Group has graded each of the 50 states on their level of transparency. While 7 states made the honor roll, six states received failing grades. How did your state do? Phineas Baxandall is a senior analyst for tax and budget at the US Public Interest Group.Read… Read more »
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Seven Thoughts on Hadoop’s Seventh Birthday
By Doug Cutting Editor’s note: It has only been seven years since Hadoop’s first release, and think of the amazing things it has already empowered us to accomplish. Doug Cutting (Hadoop’s founder, Apache Software Foundation chair and Cloudera’s chief architect) published seven thoughts on Hadoop’s seventh birthday at the Cloudera blog, and we sought hisRead… Read more »
Practical Work From Home Tips – Telework 101
Telework is great in theory. No commute, focused work time, better work/life balance. But often times remote workers are too disconnected from the team, outcomes are too vague and oversight is too minimal. Patty Azzarello is the owner of the Azzarello Group and the author of the book Rise: How to Really Be Successful atRead… Read more »
Looking Forward: How Technology Will Shape Government in the Next 3-5 Years
Below is an excerpt from GovLoop’s Latest Report: Crafting a Comprehensive Digital Government Strategy View Online Below or Download PDF GovLoop’s research defines a digital government as “the tools, applications, resources and methodologies allowing government to leverage new and emerging technology to serve the most mission-centric goals of the agency.” Below is an excerpt fromRead… Read more »
Is Leadership Missing In Gov?
Federal employees are losing faith in their agency leaders, according to a new report from Deloitte and the Partnership for Public Service. It was the first drop in effective leadership in 9 years. Employees gave effective leadership a score of 52.8 out of 100 points in the Partnership’s 2012 survey, a decrease of 2.1 pointsRead… Read more »
Army defends its mobile device security plan, Cyber education key to security and more
By Ryan Kamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Army defends its mobile device security plan – “The Department of Defense’s inspector general has reposted and updated a report critical of the Army’s shortcomings in handling cybersecurity for commercial mobile devices (CMD), with some changes to correct for what itRead… Read more »
Better government IT starts with smart procurement
There are many challenges to using the competitive procurement process to purchase IT solutions for government. The dilemma is more than just large and cumbersome RFP package production, long software demos and lengthy review and contracting. Government has reduced funding for investments and can no longer afford to get it wrong – especially for coreRead… Read more »
A Video Update On The IO Modular Datacenter Designs
By Bob Gourley We have previously reported on IO, the leading provider of next generation modular data center technologies. With this post we would like to highlight a video that puts some of the technology into great context. Watch here for a fast paced view of what great engineers and mission focused technology professionals deliverRead… Read more »
22-25 Sep Big Data Exchange in San Francisco CA
By Bob Gourley We previously wrote about the 22-25 Sep 2013 Big Data Exchange in San Francisco CA. With this post we can provide a bit more information. There is an absolutely awesome lineup of speakers for the event. Find them at: http://ctolink.us/12psNBI From the event website: Welcome to The Big Data Exchange The prospectRead… Read more »
How to Engage with Gov – 101 – with Gavin Newsom
“Government is the air we breathe the water we drink. So it is incumbent among all of us who celebrate it and those who hate it to try to make it better and more relevant. Don’t give up on government. Don’t sit back and passively complain. Let’s have a two-way conversation,” said Gavin Newsom. NewsomRead… Read more »