For the 12th year in a row human resources issues have topped the Government Accountability Office’s High Risk List. (You can find our conversation with the GAO here.) But really how can agencies improve hiring and retention with hiring and pay freezes plus budgets cuts and the threat of sequesters? Tom Fox is the ViceRead… Read more »
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Future of GIS- Esri Federal GIS Conference
On Monday I attended Esri’s annual Federal GIS Conference. This conference brings together over 2,700 GIS professionals, managers, and government executives for three days of intensive learning and sharing. In the morning plenary session, Jack Dangermond, Esri President, discussed how GIS technology and mapping are helping government employees do their job better and more efficientlyRead… Read more »
In Review: President Obama’s Cybersecurity Executive Order
President Obama’s long awaited executive order on cyber security was released earlier this month. Along with the Executive Order, Improving Critical Infrastructure: Cybersecurity, the administration also released a companion policy directive for federal agencies. Although both documents are a step in the right direction for security efforts, legislative action by Congress remains essential to combatRead… Read more »
Estimating the Cost of a Microsoft Dynamics CRM Implementation
Many government agencies are using Microsoft Dynamics CRM to build line of business solutions using an approach that Microsoft calls xRM. One of the challenges is to calculate the cost of such an implementation. One of the questions I am asked most frequently by clients is to estimate the cost of a software implementation project.Read… Read more »
Government Competitions Redux: TopCoder and the Power of Crowdsourcing – 1
Competitions are changing the way government iterates and innovates. NASA and OPM have both opted to use TopCoder to create new apps. TopCoder is member based group of more than 460,000 coders from around the world. TopCoder harnesses the power of crowd-sourcing to achieve goals. Mike Lydon is the Chief Technology Officer and Jim McKeownRead… 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 »
From Regulation to Collaboration – the Next Wave for Cybersecurity?
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. “The Executive Order was unprecedented and very wanted, but it is inherently limited in what it can do. The Executive Order can only tell the entities that are partRead… Read more »
ArcGIS as a Platform: Interview with Esri President
Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Jack Dangermond, Esri President. We discussed how GIS is transforming how the public sector arrives at decisions, and the power behind spatial data. You can view the report below, or download a PDF. Below I have included the executive summary of the report and report highlights.
Oscar Leadership Lessons – Plus Your Weekend Reads
Welcome to GovLoop Insights Issue of the Week with Chris Dorobek where each week, our goal is to find an issue — a person — an idea — then helped define the past 7-days… and we work to find an issue that will also will have an impact on the days, weeks and months ahead.Read… Read more »
Accellion is the #1 choice of IT and Security professionals for enterprise file sharing and sync
Download Free Gartner MarketScope Report:http://cot.ag/YJgSY2 Accellion, Inc., has received the highest rating possible, a “Strong Positive” in the Gartner MarketScope for “Enterprise File Synchronization and Sharing based on evaluation of the Accellion Secure Mobile File sharing solution.” The Gartner MarketScope notes that “enterprise file synchronization and sharing (EFSS) offerings enable productivity and collaboration for mobileRead… Read more »