Rob Bayuk (Redmond, WA) — We at Microsoft Education are excited to announce the official list of educators for the Microsoft Partners in Learning 2012 U.S. Forum. This is the 8th annual Partners in Learning Forum, a global program that last year attracted more 250,000 educators from over 70 countries. The Partners in Learning 2012Read… Read more »
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CTO Commentary of Intel Sections of Senate Report 112-73: National Defense Authorization Act for FY2013
Congress has posted an online report with a long title of: Senate Report 112-173 – NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 R E P O R T [TO ACCOMPANY S. 3254] ON TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSERead… Read more »
Clues About the Origin of Flame, CIA R&D Focuses on Big Data, and More
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Kasperky Labs finds links to Stuxnet, and hence the U.S. and Israel, in the code for the Flame worm. More here. The 12th Annual Department of Defense Cyber Crime Conference is asking for abstracts for consideration to present a briefing, workshop, or panel discussion. More here.Read… Read more »
Civic Data Challenge Turns Raw Data into Community Tools
Believe that communities can take better advantage of key data in their decision-making? On April 3rd, the first-ever Civic Data Challenge launched at the Data 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. It’s a project of NCoC (the National Conference on Citizenship) that will bring new eyes, new minds, new findings, and new skill sets to theRead… Read more »
“The Future is Now”
In thinking about the Next Generation Schedules initiative, I am reminded of Redskins Coach George Allen’s famous quote “The future is now.” The time for the Next Generation Schedules is NOW. In responding to the budgetary challenges facing GSA’s customer agencies, the federal government will increasingly look to shared services models to leverage resources andRead… Read more »
I Can’t Share Large Files – Why Poor IT is Killing Productivity
Shrinking budgets especially in the IT world are putting pressure on public organizations to do the same work (if not more work) on aging technology and infrastructure. The government is not the standard setter when it comes to advancing to the latest and greatest technology. The perfect example: I’m using a Pentium 4 single processorRead… Read more »
Multipurpose Biometric Access Cards for the DoJ, Better Weather Forecasting for the Navy, and More
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Department of Justice is developing biometric smartcards that will provide access to buildings, cloud databases, and mobile applications without a password. More here. The Office of Naval Research is pursuing several projects to improve weather forecasting through next-generation weather models. More here. LinkedIn is workingRead… Read more »
Nomination Period Underway for the 2012 Government Big Data Solutions Award
You, dear readers, know more than most that the amount of data being created is growing faster than humans can analyze. But you also know that fast analysis over data can help humanity solve some very tough challenges. This fact is moving the globe towards new “Big Data” solutions. Government use of Big Data isRead… Read more »
Book Worms Listen Up: We’ve got your summer reading list and 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 »
AFGE Comm. Squad hears Nancy Pelosi, Rachel Maddow
This Wednesday, June 6, several members of the AFGE Comm Squad attended the event “Celebrating 25 Years of Service: The Honorable Nancy Pelosi” at the Sewall-Belmont House & Museum. The event featured a moderated conversation with MSNBC’S Rachel Maddow and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who recently celebrated her 25th anniversary of congressional service. Pelosi is theRead… Read more »