Monica Mayk Parham, Marketing Director, Market Connections, Inc. The rise of mobile technology in the government sector has allowed government employees to be more nimble and effective. Though with increased mobility comes greater challenges for those in charge of implementing mobile applications, such as Roger Baker, CIO at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). TheRead… Read more »
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“Games 4 Health” Webinar Juxtaposes Gamification With Healthly Lifestyles
Arundhati Parmar (Minneapolis, MN) — Video games conjure up images of couch potatoes shooting up aliens. But “gaming” has advanced far beyond that, often pushing the limits of how technology interfaces with the human body and mind. The recent Games 4 Health webinar discussed the many ways in which gaming is influencing people’s health andRead… Read more »
When Government Agencies Receive High Klout Scores, Does it Really Mean They Have More Clout?
IBM Center for the Business of Government recently issued a report that provides some very interesting social media insights for federal agencies: which agencies have the highest Klout rankings. If you are not familiar with Klout, it essentially measures your overall social media influence. For example, when you create content or engage through social networks,Read… Read more »
Brigade Spotlight: Open San Diego
Jed Sundwall talks Open San Diego’s creation story, deploying an Open Data Catalog with 400+ city datasets, and the need for promotion. How do you tell the origin story of Open San Diego? I’d been working on social media strategies for USA.gov and GobiernoUSA.gov and got a front row seat to a lot of theRead… Read more »
Help Us Find The Most Virtuous, Mission-Focused Enterprise IT
Our sister site, CTOlabs.com, hosts a curated list of firms we believe provide the most virtuous, mission-focused, positively disruptive technologies available to enterprises today. We maintain this directory as a reference for technology professionals. We find firms to include on this list by casting a wide net. We talk with other technology professionals from aroundRead… Read more »
A pioneer for female Veterans and A guide for federal CIOs to adopt new technologies
On today’s program We talk about veterans — but there is a misconception that vets are all men. Increasingly, that isn’t the case. There are more and more women among the ranks of veterans… and they can need different care. We’re going to talk to somebody — a fed — who has made it aRead… Read more »
NIST Big Data Workshop 13 June 2012
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory will be holding a Big Data workshop at its Gathersburg MD facility on 13 June 2012. Historically similar workshops have resulted in important exchanges of information that can help industry and government and academia bring focus to important concepts and all indications are thatRead… Read more »
DorobekINSIDER: 7 stories you need to know: the federal workforce is shrinking
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Monday the 4th of June, 2012 Unemployment among new veterans is on the rise. The Department of Veterans Affairs says one in eight, post 9-11 veterans are looking for work. That’s a 3 percent increase in a month. Veterans Affairs said monthly swings are normal. But thereRead… Read more »
Proposed Rule Would Create SBIR and STTR Opportunities for Investment Companies
Guest Bloggers: Richard Oliver and Agustin Orozco McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP The Small Business Administration (“SBA”) recently issued a proposed rule which, for the first time, would allow venture capital operating companies, hedge funds and private equity firms (“investment companies”) to meaningfully participate in the Small Business Innovation Research (“SBIR”) and Small Business TechnologyRead… Read more »
Job Losses and the Effect on Innovation
As the Canadian Public Service navigates through the recent job cuts as part of the 2012 budget, I’ve written about different skills that will help any public servant through cutbacks including survival tips for those who survive the job losses and a call to truly think if the public service is the right career forRead… Read more »