Happy Thursday — Chris Dorobek is off this week. So I will be filling in. We are going to do the show a bit differently. Each day we will feature a Dose of Dorobek — a shorter five minute interview that focuses on helping you do your job better and tips for navigating around GovLoop.Read… Read more »
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Federal Government Expanding API’s, FBI Seizes 3 Android App Sites, and More
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: As part of Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel’s digital strategy to make application programming interfaces “the new default in government,” U.S. foreign assistance payments, nuclear reactors’ daily event reports and a national sex offender registry will soon be released with API’s to allow automatically updated streamingRead… Read more »
Could millennials actually SAVE the workforce?
As a millennial myself we’ve heard it all before: we are the entitled, spoiled and self-serving generation. Gen-Y is the youngsters typically born between 1982-1999. But could we also be the workplace savior? Maybe so says Emily Matcher. She is a freelance writer for the Washington Post. She’s written an article outlining how this “pampered”Read… Read more »
Exploring Geo-Enabled Government Services
Across government, there are fascinating uses of GIS. Whether it is the development of custom web apps, integration of cloud and/or mobile technology, or using GIS to improve citizen services. In many ways GIS is transforming how government delivers services. There are also many different ways GIS is improving services. The use of 3D andRead… Read more »
Dorobek Dose: Do those pesky millennials help or hurt the workforce?
Happy Wednesday — Chris Dorobek is off celebrating his birthday this week. So I will be filling in. We are going to do the show a bit differently this week. Each day we will feature a Dose of Dorobek — a shorter five minute interview that focuses on helping you do your job better andRead… Read more »
Windows 8 to Offer Improvements for Government Users
Microsoft is set to release Windows 8 this fall. Michele Bedford Thistle, Marketing Manager, Worldwide Public Sector, took some time to share why she is excited about the release and how new features will provide an improved experience for government users. In her post she identifies three core features of Windows 8 for government customers.Read… Read more »
Could a pay raise be coming your way? — 7 Stories you need to know
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Wednesday the 22nd of August President Obama told Congress he is going to order a small pay increase for federal employees. But the raise won’t take place until next spring at the earliest. The Associated Press says it will be a modest raise, averaging 0.5 percent. InRead… Read more »
BOW SKILLS: 37 skills, abilities and platforms for today’s comms person
Before the internets were invented life must have been so dull. Y’know, really dull. You wrote a press release, you organised a photocall and once in a while TV and radio would show an interest. A few years back the yardstick of success where I work was getting the local TV news to come hostRead… Read more »
First Official AOKP Jelly Bean ROM, VMware VMs targeted by “Crisis” and more
Glacier is here to make your data storage worries a thing of the past Here is today’s top tech news. It’s a happy day for all you Android hackers out there, AOKP has released their first (official) code for Jelly Bean – while there have been “nightlies” for a while, the first release is theRead… Read more »
Feds May Get Paid for BYOD, DARPA Presents Inexpensive, Squishy, Camouflaging Robots, and More
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: U.S. Cyber Command recently conducted a tactical-level exercise called Cyber Guard where it collaborated with subject matter experts from the National Security Agency, the National Guard, the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. More here. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency demonstratedRead… Read more »