Making Acquisitions Count with Chris Dorobek by GovLoop Insights Happy Tuesday April 3rd, 2012. We have a special show lined up for you today since It’s FOSE week. FOSE is the big government IT conference and trade show going on now here in Washington. Through the magic of radio Chris Dorobek is actually there rightRead… Read more »
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What I’ve been reading
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Exploring how digital technology can support young people to engage socially and economically in their communities : Tim’s Blog – Tim is “launching an open research project to find key messages for youth-focussed digital innovation” A manifesto for teaching computer science in the 21st centuryRead… Read more »
National Highway Institute Using Virtual Worlds for Bridge Training
Although this was posted over on Govloop, I thought I’d repost here because it is so relevant to the public works industry. For some time, we’ve been advocating for the use of virtual worlds for training, design, and networking in our industry. And now it seems there is finally a sign that the technology isRead… Read more »
EPA’s Apps for the Environment — Lessons Learned — What you need to know!
There’s a lot of talk about challenges and contests and many government organizations are actually doing them. But what works and what doesn’t? Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency conducted a challenge… Apps for the Environment — the EPA’s developer challenge. The goal was to create environmental applications using EPA data. And the challenge scoredRead… Read more »
Acquisition and Millennials — A Perfect Match?
Millennials — they are often motivated, pushy, impatient and innovative — they want change and they want it now. So it seems like they would be a perfect fit for the acquisition community. But there’s a problem. Not many young people are interested. One of the reason could be it’s lack of “cool” appeal. NoRead… Read more »
Going to the DoDIIS Conference? Here are some “must see” technologies
The Department of Defense Intelligence Information Systems (DoDIIS) conference is held once a year by the Defense Intelligence Agency technology leadership team. This is an incredible event full of information-packed presentations and social sessions. One of its greatest features is a expo floor with 100′s of technologies available for demonstrations and evaluations. That great featureRead… Read more »
3 Tech Trends In Government
Since GovLoop was founded, we have been holding various meet ups for government employees across the country. Our latest stop was in Austin, Texas, in which we gathered to discuss three of the top technology trends in government. Our session focused on social media, mobile, and cloud technology. The event was not only a greatRead… Read more »
Big data gets a funding boost from the feds
The Obama Administration is placing its support behind big data as the next phase of several technology initiatives. Six federal agencies have teamed up to launch the $200 million initiative designed to improve the discovery of new information from the glut of data generated by government at all levels in the US. The initiative willRead… Read more »
Your FOSE 411 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 »
Records and Information Management FOSE Track 2012 – Register Today for Discount
I am looking forward to attending the FOSE Conference April 3-5 in Washington DC. This is the final post in a blog series highlighting the 2012 conference tracks. Throughout this week I have been highlighting one of the tracks and provide some insights on what you can expect to see at FOSE 2012. The fiveRead… Read more »