Guy Martin, Forge.mil Community Manager [email protected] @guyma @ForgeMil #forge.mil “Government community development is a contact sport” @guyma @ForgeMil #pfgov #gov20 Vision: Develop a streamlined software development process for GIG (Global Information Grid) DoD Approach: Collaborative environment supporting all stakeholders through the lifecycle Why are we doing this? (Community Rationale) Software code has become central toRead… Read more »
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Navy CIO – live-blogging the #pfgov symposium in DC
Brian P Burns, Deputy CIO, Department of the Navy Bottom line: The security of Social Media starts with the protection of data and user behavior — not necessarily the tool sets. I.e., the tools are not the challenge, the risks are with the data and the user’s behavior. Some notes: Brian is a part ofRead… Read more »
GovLoop Poll of the Week Results for Week Ending 08/23/09
Our agency is using cloud computing by… 11.8% Using a Public Cloud Host 17.6& Using a Private Cloud Host 11.8% Utilizing SaaS 52.9% Not at all 5.9% What’s a cloud? Comments?
David McClure: Longtime IT analyst and investigator to lead GSA citizen services unit by Gatham Nagesh, NextGov
A veteran information technology analyst and former Government Accountability Office official has been appointed to lead the General Services Administration office in charge of interacting with the American public, the agency announced on Tuesday. David McClure will take over as associate administrator of GSA’s Office of Citizen Services and Communications on Aug. 24. The officeRead… Read more »
Oh! The wonders of Space!
Check out this story. Saturn’s Moon with a Tropical Storm – So very interesting! http://news.aol.com/article/storm-clouds-found-on-saturns-moon/623873?icid=main|classic|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fstorm-clouds-found-on-saturns-moon%2F623873
UK Google moves into local government
Twitpic Ross L Grant Google UK launched it’s local government division on Friday August 8 with a day-long event held at their London offices and attended by around 65 people. As I have been talking and writing about their stuff (aka promoting!) for a few years now this day was pretty exciting for me. IRead… Read more »
GovTwit Week in Review: 7/26 – 8/01
Interesting Gov 2.0 tweets and stories from July 26 – August 1st, 2009 The week got off to a fun start when an alleged White House employee dubbing themselves the “realtweetthroat” contacted @GovFresh to blow the lid off of Twittergate, poking fun at the fact that the microblogging service was reported to be blocked atRead… Read more »
UPDATE: OGI Conference “TweetBook” (First Ever!) Coming Together – Help?
Hi again, Folks! Several of us (me, Marie Crandell, Pam Broviak, Roberta Croll, Nichole Uiterwijk, Helen Ortel, etc.) have spent the last couple days working on what I believe will be the first-ever “TweetBook” (at least from a government conference!). Here’s how it looks at the moment (not too shabby, eh?!): OGITweetBook – OverallMock-Up.doc WhatRead… Read more »
Common Sense Is Not So Common
Twelve years ago I was working for a rapidly growing technology provider who was preparing for one of their most important client meetings to date. The deal alone – if secured – would crush their revenue goals, so preparedness was key and professionalism paramount. Keep in mind that we were a “fun startup” in theRead… Read more »
SOA; The various standards come together, but do we know when to use SOA?
The trigger for this blog is the publishing of a new white paper on SOA, but its more than just another paper on a topic that still creates controversy over its use, and from that its real value. This paper is the combined work of the three most prolific providers of various ‘standards’ that relateRead… Read more »