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Space race or education?

Space race or education?Just FYIJust FYI, the Constellation program is the replacement for the Shuttle. There's no separate Shuttle replacement program.However, regarding Ares / Constellation, some like myself have been troubled by the program from the beginning. For more info I suggest forum.nasaspaceflight.com and www.directlauncher.comAs an architecture, I...

Tags: Federal Department of Education, education, Space Race, NASA

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

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Space race or education?

The US space program costs billions and billions of dollars. Wikipedia puts the figure at $17.3 billion for fiscal year 2008 and that number climbs to $18.7 billion in FY10. The US Department of Education has a budget just south of $70 billion (saying nothing of the state...

Tags: Education, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-05-07

Foster plan for open source education

Bill Foster right, the physicist and Democrat who succeeded former Speaker Dennis Hastert in Congress, has what you might call a cunning open source plan. Any federal agency spending over $10 million on scientific education should put 2% of that money into creating open source materials, posting...

Tags: Education, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-19

Tech will see direct, indirect benefits from stimulus plan

I have to say that I'm very impressed with Washington these past couple of days. In just about 24 hours, the House and the Senate were able to reach an agreement on a massive economic stimulus plan, now tagged at more than $789 billion. That's no small task. And now,...

Tags: President, Information Technology, Stimulus Plan, Health Care, U.S. Senate, Tech Industry, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-12

How I'd spend the Title I stimulus money

First there was education money, then there wasn't, then there was a little bit. Now it looks as though some number of billions of dollars details remain sketchy will be flowing to schools via the federal Title I program as a result of the Economic Recovery Act (aka, the...

Tags: School, Student, Training, Computer, Title, Workforce Management, Productivity, Training And Certification, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-02-11

Large Federal Agency Gains HSPD-12 Compliance With VeriSign

The U.S. Department of Education ED was created in 1980 by combining offices from several federal agencies. ED's 4,200 employees and $68.6 billion budget are concentrated on the promotion of student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness through the use of quality education programs. The challenge was to gain full...

Tags: Agency, VeriSign Inc., HSPD-12, ED, Security

Case studies 2008-10-13

California Internet sales tax bill faces long odds

California Internet sales tax bill faces long oddsThere goes the neighborhoodFolks,I realize many techies lean left, but please understand if this type of tax makes it through, internet commerce will suffer immeasurably. I'm reminded of the days of when there was no income tax. The US had unbridled...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax, California Internet sales tax, government

Discussion threads 2008-03-16

So about that 2009 Federal Budget

Have you had a chance to look at the President's proposed 2009 budget? Aside from the hundreds of billions of dollars going to defense and the War on Terror, there are a few particular items of interest in the Department of Education section. The first, at least for...

Tags: Computer, School Choice, Productivity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-02-05

Obama outlines federal CTO position; Where's the power?

Barack Obama unveiled plans for a chief technology officer, support for Net neutrality, improving education, next-generation broadband networks and more research spending. Oh yeah, and there will be more open government and feds using wikis and blogs. This agenda, outlined in this PDF, makes for good fodder....

Tags: CIO, Agency, Information Technology, Chief Technology Officer, News, Reality, Barack Obama, Government, Vertical Industries, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-11-14

$200 Linux PC selling out is another reason Wal-Mart is good for America

$200 Linux PC selling out is another reason Wal-Mart is good for AmericaI disagree...[B]"I've shopped at Wal-Mart most of my life, and think that by and large, Wal-Mart is a positive force in our society."[/B]I haven't shopped in a Wal-Mart in years. The overall quality of many of their goods...

Tags: Quality, OPEN SOURCE, PC, Linux, Linux PC, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-11-13

House measure would force schools to become Napster customers

Not only does your progressive-minded Democratic Congress want to sic the Justice Department on file-sharers, it also wants to force colleges to underwrite subscription-based music services. News.com reports that a new bill in the House, inserted into a huge spending bill for higher education, would not only...

Tags: University, Student, Napster Inc., Piracy, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-11-09

Will emotion or policy drive clean-tech movement?

Will emotion or policy drive clean-tech movement?Amazing Anti-Profit Article!Here is a newsflash: if alternative fuels or energy was profitable we would see it all over the United States and the world! But it is not because not even fat subsidies from the US government can make it work. In fact...

Tags: Benefits, Telecom & Utilities, benefit, energy use, speed limit, environmental

Discussion threads 2007-09-04

More anti-file-sharing rhetoric in Washington

Insidehighered.com, among several other sites, is reporting on Senator Harry Reid's latest proposal to prevent illegal file-sharing on college campuses. The article lists the main components of his plan that he is including as an amendment to the Higher Education Act:The Reid plan would require colleges to: ...

Tags: Education Technology

Blog posts 2007-07-24

Why municipal WiFi is an educational expense

Why municipal WiFi is an educational expenseGreat idea, not practicalMUNI WiFi has been in operational for a couple of years in the City of Cerritos, but it's not free. Access fees are vary depending on how often the user needs to access the Internet ranging from hourly to monthly. Collaborating...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Access Fees, Internet Service Provider, Wi-Fi, municipal Wi-Fi, school district, tax

Discussion threads 2007-07-17

FTC net neutrality position coddles big telecom, cable and copyright

 The Federal Trade Commission’s Internet Access Task Force is out with a report entitled “Broadband Connectivity Competition Policy."I've read most of the report. I am disgusted. Not only does the 170-page report poo-poo the absolute necessity of net neutrality in our deal-obsessed broadband environment, but it is a shill for...

Tags: Predictions and Observations, Net Neutrality

Blog posts 2007-06-28

No one ready for FRCP

No one ready for FRCPTwo straightforward solutions1) Fire a dozen or so teachers and replace them with at least one lawyer and a couple of full-time admins.2) Shut down all electronic communications other than the telephone. You can't be compelled to produce records that never existed.My vote is for...

Tags: FRCP, tech department, e-mail

Discussion threads 2007-06-05

From the too-good-to-be-altruistic department

From the too-good-to-be-altruistic departmentDigital Learning ApartheidDigital Learning ApartheidCharlie Guy, M.Ed.Silent EpidemicAccording to a recent report for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, there exists today.......... ... a high school dropout epidemic in America. Each year, almost one third of all public high school students' and nearly one half of all blacks,...

Tags: learner, at-Risk

Discussion threads 2007-04-25

Lenders abusing federal student borrower database

Lenders with access to an Education Department database of student borrowers have repeatedly violated federal laws, The Washington Post reports. The wrongdoing is so pervasive that Education is considering shutting down the database until it can tighten security, the Post said. Students Social Security numbers, e-mail addresses, phone numbers,...

Tags: Government technology, Education

Blog posts 2007-04-16

Feds get C- security grade but Defense fails, DHS gets a D

The conventional wisdom is that the federal government deserves failing grades for computer security. After all, the big VA breach of a year ago has been followed by many more stories of agencies losing computers, suffering data breaches and failing to encrypt sensitive data. Today a House committee handed out...

Tags: Congress, Security, IT Management, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-04-12

Bill would free colleges to buy anti-piracy software

Attacking the issue of illegal downloading on all fronts, one Congressman is proposing legislation to give grants to schools to install anti-piracy programs, reports Internet News. Rep. Ric Keller of Florida introduced legislation recently which would allow schools to apply for federal grants to help purchase anti-piracy systems. The...

Tags: Legal Issues, Higher Ed, Education Technology

Blog posts 2007-03-30