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- Building a vision for Government 2.0
- Government 2.0 isn't waiting for a federal mandate. Earlier this week, the nation's first ever CIO, Vivek Kundra, urged the use of Web 2.0 approaches to address the needs of government and citizens at the Management of Change conference in Norfolk, Virginia. Kundra outlined several important areas where he...
- Tags: Web, Citizen, Web 2.0, Vision, Vivek Kundra, Government, Vertical Industries, Dion Hinchcliffe
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- National Archives lost 2TB drive from Clinton years
- "The nation's record keeper" - the National Archives and Record Administration - has lost a two-terabyte hard drive containing digital records from Bill Clinton's presidency. In a statement, NARA said that it "takes very seriously the loss of an external hard drive that contained copies of...
- Tags: Security, Agency, NARA, Records Management, Managerial Accounting, Finance, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-05-21
- Gov't IT projects: Billions at risk
- New Congressional testimony by the General Accountability Office GAO reports that "352 [US federal government] projects totaling about $23.4 billionâ€"were poorly planned." by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Testimony, Information Technology, Federal Government, Strategy, Government, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- SAP keynote: Leo Apotheker's appeal for clarity
- Leo Apotheker, co-CEO at SAP has just concluded his keynote speech with a call for 'clarity' in enterprises of all sizes. "The past 10 months have indeed been a turning point for all of us...it is time for clarity...time to be clear...We all face a new reality and it's not...
- Tags: Software, SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?
- Updated: Spies have reportedly been probing the U.S. electrical grid for months and planting software that could be activated at a future date, according to a Wall Street Journal. The report highlights the latest vulnerabilities facing U.S. power infrastructure. The Journal notes that the spies are from China,...
- Tags: Security, SCADA, Grid, Master Station, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- Mobiles for your users
- We all have users for whom a mobile phone of some sort makes a lot of sense. Our district has always either provided a phone or a moderate subsidy for key staff who need to stay in touch. Principals need to be reachable in case of emergencies with...
- Tags: District, Phone, Mobile, Telecom & Utilities, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Senate introduces IT failures bill: No wiggle room
- Senate introduces IT failures bill: No wiggle roomIt's what the President should have been requiring alreadyThis really isn't what Congress should be doing, but there should be such rules.RE: Senate introduces IT failures bill: No wiggle roomA little accountability goes a long way. I just hope the legislation is...
- Tags: Government, Strategy, DEF, information technology, IT Failure, U.S. Senate
- Discussion threads 2008-11-13
- DHS still doesn't quite get this cybersecurity thing
- The Department of Homeland Security is still lacking in the cybersecurity department, according to a bevy of critics. What's galling is that the DHS' inadequacies are barely news anymore. Here's what would be a real news flash: "DHS locks down cybersecurity. Hackers locked out!" Perhaps I'm cynical...
- Tags: U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity, Intelligence Community, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- For sale on eBay: Nuclear biological protection gear and other cool stuff
- eBay auction. Item: F-14 Antenna. Winning bidder: Mahoud A. For sale: Nuclear biological chemical gear. Contact anon1234@craigslist.org eBay auction. Item: Small arms protective inserts. Winning bidder: Hu J. These are just a few of the items the Government Accountability Office discovered for sale on eBay...
- Tags: General Accounting Office, eBay Inc., Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- Google CIO to jump to EMI; And what does he know about music?
- Google CIO to jump to EMI; And what does he know about music?Maybe it's a lark ... or something else ...He should have a quadrillion Google stock options in his pocket, so he doesn't need the money. He might be taking the job as a personal lark, doing something that...
- Tags: EMI Group Plc., Google Inc., sales
- Discussion threads 2008-04-01
- How an information system helped nail Eliot Spitzer and a prostitution ring
- Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's prostitute scandal is all the big news here in New York, but the lesser known tale is how an information system--the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network--played a role in his downfall. On the surface, Spitzer's downfall is a New York...
- Tags: Bank, Information System, Transaction, Financial, FBI, Data, Institution, Internal Revenue Service, Technology, Eliot Spitzer, Wall Street, FinCEN, CTR, Federal Government, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Government, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- Intense interest in Microsoft Office standard
- Intense interest in Microsoft Office standardHigher up the tree[i]The underlying question remains this. Is standards-setting a judicial or a political process? Even if it is a judicial process, should such a process ignore politics, or be informed by it?[/i]I beg to differ. The underlying question is, "what is the...
- Tags: Quality, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Word, standards, Microsoft Corp., OOXML, Microsoft Office, Standards Bodies
- Discussion threads 2007-12-14
- 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
- Beyond a shadow of a pornographic doubt, don't rush to judgment
- Have you seen this man? Known only as "Vico," Interpol is apparently looking for him. According to the Register: Interpol says he appears in about 200 photographs of child abuse taken in Vietnam and Cambodia. His face had been "swirled" in the...
- Tags: Declan McCullagh, Web, Interpol, Termination, PC, Story, Computer, No., Productivity, Workforce Management, Web Site Development, Human Resources, Internet, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-10-08
- Today's Debate: HIPAA, end it or mend it?
- Today's Debate: HIPAA, end it or mend it?Moot PointWhat happened to my rights?I don't think Hillary is the difference hereI think any President is going to mandate standards of care, including standards of record-keeping, which are interoperable and electronic.There are two sides in every business transaction, and one is the...
- Tags: Regulatory compliance, Regulations, E-health, HIPAA, eHR
- Discussion threads 2007-08-21
- U.S. pushes WTO piracy case against China
- U.S. pushes WTO piracy case against ChinaHow about this...If the Bush administration made companies pay more for the goods that they produce in China.... then maybe they wouldn't have to pirate American movies because they might actually be able to afford them. When things get too expensive then people pirate...
- Tags: Free trade, World Trade Organization
- Discussion threads 2007-08-14
- Phishing scams masquerade as government communication
- Identity thieves are expanding their phishing repertoire from banks and credit card companies to federal agencies, reports the Associated PressMasquerading as the Federal Trade Commission, the IRS and the Justice Department, criminals send out thousands of emails in order to trick customers into giving out personal financial information. These websites...
- Tags: Security
- Blog posts 2007-07-27
- GAO: FBI needs a lesson in network security
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation's internal network security practices are a mess, according to a report by the General Accountability Office. In a report released on Thursday, the GAO said "certain information security controls over the critical internal network reviewed were ineffective in protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of...
- Tags: General, Government, Hardware Infrastructure, IT Management, Software Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-05-25
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