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ISV Helps Boost Government Accountability With Software-Plus-Services Solution

The Internet is a powerful tool for government agencies that wish to provide timely, accurate information to constituents. However, constraints such as costs, limited resources for IT administration, and connectivity issues sometimes hamper the ability of public organizations to use the Web to its fullest potential. Granicus, a Microsoft Gold...

Tags: Government Agency, Microsoft Corp., Accountability, Government, Internet, Productivity, Financial Accounting, Finance

Case studies 2009-10-01

Performance Management in Government Barriers and Breakthroughs in the Public Sector

Government agencies are accountable for proving and improving performance. When agency officials stand in front of Congress, the president or the Office of Management and Budget, they need hard data that validates their business decisions - proof that they have made rational choices that drive the agency's mission. A growing...

Tags: Barrier, Public Sector, Performance, Agency, Government Agency, Government, Performance Management, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing

White papers 2008-06-01

Consultant: SOA not good enough yet for government work

The government -- particularly at the federal level -- is seen as a leading force in the move to SOA. Government agencies are constantly under pressure to deliver more with less and are saddled with massive warehouses full of legacy systems. Thus, SOA seems like a natural route to...

Tags: Government Agency, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Government, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-03-07

From Tactical to Strategic: Transforming Government's Chief Human Capital Officer - Managing the Work Force in a Proactive and Strategic Way

Government agencies are facing what many experts have called a human capital crisis in the public sector - the aging and retiring work force. To complicate matters, few agencies know when, where or what the impact of this crisis will be on their missions or the citizens they support, and...

Tags: Work Force, Agency, Government Agency, Government, Human Capital, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing

White papers 2008-03-01

Government employee blogs

When is the public's right to know more important than a government agency's right to privacy? Bob Artner looks at the legal issues involved in government employee blogs and suggests evaluating them along a continuum.

Tags: Blog, Blogging, Security, Internet, Government Agency, Privacy

Whiteboards 2005-10-27

Be Prepared When Disaster Strikes: Implement a Solid Continuity of Operations Plan With Veritas Cluster Server

Government agencies are charged with storing and protecting the nation's most sensitive medical, financial, and law enforcement-related data. In case of unexpected disaster, one must be prepared to provide continuous backup and fast recovery simultaneously to protect critical data and systems. The attendee of this webcast will learn how to...

Tags: Continuity Of Operations Plan, VERITAS Cluster Server, Symantec Corp., Webcast, VERITAS Software Corp., Government Agency, Server, Security

Webcasts

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Beware business cloud dangers, says EU agency

Spoken like someone without a clueBut then again, what can be expected from trolls anymore?Originality?Security & AccessGrant the LEAST amount of access for the end user.DENY then ALLOW, why would you open up Port 80 to the world if you only do business in the United States or local area...

Tags: agency, cloud provider, legality, data centre, security

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Resistance to change: The real Enterprise 2.0 barrier

Vive Le Resistance!Michael - Resistance to Change, Immunity to Change - there is a lot of activity on the "real work" beyond tech and into enacting and leveraging change agents of Enterprise 2.0 lately... great that we're all surfacing these issues in increasingly large forums.For a bit more flavor on...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, transparency, worker

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Other governments are "Going Google," too - not just L.A.

Los Angeles may have been Google's biggest catch for its Go Google campaign, but it's not the only government agency to make the switch. by Sam Diaz

Tags: Google Inc., Los Angeles, Government, Vertical Industries, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-11-12

Developing government's human voice

Yet another government bureacracy...[quote] We start with focusing on what is the mission of government and its various agencies. How can we meet these missions in a better way? How can we leverage technology to engage people we may not have had access to in the past? [/quote]The part of...

Tags: Vertical industries, Advertising & Promotion, agency, government

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Windows 7 security default worries experts

How many Windows 7 does it take...How many dribble articles about Windows 7 canthere be in one week.I heard Windows 7 is now helping the economy andit has changed global warming to global cooling.So the polar bears are now SAFE!!! Way to go Windows 7 it is like the messiah...

Tags: Operating systems, Ubunutu, Microsoft Windows 7, security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Win7

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

BlackBerry the choice of organized crime

You mean police have to workand do things themselves instead of casting a massive net over everyone? What a shame...well its good for RIM ....As for gang member there is one thing i never understood .Why does the a real clean up have been never made ....you set...

Tags: Handhelds, organized crime, RIM BlackBerry, RCMP

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Uncle Sam: less wasteful?

President Obama has just solidified his lasting credentials...as being hopeful. He actually is trying to push energy efficiency inside the federal government, America's largest energy consumer. Solar Humvees in Iraq? Fewer limos with their motors running at Dulles Airport? Shut down Washington D.C. in August and...

Tags: President, Barack Obama, Real Estate, Construction, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-07

LCROSS (Gallery: NASA ready to shoot the moon)

so whatFortunately the next manned moon flight has been canceled. It was worthwhile to go to the moon in order to find out that it is not worth going to the moon. Myself a scientist I found that one should never give politicians, the military or scientific organization blank checks....

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, LCROSS, NASA, Gallery

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Now the fun starts on health reform

Tyranny wrapped up in compassionand you're a willing advocate. News flash for you. You won't get to be one of the rulers. Your life will wind up sucking just as badly as everyone else under the new system.A move to Canada is looking better and better every day. nt:-(Health Care...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, province, federal government, insurance

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

ICANN declares independence, breaks ties with U.S. government

Let the in-fighting begin!How long before it is subverted for political/ideolical purposes like the U.N. has been subverted?(not to say the U.S. hasn't)A bit of naiveness involvedIt stands to reason that, when governments are involved, that there will be political and ideological squabbles on any decision.The EU as a "unified"...

Tags: Government, Corporate governance, INTERNET, Vertical industries, U.S. Government, ICANN

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

ICANN declares independence, breaks ties with U.S. government

The Internet's keeper of domain names and IP addresses has gone global. On Wednesday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN and the US Department of Commerce said the agency will no longer have ties to the US government and will remain a private, not-for-profit organization. ...

Tags: ICANN, U.S. Government, Internet, Domain Names, Government, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-30

Chinese hackers launch targeted attacks against foreign correspondents

According to an assessment published by the Information Warfare Monitor, Chinese hacktivists politically motivated hackers have recently launched a targeted malware attack against foreign news correspondents attempting to trick them into executing a malware-embedded PDF attachment (Interview list.pdf), coming from a non-existent editor working for The Straits Times. ...

Tags: China, Malware, Hacker, Attack, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-29

MIT students snap space photos of the earth with $40 Canon A470

Very CoolOpens some very intriging low cost possibilities for astronomers around the world.Go Beavers!I miss the good old days walking up and down the Infinite Corridor.RE: MIT students snap space photos of the earth with $40 Canon A470Great job! The trip down is a blast!RE: MIT students snap space photos...

Tags: MIT Students, Canon A470, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Canon Inc., photograph, NASA

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

FCC: Comcast contradicts itself in claim agency has no power over it

Not surprising..They got caught with their hand in the cookie jar and now want to deny it. So of course they will change their tune when any type of action is taken. Comcast needs to be strung up from the tallest tree and hung for the world to see. I...

Tags: Federal government, agency, FCC, Comcast Corp., legal argument

Discussion threads 2009-09-24