I had the good fortune to attend and present at the Gov 2.0 Camp in LA this last weekend put on by Alan Silberberg (@You2Gov) and Lovisa WIlliams (@Lovisatalk). Kudos to both Alan and Lovisa for the great event that they put together. It was an impressive gathering of people and ideas – both...
Read more →Like every other amateur prognosticator, I wish I had a crystal ball to tell what is coming tomorrow. But I don’t. The nearest I can give are the nine trends that I expect to see when it comes to government and technology that may give indications about the future. Those trends include: Shared Services...
Read more →Today I am off on a new adventure with the Altimeter Group as the new Partner focused on government and public sector. I am really excited to join my former colleagues and friends Charlene, Ray, and Jeremiah and make some new friends in Deb and Lora in this amazing journey. As we have been...
Read more →Yesterday, President Obama was the first president in history to send a tweet, sent via the @RedCross account during a visit to the Red Cross’s Washington DC headquarters. There were tweets from the @BarackObama account during the campaign, but these were from campaign staffers. This was the first time the President, our most technologically...
Read more →Today, at the Platt’s Smart Grid Strategies Conference in Berlin, Cisco announced it’s continued commitment to developing and driving the backbone of the smart grid by announcing some new efforts and new partnerships. In the way of new efforts by Cisco, one of the most welcomed announcements is Cisco’s increased smart grid security effort. ...
Read more →Let’s be honest – technology is changing fast. I think tying your agency to a particular social media technology or platform, whether it be Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, or another technology is a mistake. The technology platforms that are here today may significantly change or not be here at all tomorrow. Instead, agencies should focus...
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