ASMC The Business of Defense

  • What is fast government? How is the national archives transitioning to the electronic records environment? How are changing work habits and technology decreasing the federal government's real estate footprint? What is national health security? How are VA and HUD working together to end veteran homelessness? How is NASA building its leaders of tomorrow today? Listen to the latest The Business of Government Magazine and find out.

    August 02, 2013
  • At a recent health IT demonstration, the Veterans Affairs Department showcased nine different technologies that it hopes will change how it delivers health care. The agency is testing medical mobile apps on iPads with 1,000 severely injured veterans.

    August 02, 2013
  • Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has revealed the results a four-month Strategic Choices and Management Review, He said the Pentagon would cut overhead by almost $40 billion more over the next decade, and was looking at $50 billion in savings from compensation. He said the review also pointed to possible reductions of up to 70,000 troops from the U.S. Army's active force, and up to 65,000 from the Army reserves.

    August 01, 2013
  • Edwin Elmore Federal Cloud Business Development Manager Cisco Public Sector Mr. Elmore has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, the last 14 years he has served multiple roles at Cisco Systems. For…

    July 31, 2013
  • Mark Lambdin Business Development Manager Federal Segment Cisco Systems, Inc. As the Business Development Manager for DHS, Mark Lambdin leads Cisco’s activities in executive engagement, strategic initiatives, and program capture. Mr. Lambdin has over 25…

    July 31, 2013
  • While social media can be an important part of your marketing mix, it is important to maintain a sense of perspective and pragmatism.

    July 30, 2013
  • In part two of our examination of cloud computing in the federal government, Dave McClure with the General Services Administration, and Edwin Elmore and Mark Lambdin with Cisco Systems in Washington, provide a report card on cloud computing. How are industry and government meeting the challenges of security, acquisitions and 'big data' when it comes to the cloud? And what do government and industry expect from each other when it comes to the business of cloud computing?

    July 29, 2013
  • The Federal Marketing Insight is a weekly feature highlighting a topical marketing subject. It’s meant to be interesting and a quick read.

    July 29, 2013
  • Jon Desenberg of the Performance Institute and John Kamensky of the IBM Center for the Business of Government, will discuss how to instill a culture of performance at your agency. July 26, 2013

    July 27, 2013
  • Dr. Robyn leads one of the largest and most diversified public real estate organizations in the world. Dorothy Robyn Commissioner Public Buildings Service General Services Administration

    July 25, 2013
  • This week on AFGE's "Inside Government" Department of Defense Local 1708 President Bill McGuire talks about the impact of furloughs on the Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point in Southport, N.C. AFGE National Council of SSA Field Operations Locals President Witold Skwierczynski discusses resolved outstanding articles from the union's contract agreement with SSA while Economic Policy Institute Economic Analyst David Cooper addresses the lingering effects of unemployment on the economic recovery.

    July 25, 2013
  • Federal contractors have members whom they’d like to position as thought leaders which is a great way to position your company as experts in an area.

    July 23, 2013
  • Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail after comrades launched a military-style assault, authorities said on Monday. Reuters reports ten policemen and four militants were killed in the clashes. Suicide bombers reportedly drove cars packed with explosives to the gates of the prison on the outskirts of Baghdad on Sunday night and blasted their way into the compound, while gunmen attacked guards with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.

    July 23, 2013
  • The Federal Marketing Insight is a weekly feature highlighting a federal marketing subject. It’s meant to be interesting, insightful and a quick read.

    July 22, 2013