A big appointment for the Obama administration: It has been somewhat known but it is all but official — Frank DiGiammarino is moving to the White House. Starting next month, he will be the Deputy…
I’m up early this morning to attend the monthly breakfast gathering for AFCEA International’s Bethesda, MD chapter — and it’s a good one this morning. I expect a packed house as Vivek Kundra, the federal…
One of the more vexing issues right now is transparency and the recovery program, and I keep pointing out that this is all unprecedented. There has arguably never been this level of transparency on this…
The Obama administration’s announcement late Friday — and officially made on Saturday — of the OMB deputy director of management/chief performance officer as well as the much discussed Obama chief technology officer has been the…
I had the opportunity to attend a fascinating session Wednesday focusing on transparency and, specifically, the stimulus package — creatively titled “Transparency as a Management Tool.” The session was hosted by the CGI Initiative for…
For as long as I’ve been covering government technology issues, the mantra has been that agencies should never roll out technology for technology’s sake. I often referred to it as the gadget rule — yes,…
Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s Government IT Solutions Spotlight is back. It is a bit different this year. I’m still teamed with WTOP’s Adam Tuss, but, of course, last year, I was on the program…
A few weeks ago, the Federal News Radio Book Club featured Jeff Jarvis’ What Would Google Do? The book is fascinating for many industries — there is a false but growing thought that Google has…
I mentioned that I was at Government 2.0 Camp over the weekend. This was the inaugural event of the Government 2.0 Club. Yesterday on Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and…
Collaboration is difficult because, in most cases, it involves changing the way we have done business. That is particularly true in government, which can often be stymied by the ‘that’s not the way we do…
The ACT-IAC government 2.0 panel today at FOSE As I have been mentioning, I have the opportunity to moderate a panel at the FOSE trade show on Wednesday titled Government 2.0: Evolution or revolution. I’ll…
03.02.09 DC snow Originally uploaded by cdorobek Yes, Washington, DC is blanketed by snow — really. The first real DC snowstorm in years. It means I’ll be taking public transportation to Federal News Radio 1500…
Collaborators collaborating around collaboration — what a concept. That is essentially what the newly created Government 2.0 Club is — and the Government 2.0 Club is holding an event — the Government 2.0 Camp. The…