Multiple hearings focus on figuring out what led to the Dec. 25 attempted terrorist attack. FBI, DHS, State offer details on what changes each made in the last month.
We told you yesterday that Danielle Germain decided to step down as the General Services Administration’s chief of staff for “other opportunities.” Her last day was yesterday. That left many questions about what those opportunities…
Somehow it feels that the White House it clearing off its desk before the end of the year. What else would explain Tuesday’s announcement that Howard Schmidt would be the Obama administration’s cybersecurity coordinator —…
On Monday, I am part of an event focused on the use of Web 2.0 in the government market hosted by government marketing guru Mark Amtower titled, Social Networking for B2G: Who’s Doing What, Why…
Regular readers know that I am not of a fan of the term “social media” — and I like “social networking” even less. I originally wrote about it back in September under the headline The…
Shockingly enough, we are nearing the end of the year — and we are also nearing the end of the first decade of the 21st century. I actually forgot all of this until I was…
Social networking — it is a term that has increasingly grown to make me cringe. And it is more then just semantics. Regular DorobekInsider readers and listeners to Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s Daily Debrief…
The buzz around town for the past few days is the announcement that GovLoop, the “Facebook for feds,” has a new home — with GovDelivery, a Minnesota-based company that specializes in helping agencies communicate with…
Information sharing is one of the most vexing issues for government. So, the Industry Advisory Council decided it would be good to share information on information sharing — and they have a new white paper…
The federal CIO Council has published guidance for the secure use of “social media” — and they are branding it version 1.0. The formal title: Guidelines for Secure Use of Social Media by Federal Departments…
The federal CIO Council has published guidance for the secure use of “social media” — and they are branding it version 1.0. The formal title: Guidelines for Secure Use of Social Media by Federal Departments…
Too often, enterprise 2.0 and security seem to be in conflict. The Defense Department is on the front lines of this debate. DOD is now fleshing out its policy that could be released publicly later…
UPDATE: See the video from News Channel 8 here… The DorobekInsider will be on DC’s NewsChannel 8’s Federal News Tonight program tonight in the 7:30p ET half-hour.. and we’re going to be talking about Intellipedia…
We have been telling you about the the Recovery and Transparency Board and the General Services Administration, which acted as the Recovery Board’s acquisition team, $9.5 million contact award to Smartronix for the next generation…
I mentioned that I was over the Britain for the past few days celebrating my sister’s birthday. (My mother was able to rent this remarkable place designed by famous British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, who…