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October, 2011
Saturday, October, 1, 2011 | Seth Harris
DOL’s Customer Service Modernization Program
Tags: Labor, Customer Service, CRM
Working with the Office of Management and Budget, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is working to position itself as a government leader in customer service.
Saturday, October, 1, 2011 | Bajinder Paul
A Fresh Perspective of Emerging Leaders
Tags: Cloud, GSA, FEDRAMP, Change Management, Georgetown University
In early 2010, I was offered a unique opportunity by Georgetown University, School of Technology Management, a part of the university’s continuing studies, to design and teach a graduate level course that focused on the topic of technology modernization and its impact on managing organizational change.
Saturday, October, 1, 2011 | Reed Racette
Even if it Ain’t Broke…Fix it
Tags: Legacy Systems, Modernization, ITIL
...at some point these systems will reach the end of their lives – they will fail, or they will reach the point where they are no longer supportable or compatible with current technology. Should we wait for that to happen?
Saturday, October, 1, 2011 | Congressman James P. Moran
Smart Technologies Can Help DoD Save Money
Tags: Congress, Department of Defense, Automated Testing, Navy
Given our nation’s difficult budget situation, the Department of Defense (DoD) has undertaken a fundamental review of U.S. military missions and capabilities in an effort to find $400 billion in savings over the next 12 years.
Saturday, October, 1, 2011 | Steven P. Bucci
Continuous Monitoring: A Mandate We All Need
Tags: Cyber, it security, Continuous Monitoring, FISMA, Governance, Infrastructure, Information Security
Today the United States lives in a true ‘round the clock digital environment. On the up side, our digital infrastructures never sleep, and this gives us an unprecedented advantage over competitor nations and a host of blessings to our citizens.
Saturday, October, 1, 2011 | Tony Fernandez
Agile Development in a Waterfall Environment
Tags: Agile, Software Engineering, Software Development, Waterfall
Agile practices can be successfully applied in a Waterfall environment to improve software projects. Both the Waterfall and Agile software development approaches are popular today. This article focuses on leveraging Agile practices in a Waterfall environment when a full Agile approach cannot be employed.
Saturday, October, 1, 2011 | William Halal
Reaching for Apple’s Success
Tags: Apple, Technology Strategy, George Washington University
Here’s a little-known fact: Apple, although seemingly omnipresent throughout our society, wasn’t always so successful. Before the iPod, iPhone, and iPad became profitable icons of high-tech fashion, Steve Jobs suffered a long series of failures.
Saturday, October, 1, 2011 | Brian Moran
Funnies- M-11-129: From Cloud to Tornadic Computing
Tags: comic, Cloud, comedy, funnies
GovernmentCIO Comic Strip.