By Guest Blogger Darlene Meskell, Director, Global Government Innovation Networks What if all the governments of North America could leverage the power of information technology to jointly attack transcontinental problems of public health and safety instantaneously and at very little cost? The spread of disease and the proliferation of criminal activities would be more tightly …
Tag Archive: IT
Jul
11
FedRAMP: Security and Cloud Computing
FedRAMP has been in the news a lot these days. Why is it getting buzz and how does it affect your agency? Here’s a quick summary and resources on how to learn more. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a government-wide program that provides a standard approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring …
Mar
01
Mobile Government Is Productive Government
Government leaders recognize a multitude of benefits from transitioning to a more mobile government. A survey of 152 Federal CIOs and IT managers commissioned by Meritalk cited increased productivity and easier telework as top reasons for adopting mobile technology. This is followed by IT hardware cost savings and improved disaster recovery. “Between the tablet revolution and telework …
Jan
25
Microvolunteering: Opportunities for Government
If you’ve got a cell phone and a few extra minutes you can you can be a micro-volunteer. This is a kind of virtual volunteering, using the Internet or a smartphone app to pitch in whenever and wherever you can. Microvolunteering networks such as sparked.com and the National Archives Citizen Archivist Dashboard connect volunteers with …
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