Context for the CTO, CIO, CISO and Data Scientist
Steven VanRoekel gave an excellent keynote on Wednesday at the FOSE conference. Mr VanRoekel is a former Microsoft executive who has been in the Federal Government since 2009. He outlined the steps that he is pushing as the Federal CIO to improve IT throughout the government. He highlighted the pervasiveness of mobile technology, and how [...]
Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. USAID releases open data tools to increase government openness – “The U.S. Agency for International Development announced April 29 the launch of a plethora of new datasets and tools to increase transparency.” “At the conference, USAID announced the launch of usaid.gov/developer — its application [...]
On 4 April 2013, Carahsoft sponsored the Third Annual Government Big Data Forum. This post is the first in a series that seeks to capture key elements of the forum and keep the dialog going. Over 350 Big Data leaders and decision-makers in the federal domain came together 4 April 2013 for our third Big [...]
Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Army defends its mobile device security plan – “The Department of Defense’s inspector general has reposted and updated a report critical of the Army’s shortcomings in handling cybersecurity for commercial mobile devices (CMD), with some changes to correct for what it says were mistakes.” [...]
The 4 April 2013 Government Big Data Forum is shaping up to be an absolutely incredible event, especially if you are a government professional seeking ways to make sense over data to better serve your organization’s mission. The event will also be great for the IT community that serves and supports the government. If you [...]
The Government Big Data Forum has been gathering every year for three years now to discuss how to leverage Big Data for government mission impact. We dive deep into lessons learned, share issues/challenges, receive demos from hot technology firms and network with fellow practitioners in a day-long forum. This year we are so excited about this event [...]
