Posts Tagged ‘ Gov2.0 ’

An Adobe Flex Application for Course Of Action Evaluation: Please Give Me Your Thoughts

December 12, 2009
By BobGourley

If you have a few minutes I would really appreciate you checking out an application I wrote. The application automates some actions common to US Military staff planning by building a dynamic, interactive decision-matrix.   I’ll discuss the use case for the application and then end with links to the source code for...
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If We Can Put a Man on the Moon: Getting Big Things Done In Government

November 19, 2009
By BobGourley
If We Can Put a Man on the Moon: Getting Big Things Done In Government

I found: If We Can Put a Man on the Moon: Getting Big Things Done in Governmentto be a book I couldn’t put down. This great read is about results and how to get them.  And, as the title implies, it focuses on big results in government.  The government is doing many things to...
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Some CTO Vision: Is the future still the same?

August 15, 2009
By BobGourley
Some CTO Vision: Is the future still the same?

Next month’s Gov2.0 Summit (9-10 Sep) is going to be a great event.  From what I’ve seen of the agenda and the hard work the conference organizers have been putting into this I can tell it will bring together a great mix of techies, govies, innovators and citizens in a fast-moving, productive discussion about...
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Some “Must Attend” Events in the Federal IT Space

July 13, 2009
By Bob Gourley
Some “Must Attend” Events in the Federal IT Space

Good conferences can really help you get things done.  You connect with people you need to meet, learn new trends, gain insights into customer perspectives and keep improving your own abilities.  But you already know that.  You probably also know that you can go overboard with conferences. You can spend so much time in...
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OGI Conference: Recommended for enterprise CTOs in the federal space

June 26, 2009
By Bob Gourley
OGI Conference: Recommended for enterprise CTOs in the federal space

The next big Gov2.0 event is the 21-22 July 2009 Open Government & Innovations Conference (OGI).  The list of speakers includes some of the greats from the federal IT scene, including: Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO Aneesh Chopra, Federal CTO Tim O’Reilly, Visionary of the Web2.0 movement David Weinberger, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School David Wennergren,...
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Gov2.0: Time for us all to work on something big

May 14, 2009
By Bob Gourley

On 8 and 9 and 10 September 2009 there will be a great confluence of a cause so many of us believe in and people we all respect and trust. The events those days are the Gov2.0 Expo Showcase and the Gov2.0 Summit. The people so many of us respect and trust include a long list...
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Government 2.0 Camp 27-28 March 2009 in DC

January 17, 2009
By Bob Gourley

Have you ever heard of an Unconference? Have you ever heard of a BarCamp? If these are new terms please read on, there are some important aspects of these concepts that CTOs should be familiar with.   And there is a specific BarCamp Unconference coming up 27-28 March in the DC area focused on Gov2.0 that I’ll...
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