In the past three posts in this series, we have explored redefining our nation’s access to education and training in the 21st century. We’ve delved into why the digital divide matters, why it’s such a difficult problem to solve, and encouraging progress. Today, we wrap things up by peering into our crystal ball and taking a stab at how today’s tech... read more...
In the past two posts in this series, we’ve touched on the challenges our nation faces in bridging the “Digital Gap” and why those problems are difficult to solve. Today, we’d like to talk about where we are seeing progress. Fortunately, we have a lot to report. The 2009 economic stimulus package made digital empowerment a national priority by allo... read more...
Last week we discussed the role of technology access and education in economic development and the future of U.S. innovation. This week we’d like to dive deeper into what is holding us back. The digital divide – the huge disparity in economic and social opportunity between digital haves and have-nots – remains the largest obstacle to universal tech... read more...
The rough economic seas we’re sailing these days can make anyone queasy about our nation’s future. Longstanding concerns about U.S. competitiveness in the global economy are accelerating these concerns. For years, many international and domestic studies have found that the United States continues to lag behind other developed countries in access to... read more...
It’s an unfortunate irony that many U.S. military personnel stationed overseas – nearly 300,000 in 2010 – have difficulty voting in elections back home. Fortunately, a new cloud computing service is helping overcome the tyranny of distance and help them exercise the right they defend for us all. LiveBallot - a cloud-based service that enables absen... read more...
The federal belt-tightening promised for 2012 will start shortly, meaning government agencies are already scrambling to find ways to squeeze the most from existing IT investments while meeting mandates to move to cloud and mobile computing. Decreased funding for federal IT will force federal employees, contractors and partners to find more efficien... read more...
Take your pick of memorable movies – action, romance, comedy, whatever – and you’ll often find that an “opposites attract/odd couple” setup drives the story. Different traits clash to provoke interesting situations and insights, and character typically end up cooperating to solve problems neither partner could solve alone. This odd couple dyn... read more...
Cloud computing is approaching a tipping point in government. A combination of decreasing budgets and government mandates has most agencies focused on data center consolidation, infrastructure cost savings and collaboration on intra and inter agency shared services. Security and privacy are often cited as the biggest barriers to cloud adoption, par... read more...
I’ve been in the cybersecurity field long enough to see some pretty disturbing things, but the letter below left me speechless. We knew Cyber criminals would stop at nothing to gain access to sensitive and valuable private information, but asking Santa for help? That’s not right. Luckily Kris Kringle is a tireless IT privacy and security supp... read more...
Will the transition to a new Federal CIO hinder federal cloud computing deployment?