A few weeks ago, early on a Saturday morning, I found myself at the Cornerstone Christian Church in Richmond, VA, sitting in a chair in the Church social hall. Facing me were perhaps 15 young (and not so young) immigrants from various parts of Sudan. I had wrestled for perhaps two weeks since I was [...]
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In 2009, our family went to China to see a solar eclipse. This was the second solar eclipse we had gone to, the first being in Turkey in 2006, but this time we also took our daughters, Miriam and Tamar with us. In Wuhan, where we watched the eclipse we were joined by an American [...]
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February 15th was my 30th anniversary, which I will likely comment on in a separate post. Ellen and I decided that we would do our 30th anniversary ‘stuff’ later this year. Not everyone would understand this reference but this is not dissimilar to many American Jewish families who don’t like the time of year their [...]
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Two events happened today that are at least in my mind related. First when I woke up I checked my emails for the two classes I am teaching through distance learning, at the University of Maryland University College, a capstone class for an IT Master’s program, and at Syracuse University, about Cyber-Security Policy. One of [...]
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So the first part of my time in Brasilia is finished, the two day conference on eGovernment. I did my presentation earlier today, here is the updated version modified with suggestions from my last blog entry and tweet: International Experiences with Integrated Services – United States
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I have been recently asked to provide some insights for the Brazilian government based on my experiences as the CIO for the US Department of Transportation. The initial discussions will occur later this week and include my participation on a panel December 2, www.informacaoecidadania.gov.br, with a represenative from Korea and one from the European Union providing [...]
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