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Management of Change Conference, May 23-25, Philadelphia, Be There or Be Unchanged

March 6th, 2010 · No Comments · government business

This year I was lucky enough to be allowed to be one of the Workshop Co-Chairs for the Management of Change Conference, sponsored by ACT-IAC; with two wonderful co-chairs Goldy Kamali, the Goddess of FedScoop!, and Valarie Burks, from the Department of Agriculture.
In this entry I wanted to give a Workshop committee update, encouraging readers [...]

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The Big Bang Theory Hearts Firefly

February 9th, 2010 · No Comments · 2009 china solar eclipse, Entertainment, Firefly, Serenity, government business, movies, travel

For those who knew me when I was the CIO at the US Department of Transportation, you will know that I held a monthly lunch with a small band of fans of both the TV show Firefly, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_(TV_series), and the movie Serenity, http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/serenity/.
For references to this, see the end of the interview I gave for [...]

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CIO Magazine Article On Cybersecurity

July 16th, 2009 · No Comments · cyber-security

The lead story in the July 1, 2009 issue of CIO Magazine deals with cyber-security.
The Editor’s Letter headline is:
“Whac-A-Mole” Approach to Security
and contains the following paragraph:
“It’s hard to imagine more appropriate imagery for our cover story (“Moving Target”) about the widespread frustration with mounting cybersecurity threats and the lack of an effective U.S. government response. [...]

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