During the three years I was the CIO at the US Department of Transportation, I found ready mechanisms to articulate my opinions about government management, the challenges of being a CIO, the impact of social networking and the internet, and how to deal with technology decisions.

As a Departmental CIO, I was invited to far more events and meetings than I had the time or inclination to speak to. There were frequent requests for interviews and when I wrote a column it was eagerly accepted for publication. Whether the reasons for this happening were the title of the provider or the value of the contents I will leave to those who listened or read.

Over time I became active on Facebook and Linked In, and over the last six months in the Government experimented with the challenge of saying something that at least potentially would be of interest 140 characters at a time on Twitter.First Blog Entry – Responding to Government RFP's