Category: technology
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Article on the Panel I Moderated at the Federal Health IT Summit
Nice follow-up article in Fierce Mobile Healthcare regarding the panel I moderated here.
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Health IT – Mobility, Wearables, and the Internet of Things
A remarkable statistic that was presented during the panel discussion I moderated yesterday at the first Federal Health IT summit hosted by ATARC, the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center, was that medical errors in hospitals are the third leading cause of death in the United States. The focus of the panel directly and indirectly dealt…
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More Efficient Mail Delivery
It occurs to me that if we were able to connect our mailbox to the recycling bin in some automated fashion, it would would increase efficiency.
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Today’s AFCEA Bethesda Panel on Leveraging Data
This morning was the first of two breakfasts that AFCEA Bethesda is hosting relating to the importance of data within the Federal Government with panelists talking about how to maximize the use of the large amounts of Government generated data. The panel was moderated by long-time industry veteran, Wyatt Kash, who currently is the Vice…
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Spectrum Sharing – A Few Thoughts From My Experiences at the October Workshop
I posted a few weeks ago about the Spectrum Sharing workshop that I was going to help facilitate. The problem that the Federal Government is wrestling with is the increased use of wireless technologies, not just wireless phones and tablets but things like wireless insulin pumps and cars. BTW, I was at a Cybersecurity Conference…
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My Top Three Articles Relating to the Federal Government From Last Friday
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On Friday, October 24, I was on the Federal News Countdown, hosted by Francis Rose, along with Jenny Mattingley, director of government affairs for Shaw, Bransford and Roth. You can hear the show, and see a picture of an old, bald guy standing next to Jenny, here. The format of the show is each guest…
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An Example of Why I Enjoy Teaching
In one of my graduate classes I teach at the University of Maryland University College, we had a question thread this week relating to the Internet of Every/Any Thing asking students to imagine new ideas that they hadn’t read about. This resulted in the following on-line exchange:
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Counting Down
I’ll be on the Francis Rose hosted Federal News Countdown this coming Friday at 4pm, on WFED, 1500 on your AM (yes, they still broadcast on AM) dial. The format of the show is two people “select three news stories they think are most important in the world of government.” So my next step is…
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Sharing Is Not Always An Easy Thing – Federal-Commercial Spectrum Data Workshop
I have been asked to facilitate a workshop which will attempt to move the dialog along about spectrum sharing. The workshop will be all day October 21st at the National Science Foundation It is one of the action steps that resulted from President Obama’s Memorandum on “Unleashing the Wireless Broadband Revolution”, further discussed in a…
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My Presentation to the Maryland Commission on Cybersecurity Innovation and Excellence
I was invited to testify earlier today before the Maryland Commission on Cybersecurity Innovation and Excellence. The Commission was established by the Maryland State Legislature to “conduct an overview of federal and state cyber security laws and policies and consider Maryland’s role in promoting cyber innovation and to recommend a comprehensive framework and strategic plan for…