NPR: Obama Expected To Appoint A Technology Czar
Today’s Morning Edition has a segment on Obama’s plan to appoint a government-wide Technology Czar / CTO. The story also describes his administration’s plans to make government information more accessible by citizens.
Will the next administration treat technology differently then what we’ve seen in the past? Will the push [...]

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Earlier this year, amidst intense rabble rousing to herald the arrival of 08, I had what at the time seemed like a vision. Perhaps even an epiphany. Dare I say…a revelation. Admittedly, most things that penetrated my champagne haze were met with an internal “dude…that is a great idea” but unlike my notion of genetically [...]

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IT Project Failures has been examining the all to frequent phenomenon of government IT project failures. Central to the analysis – typically opaque bureaucracies shy away from revealing their internal machinations, especially when it has to do with something as complex as large IT projects.
What can government leaders can do to improve the situation? 

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Nothing makes me think more about Enterprise 2.0 than a 70$ haircut. I mean, I need to think about something other than the outrage that is this decent-bar-tab-priced grooming ritual. If I don’t, I fear I may intentionally spear the slight French man architecting my coif with his own clearly expensive shears. (Sacre bleu!) It [...]

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As I was sitting in a taxi in downtown Amman, my mind was wandering to various familiar topics. My upcoming sharwarma sandwich (so tasty), the greatness of IU basketball (Go Hoosiers), and of course Enterprise 2.0 (also very tasty). It was at this point, not 5 milliseconds after contemplating the turnover disparity of the [...]

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