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Uncle Sam at Your Service: 2010 Federal Customer Experience Study

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My Cup of IT

Would You Like Chips with That?

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The Munchkin Coroner Concludes...

A New Blog from Alan Balutis

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Ogov Survey

Exercise Your Voice

On March 23, MeriTalk was called as a witness by the Senate's Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security Subcommittee for a hearing on open government. View the results of the Ogov Survey that MeriTalk shared and continue to share your thoughts.

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Sep 28, 2009

Moving Beyond Compliance: The Status Quo Is No Longer Acceptable

The threats to our nations information security continue to evolve and therefore our approach to cybersecurity must confront these new realities. In order to meet the evolving challenges we now face, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) metrics need to be ...

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SOURCE: ITDashboard Blog Feed

Jul 30, 2010

Clean Green Energy

Earlier this month I flew into the Midland International Airport for a family visit. I was struck by the changes on the horizon; where five years ago there was nothing but shrubs and cattle in the dis ...

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SOURCE: Around the Corner

Jun 25, 2010

OpenGov Still Leaving Millions Behind

Originally published on GovLoop. Q: How do we bridge the digital divide – that ignominious gap between people who enjoy ready access to web-based and mobile technology and those who lack such resources? This question is a little explored, but critical element of ...

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SOURCE: Generation Shift

Blog: Would You Like Chips with That?

As "Mc-Intel" offers a side of security with every order, seems fusion food is today's IT nouveau cuisine. With the master chefs at Gartner predicting salad days ahead for enterprise tech budge

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SOURCE: MeriTalk Updates

Sep 2, 2010

NASA Helps with Chilean Mine Collapse

When I think of NASA, I think trips to space, landing on the moon, work at the space station, all things way above the Earth's surface. I don't think of NASA as being the experts on handling situations below the Earth's surface.As it turns out, experts from NASA are just the ...

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SOURCE: Gov Gab: Your U.S. Government Blog

Aug 23, 2010

Cybersecurity: A Team Sport

So I was thinking about how much the Department of the Navy relies on teamwork (civilians/military/contractors and academia) to build and manage our information systems. It has been a while since I last wrote, but I thought it was important to cover the topic of ...

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SOURCE: DON CIO - Blog