Smart Grid Anaysis, NanoMarkets’ group focused on the analyzing emerging market and technology opportunities within Smart Grids, has issued a new report on the future development of the market. The report finds that there will likely be a slowdown in the future due to government regulation.  While the government is currently investing money into the [...]

The Obama administration’s expansive effort to bring transparency to the federal government is moving forward, but not without its share of challenges. David McClure, associate administrator of the Office of Citizen Services and Communications, highlighted the idea that the initiative is not an overnight prospect for government and private executives at the General Services Administration, [...]

While the benefits of switching the U.S. to an Electronic Health/Medical Record (EH/MR) are numerous, public apprehension about turning over personal medical histories to the government is significant. According to Forbes, a poll conducted by Ponemon Institute found that “of the 868 Americans surveyed about their views on digitizing and storing health records, only 27% [...]

With the Obama Administration placing a high priority on the goal of transparency in the federal government these days, blogging has become a dynamic, useful tool for agency officials to communicate thoughts, opinions and information directly to the public.  High-ranking federal officials are taking to the web and fueling a communications trend that is rapidly [...]

The Office of Personnel Management has taken steps to improve the federal government’s job engine USAJOBS.gov, making changes to increase ease and efficiency. “USAJOBS is a great example of a hugely successful internet job site, the one that is helping people find Federal jobs,” said OPM Director John Berry. The changes taken were based on [...]

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a critical report on the Federal Communication Commission (FCC)’s internal communications procedures and ability to attract and retain quality personnel. “(The) FCC lacks written procedures for ensuring that inter-bureau collaboration and communication occurs,” said the report.  “FCC’s reliance on informal coordination has created confusion among the bureaus [...]

John H. James, Jr., has been appointed to lead the sizeable task of reforming the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) by serving as director of the NSPS Transition Office (NSPSTO). He will be charged with overseeing the shift of 226,000 Department of Defense civilians from NSPS to pre-NSPS personnel systems. The National Defense Authorization Act [...]

James currently serves as the Director, National Security Personnel System (NSPS) Transition Office, bringing over 28 years of experience with the federal government. Prior to his current post, James serves as Executive Director, Logistics, Maintenance and Industrial Operations at Naval Sea Systems Command where he oversaw ship maintenance, environment policies and execution oversight. He began [...]

Maintaining an agile Air Force that proactively meets the technological and tactical advances of the enemy is of the utmost importance, according to AF Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz. “This demands that the United States Air Force set a clear vision of how it will move to meet emerging threats and fulfill evolving [...]

Just as John, Paul, George and Ringo did in the 60’s, Data.gov is sweeping the globe. At least, so says U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra. In a blog post titled “They Gave Us The Beatles, We Gave Them Data.gov,” Kundra praised the UK’s new Data.gov.uk, a spin-off of the wildly successful U.S. initiative. Since [...]