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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Groundbreaking IT Commodity Services TechStat at the Energy Department
DOE held recently a TechStat to evaluate a portfolio of IT investments and improve efficiency.
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Agile Software Development in the Executive Office of the President
The Office of Administration (OA) supports the President and the staff of the Executive Office of the President (EOP). Our Office faces the unique challenge of supporting multiple missions including those of the White House and the 11 components of the EOP, such as the Office of Management and Budget, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Cloud Computing, Front and Center
We are especially fortunate to be experiencing an exciting change within the IT industry – the rise of cloud computing. This evolutionary transformation is fast replacing the legacy IT model not only within private industry but also within the Federal government. The “25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management” authorizes a “Cloud First” policy.
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Friday, August 5, 2011
A Holistic Look at Sustainable IT Management
In these times of great fiscal challenges, the Department of Energy is leveraging innovative, cost-effective approaches to advance sustainability initiatives and accelerate data center and cloud adoption. Through an Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) model, the Department is leading the way in IT infrastructure energy cost savings, efficiency and modernization.
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
FedRAMP: Governmentwide Approach to Cloud Security
If you've read my blog for a while, you know I have I have been a big proponent of cloud computing for some time. Cloud computing enables faster, greener, and more cost effective service to our stakeholders. However, that doesn’t mean there aren’t issues around cloud computing that still need to be resolved.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Benefits of Peer Interactions and Perspectives
I returned recently from the largest gathering of Information Technology (IT) officials from public, private, non-profit, and international organizations. This was an annual symposium that attracted over 7,500 attendees this year, including over 1,900 Chief Information Officers (CIOs). The benefit of the symposium was that it is vendor neutral–by that I mean it is not focused on a particular product, software, or company.
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Friday, October 8, 2010
Finding the Sweet Spot for Disruptive Innovation
I was having a healthy debate with my CTO for IT Chris C. Kemp. I’m not sure who won the CTO v. CIO debate. But, the true winner can be found somewhere in the sweet spot for disruptive innovation.
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Ongoing Virtualization Activities at NRC
I recently participated in a panel discussion about Virtualization. The discussion started with a solid explanation of what it is, why it is important, and how it is being used both in the public and private sector.
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Moving To The Cloud
Today, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board announced that it is moving Recovery.gov to the cloud. As the world’s largest consumer of information technology and as stewards of taxpayer dollars, the Federal Government has a duty to be a leader in pioneering the use of new technologies that are more efficient and economical.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Streaming at 1:00: In the Cloud
Today, I am excited to announce that we have launched Apps.gov to help continue the President’s initiative to lower the cost of government operations while driving innovation within government. I'll be discussing this in a speech at the NASA Ames Research Center at 1:00 EDT - watch the speech live here [UPDATE: This event has now concluded].
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