Big Data: Good or Evil?
An article in the New York Times stokes fears of Big Data: Social scientists are trying to mine the vast…
The Data Miner’s Role as Honest Broker and Change Agent
They say that you can’t be a prophet in your own land. As someone who is always an outsider to…
Best Thinkers Webinar Series: Disclosure, Transparency and Ethics in Blogging
Join Maggie Fox on October 18th at 12pm EST/9am PST as she hosts an exclusive, live webinar from Social Media…
How to Secure Federal Data in the Cloud
Yesterday we discussed how predictive analytics and big data will be critical components of the 2012 bid for the White…
Quicksand, Data Overload and Corporate Concrete
One of Avinash‘s favorite expressions is “data puke’, which goes a long way to describing the vast majority of charts,…
How To Challenge Your Assumptions
Challenging assumptions can unlock the creativity needed for innovative solutions. That was a key theme that emerged at the Leadership Asheville…
Nine Components of a HIPAA Risk Analysis
The Department of Health and Human Services requires organizations to conduct a risk analysis as the first step toward implementing…
New IARPA Program Aims To Discover Tech Trends
The Intelligence Community’s Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) office of “incisive analysis” has been evaluating plans, projects and proposals submitted…
Business, IT Must Meet Half Way to Form Partnership
Given the focus of this blog, I was quite interested in a CFO.com article titled Your CIO, Your Problem, which…
Department of State’s Consular Systems and Technology: A Track Record of Innovation
The Office of Consular Systems and Technology (CST) leads the State Department‘s IT efforts. This is an amazing organization that…
