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Andrew Blumenthal

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Analysis: Too big to succeed

Analysis: Too big to succeed

Government Executive — After the 2008 meltdown of the U.S. financial markets, the federal government came to the rescue with a $787 billion economic stimulus package and a $700 billion bailout aimed at financial institutions that were deemed too big to fail without risking disaster to the broader American economy.
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The Smartest Thing CIO Andy Blumenthal Ever Did

The Smartest Thing CIO Andy Blumenthal Ever Did

Government Technology — Editor's note: In this series, Public CIO set forth to find answers from several of the nation's top CIOs who have served or currently are in state, local and federal positions. These firsthand accounts are about how establishing partnerships, trusting and letting go, investing in people, and assessing situations have all been instrumental to smart decision-making.
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Encourage Social Networking, Without Discouraging In-Person Meetings

Encourage Social Networking, Without Discouraging In-Person Meetings

CIO.com — Interacting through social media is the latest craze. Consumer applications like Facebook, wikis and Twitter, along with collaboration software such as SharePoint -not to mention e-mail and instant messaging-are supposed to make us more productive. Yet we seem to be developing an aversion to personal interaction that threatens to make us less effective, not more so.
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Why Social Media Matters for Government

Why Social Media Matters for Government

NextGov — While not everyone quite understands social media, or Web 2.0, all of us more or less agree that it is here to stay. In the past the Internet was a one-way information medium, but today the audience talks back. People react to what they see and read, and share information on a grass-roots level, en-masse.
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When Technology Is Good, it Sells Itself

When Technology Is Good, it Sells Itself

Government Technology — I got suckered into attending a time-share-like presentation for a discount wholesale travel club. It took about an hour and a half, but it felt so scammy that when we left, I just wanted to wash myself clean of the hard sales tactics. During the presentation, we watched every marketing and sales technique being thrown at us.
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Entrepreneurship: Vision and Perseverance are the Only Path to True Success

Entrepreneurship: Vision and Perseverance are the Only Path to True Success

Government Technology — Recently I watched a video encouraging people to become entrepreneurs. I've seen so many of these, where they want you to join for a fee and provide examples of people who have "made it." There was the CEO and president of a company - but it seemed like a company of one, just this person.
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True Self Is Helping Others

True Self Is Helping Others

Times of Israel — For Shemini Atzeret, here is a great joke along with a beautiful lesson from the Rebbe that I heard from Rabbi Schneur Kaplan of Fort Lauderdale's Downtown Jewish Center Chabad. A 60-year old guy goes to the doctor for his annual check up.
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How to Strengthen the Office of the CIO: Part 1

How to Strengthen the Office of the CIO: Part 1

Government Technology — Editor's Note: This is a two-part article on strengthening the office of the CIO to improve IT operations. Part 1 examines the six components of a CIO Support Services Framework. Part 2 will explore best practices and implementation. Information technology is plagued with what federal CIO Vivek Kundra recently called "magnificent failures."
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The Long View

The Long View

Government Executive — Enterprise architecture plans are useless without clear, relevant information. Before agencies were required to adopt enterprise architecture planning, they lacked a defined, systematic approach for tying technology investments to performance, business and information requirements. They failed to link information technology resources to missions, instead often making decisions by instinct and intuition.
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Toward A Federal Enterprise Architecture Board

Toward A Federal Enterprise Architecture Board

GovLoop — Leadership, Tech A Federal Enterprise Architecture Board (FEAB) would provide "teeth" to further implementing enterprise architecture across government. We have a Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) that provides a government wide framework for architecture strategy and planning, but we do not have a FEA Board to govern the subsequent IT investments through capital planning and investment control (CPIC).
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Andy Blumenthal, ATF -- GCN

Andy Blumenthal, ATF -- GCN

GCN : Government Computer News — Andy Blumenthal Chief Technology Officer Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives a. Sponsored social media Currently, President-elect Barack Obama and a number of federal agencies are using third-party sites like Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and others to keep the public informed.
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Can Thinking Like Tech Gurus Help Win Back the Respect of the People?

Can Thinking Like Tech Gurus Help Win Back the Respect of the People?

Government Technology — Regular people from around the country are laughing at, mocking Washington, D.C. Turning such a thing around is not easy, but surely there's hope -- and the tech industry is a great place for lessons in simple, practical guidance in problem-solving and progress that we can use.
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On Judaism & Life

On Judaism & Life

amazon.com — Shared via Kindle. Description: This book is about finding and connecting with G-d. As the prophet Jeremiah states (29:13), "You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart." This is my personal journey back to G-d and Judaism. It pr...
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For the Love of Israel

For the Love of Israel

amazon.com — Shared via Kindle. Description: This book is about the incredible Jewish homeland of Israel. As the prophet Isaiah states (11:12), "He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from t...
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Jewish and Proud

Jewish and Proud

amazon.com — Shared via Kindle. Description: This book is about the diverse and amazing Jewish people. As it says in Deuteronomy (7:6), "For thou art a holy people unto the L-rd thy G-d; the L-rd thy G-d hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all pe...
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