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Making the Switch
Consider these five tips when planning your Office 2010 deployment. Stretching Your People Dollars
Despite ever-tighter IT budgets, it's possible to keep your technology team trained and to provide redundancy in staffing. Making Metrics Pay
Agencies excel at setting performance metrics and gathering data, but turning that information into results is another matter, some feds say. Here are a few pointers. IT Management in Focus
Shining a light on the Federal IT Dashboard. Unified Threat Management
Discover why all-in-one security appliances that offer firewall, VPN and antivirus protection appeal to agencies looking to ease security management and make it more efficient. SonicWall UTM
With a single NSA E5500 appliance, you can establish a multithreat protection shield. Cybersecurity: Technology Plus Teamwork
In the battle to keep data and systems safe, agencies want information assurance that won't break the bank. Cybersecurity and the Government CIO
Cracking the code on implementing strong cybersecurity programs places the onus of leadership on the CIO teams within federal agencies. Active Directory Migration
An Active Directory migration is a major undertaking, regardless of an organization's size and structure. Here are some tricks for clear-cutting forests to support e-mail consolidation. Making the Most of Virtualization
Just like their federal counterparts, state government IT organizations have been adopting virtualization. In Yuma County, Ariz., we were an early adopter and began using server virtualization technology more than three years ago. Now, nearly half of the county's 99 servers have been virtualized. |
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By the Numbers: Molding the Federal IT Workforce
75% Agencies that participate in IT Quarterly Forums and Federal IT Summits
50% Agencies that use the Capability Planning and Analysis Tool for IT workforce planning
10% Increase in agencies that participate in the Scholarship for Service Job Fair
SOURCE: Federal CIO Council Strategic Plan FY 2008–2009
You Don’t Say
“It doesn’t have to be the perfect practice, it just has to be better than your practice.”
— Air Force CIO Lt. Gen. Michael Peterson on borrowing smart information technology ideas from wherever you find them
Off the Shelf
What: The Discipline of Market Leaders: Choose Your Customers, Narrow Your Focus, Dominate Your Market by Michael Treacy and
Fred Wiersema
Recommended by: Michael Carleton, Health and Human Services Department CIO
Why: Although he first read the book back in the mid-’90s when it came out, it still resonates and has “good rigor to it.”
Takeaway: To excel, an organization must do well in at least one of three so-called value disciplines: operational efficiency, customer intimacy or product innovation. “Where we in the government can make the most impact is in operational efficiency, but often our customers want customer intimacy or innovation more than they want efficiency.”
What: Leading Change by John P. KotterRecommended by: Dave Wennergren, Defense Department Deputy CIO
Why: “He’s got a lot of nuggets in there to help you on the journey to change.”
Takeaway: In particular, this book can help agencies keep their change efforts going by showing how to create a compelling sense of urgency, understand the legacy of change and celebrate successes along the way.
Other Favorites: The Power of Alignment: How Great Companies Stay Centered and Accomplish Extraordinary Things by George Labovitz and Victor Rosansky; Polarity Management: Identifying and Managing Unsolvable Problems by Barry Johnson; and First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
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