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PeteModi

  1. For a Third Party to emerge, they should focus first on winning House seats, not the White House bit.ly/tXdcGO
  2. Acquisition Lessons From ‘69 defensenews.com/article/201205… Great piece by Chris Choate on what went wrong in DoD Acquisitions in @defense_news
  3. Twitter invented in 1935? shar.es/qG5Fy
  4. A great hour in Boston sports - @redsox walk off 2 run HR by Salty, @celtics win game 7 to advance to Eastern finals
  5. Federal IT Reform Slower Than Claimed bit.ly/Jy9oBx @CIOonline #CIO
  6. @LarrySabato Based on that analysis @MittRomney VP list is: Portman, Robert Gates, Condi Rice, John Negroponte, Petraeus, or Michael Hayden
  7. The liberal think tank @CNASdc has bold recommendations to transform #DoD bit.ly/MK3xNM Cut 100,000 Civs, JSF, LCS, GCV, 2 COCOMs
  8. @dtapscott @stevenvDC strategy for Gov't to use the web as a platform for #innovation is very macrowikinomical 1.usa.gov/KOIbu0 #gov20
  9. US #CIO @stevenvDC long-term vision is for government to function more like a platform than an institution bit.ly/MHcqrp #gov20
  10. Listening to SEI colleagues presenting their #Agile Forum bit.ly/K867Ly #SEIAgile #CIO
  11. Top acquisition official visits network evaluation, emphasizes science, technology 1.usa.gov/JKHbM5 Rapid user feedback #Army #CIO
  12. #USAF Capt Keric Clanahan highlights contractors may be getting too close to the tip of the spear with UAS/ Drones ow.ly/b2ZN1
  13. It’s much easier to build knowledge repositories or analyze a lot of data than it is to change how people make decisions @tdav #KM
  14. Washington Ops Normal: Congress directs DoD to cut $487B from budget, but blocks retirement or transfer of aircraft bit.ly/JgXOus
  15. Why IT Reforms have failed to make much difference bit.ly/K3YrbF Use technology to transform the way govt operates #CIO #gov20