Frank McNally

@NecessitysChild

Director, Learning & Content Development tweeting about , learning & design, and public spending. Sometimes all at once.

Pittsburgh & DC
publicspendforum.net
Joined January 2011
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jan 8

    The 9/11 terrorists took down the World Trade Center towers with box cutters by taking advantage of known security vulnerabilities (e.g., our playbook at the time for responding to hostage situations). Again, why 1/6 is so gravely different than the summer riots. We got *lucky*!

    One last thing I can’t shake, had capable foreign actors been embedded with the terrorists, they could have killed half of Congress, held hostages for ransom/prisoner release and stolen countless hard drives etc. We were so damn vulnerable and so lucky it wasn’t even worse.
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    Mar 3

    SI Daily Cover: He wasn't even supposed to play until next year, but thanks to a pandemic related NCAA loophole, Carter Whitt is getting into the action early for Wake Forest

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  3. Retweeted
    Mar 2

    Brault's funky and we love it.

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    Mar 2

    📰WE HAVE NEWS! was selected to develop the Open Contracting Partnership's Open Contracting Data Standards for use within the U.S. Federal Government procurement landscape. We are embarking on this research / advocacy project to help ident…

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  5. Retweeted
    Mar 1

    Save the Pirates attendance jokes, honestly. Give me a beer, some peanuts and a beautiful summer night, I'd watch a bad senior softball game and enjoy the living hell out of it right now.

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  6. Retweeted
    Feb 27
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    Councilmember Henderson, on behalf of DC residents, please ask to sit in on usability testing of the new site before it goes live. 3-5 people is all it takes. Here’s a short write up: DC already has talent on hand that can do it. If needed, there’s help.

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  7. Retweeted
    Feb 26

    Before working with a new team, we will often run a discovery sprint to better understand a complex organization, system, or service. Based on our work and the work of many others, we’ve created a guide and shared a bit about what went into building it.

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    Feb 25

    📩 Wondering how you can use data analytics to unseat a federal incumbent? The Pulse teamed up with IRS Procurement Data Scientist, David Gill, to explore a new, data-driven method to identify when an agency is unhappy with its current contractor.

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  9. Feb 19

    Baseball, a favorite harbinger of spring.

    Get set for Wake Forest Baseball Opening Day, with this in-depth look at Northeastern by . The Huskies are in town for a 3-game weekend series that gets rolling at 4 pm today. Ryan Cusick will get the start for the Deacs.
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  10. Retweeted
    Feb 18

    Big 🚀 day. Today launched a new service offering: for state and local governments.

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  11. Retweeted
    Feb 17

    "I'm gonna fight for my players and I have a passion for them and our university and that's not going to change today and it's not going to change tomorrow." HC Steve Forbes after loss to Duke. Forbes was ejected for arguing a call in the first half.

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    Feb 15

    "May I have your attention, please? Will the real please stand up?" Unofficial geographic sister cities Qamdo City, Tibet, Passau, Germany & Kaunas, Lithuania.

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    Feb 11

    Can somebody redo/update the Standish Group analysis of multi-million dollar government IT projects? Civic tech colleagues keep citing it but it's only one study & looked at projects from 2003-2012. So...are 94% of projects over $10M still failing? Are 41% still being abandoned?

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  14. Feb 12

    Please Hamburger!!

    The twitter account is on absolute fire roasting fools right now
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  15. Retweeted
    Feb 12

    It's fun to dream about the contract that'll change your life, but ignore smaller opportunities below the simplified acquisition threshold and you'll miss a propellant for your GovCon business. Check out what Frank McNally has to say about leveraging SATs.

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  16. Feb 11

    Please hamburger don’t hurt ‘em.

    Replying to @RaysBaseball
    We're surprised you didn't pull your social media manager in middle of writing that great tweet.
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  17. Feb 11

    It’s happening. Is it happening??

    EBay reports wild increase in sales of trading cards
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  18. Retweeted
    Feb 10

    You can have the best tech in the world, but if the service delivery isn't useful, usable, accessible, and learnable, what difference does it make whether the system architecture is modern?

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    Feb 9

    Super Bowl 55 in under 30 seconds

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    Feb 5

    Nothing but respect for MY inconceivably ancient mountain range

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    Feb 4

    Name a city that exceeded expectations upon your first visit. I’ll start with Pittsburgh. I knew PNC Park would be awesome. I did not know Pittsburgh the city is also fucking awesome.

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