I invite you to go to www.meritalk.com, a new Web 2.0 site for government IT. This is a great way for leaders in government and some past government people share ideas about the priorities and important topics that need to be addressed in the current government environment.

I am also a contributor to this site. You can find my most recent articles at http://www.meritalk.com/articles.asp?m=TYRH36GGAERFGTTY.

I encourage you to get involved and look forward to your feedback. Thanks for your time. Have a good day and a better weekend!

Jimmy Jones (Class of 2005)
US Department of Interior
Office of the Chief Information Officer
IT Portfolio Management Division

: We Still Haven't Found What We're Looking For

Business Technology : Workers: We Still Haven't Found What We're Looking For: "Do you have a better chance of finding one of your company’s documents through a Google Web search than by combing through corporate files? You’re not alone: More workers say that finding information on the Web is easier than finding information on their companies’ internal sites."

Summer 2008 issue of Techman Times

Software Lets Senders Assign Value to E-Mails : NPR

Software Lets Senders Assign Value to E-Mails : NPR: "Seriosity, a Silicon Valley startup, thinks economics will help people learn which of their e-mails have value. The company has created software that lets a sender attach value to an e-mail to denote how important it is. The idea is to get people to send messages that are truly important."

TIFI-Signs

TIFI: "SO I’m in an MBA program - and an MS program in Information Systems. I think I’ve mentioned that here.

So why am I doing this - going to school 2 nights and 6 hours a week for more or less 3 years, all the while holding down a job with increasing technical *and* leadership demands? Oh yeah, and having a couple infants to boot! Why such insanity?"

Sharing text gets easier

The Washington Times Mark Kellner: Sharing text gets easier: "Most collaborative efforts have been limited by connectivity to a local-area network, or via a sharing tool such as Novell's Groupware or Lotus Notes. Such solutions required some level of interconnection and a common hardware/software platform."