Ramon Padilla Jr.

I just finished a bit of a whirlwind trip, during which I was chased out of Miami by Ernesto, and thought I would share with you the potpourri of ideas that came out of some of my recent discussions with colleagues. The topic I first wanted to bring to your attention came to me as …

I was listening to NPR on the way home yesterday when they aired a story regarding teenagers coming of age in this digital world and how this is the first generation of children to have mastered current technology before their parents did. It went on to describe all the horrible things that kids can get …

Performance Evaluations/Appraisals: Do you love them, hate them, need them, want them? To be honest with you, I’m a bit schizophrenic about them, because all of the above apply to me. I love them when they are meaningful, well prepared, well thought out, and presented in a fashion that encourages true dialogue regarding personal and …

AntiTrust.  Bill Gates must really hate that word.  But by the sound of this report, that’s what they will be getting from Adobe.  This will be one to watch. Subscribe to the Executive Briefing Newsletter Discover the secrets to IT leadership success with these tips on project management, budgets, and dealing with day-to-day challenges. Delivered …

Though it sounds like a villain from a comic book, SCORM: Shareable Content Object Reference Model is “SCORM is a collection of standards and specifications adapted from multiple sources to provide a comprehensive suite of e-learning capabilities that enable interoperability, accessibility and reusability of Web-based learning content.”  Why is this important to you?  Government is …

It never hurts to have an example to start from or to make sure you are not missing anything.  So what a better way then to look at some government examples.  Check some of these out. Subscribe to the Executive Briefing Newsletter Discover the secrets to IT leadership success with these tips on project management, …

Did you really think RIM wasn’t going to pay up once the rulings went against them?  Just in case you missed it, here is the scoop on the settlement: Subscribe to the Developer Insider Newsletter From the hottest programming languages to commentary on the Linux OS, get the developer and open source news and tips …

Several articles here regarding the federal government warming up to open source. It warms my heart and puts a skip in my step. Check them out here: Subscribe to the Executive Briefing Newsletter Discover the secrets to IT leadership success with these tips on project management, budgets, and dealing with day-to-day challenges. Delivered Tuesdays and Thursdays …

This article talks about the recent federal rule changes to H1B Visas that essentially make it more costly to hire foreign workers.  While the author says this promotes offshoring, which it may in private companies, it will also make consulting fees go up which is where it will hit most government organizations.  Read more here: …

If you haven’t been paying attention to the FCC’s plan to expand the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) of 1994, you should be.  Even if you have, things have been changing on that front over the last several weeks.  Take a look at this article from the Washington Post for a well written update. …

I had a very interesting conversation with a colleague the other day who works in a position nearly identical to mine and for an organization that is very much like the one I work for. We spoke for nearly an hour and after hanging up, I realized that although we shared very similar hopes, expectations, …

If you were born between 1946 and 1964 you are part of the “baby boom” generation. Data from the 2000 U.S. Census estimates that the group that holds the “boomer” moniker is made up of at least 82,826,479 individuals. I sometimes feel that 82 million of them work in government. Beginning in 2011, a shift …