Federal CIOs Speak

How Federal CIOs Advise, Lead & Influence

Former HHS CIO: Mike Carleton

Real Contactor Weight Problem

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Not BMI but Distribution

Timing is Everything: In comedy and in Federal IT performance

Fight over $ Conduct Acquisition

Perform Customer Centric

Value Creation

The share of a given fiscal year that is devoted to performance of customer centric value creation is declining.

The share of a given fiscal year that is devoted to fighting over money – in aggregate, in sources, in uses, and in transfer pricing/terms/conditions is expanding.

The effective period of acquisition between the moment of funds availability and the pulling down of the curtain at the contract office window is now often weeks, not months, and let’s stop pretending years.

Fundamental differences between privacy as:

a property right available for trading in commerce

a human right worthy of governmental protection

The perils of consumerization as a source for privacy principles:

Impulse purchases and emotional persuasion of the advertising model

Government as provider of last resort with too little too late

In the era of ubiquitous broadband connectivity, location aware applications, and social networking, what becomes of privacy and identity?

Moving from episodic rhetoric to broad public policy principles?

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X-Axis = COMPETENCE LEVEL OF YOU

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GREEN ZONE = Happiness

YELLOW ZONE = Boredom

RED ZONE = Frustration

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