Fred Federal
Fred Federal is a fictional Cisco persona dedicated to demonstrating the impact of technology on lives of Federal employees.
Information
Affiliation:
Cisco, Federal News Radio
Location:
Washington, DC
Birthday:
July 4
 
Fred Federal
4 hours ago
Fred Federal

Fred Federal Are you teleworking today due to weather? (or any other reason for that matter)

Yesterday at 10:05am
Andrew
Andrew
Yup teleworked thanks to the snow and thanks to my Cisco Hard Client and VOIP phone :)
Yesterday at 11:29am
Fred Federal

Fred Federal What do you need to advance your career?

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The Merit Systems Protection Board asked federal employees which behaviors and characteristics help advance a federal career. Here are the top such factors, along with the percentage of employees who said it would be helpful:
Fred Federal

Fred Federal What a time to start a whole bunch of new projects, Thank goodness for teleworking! I'm looking at a sea of white today, how about you?

Yesterday at 9:28am
Sandi Finch King
Sandi Finch King
Nope! I love NC :-)
Yesterday at 2:17pm
Fred Federal
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to make recommendations for how the National Broadband Plan — due to the U.S. Congress on March 17 — should help shape the fledgling smart grid industry. ...
Fred Federal

Fred Federal Are you happy? Obama wants to know.

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President Obama's fiscal 2011 budget request includes plans to survey larger samples of government workers more frequently on job satisfaction and to evaluate the federal health insurance program by assessing the well-being of enrollees.
Fred Federal

Fred Federal Great free event tomorrow:
Peace of Mind for Cloud Computing: Information Assurance for 21st Century Government

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We hear every day about technologies that are "faster, better, cheaper "— and even greener — but it just doesn't matter if they are not secure. This half-day event will address ...
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While for government IT investments it's a potentially mixed bag, IDC Government Insights believes there's more good news than bad in the President's State of the Union address, and that government agencies have unprecedented opportunity to put IT to work like never before.
Fred Federal

Fred Federal I didn't buy the report but there's some interesting comparisons to the US in the announcement teaser:

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6fe728/2010_trends_to_wat) has announced the addition of the "2010 Trends to Watch: Government Technology" report to their offering.
Fred Federal

Fred Federal Are you 'at' Live ?

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Augmented Reality will revolutionise the way we view the world come to Networkers at Cisco Live to see the world through the eyes of Professor Bruce Thomas
Fred Federal

Fred Federal Finally, I can't believe this took so long!

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More than a decade ago, Lawrence K. Grossman, former president of both NBC News and PBS, and Newton N. Minow, the former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, were asked by several foundations ...
Fred Federal

Fred Federal 25 Technology Thought Leaders from Channel Web:

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Padmasree Warrior, CTO, CiscoThere's a reason why Padmasree Warrior has over 1.4 million followers on Twitter: She is responsible for making sure that Cisco is well aware of the next big technology twist or turn. ...
Fred Federal

Fred Federal New Stuff from Cisco!

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Cisco CEO John Chambers presents Cisco's vision for Collaboration and announces exciting additions to the Cisco Collaboration portfolio.
Fred Federal

Fred Federal New Stuff from Cisco!

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Cisco CEO John Chambers presents Cisco's vision for Collaboration and announces exciting additions to the Cisco Collaboration portfolio.
Fred Federal

Fred Federal Interesting predictions for government technology:

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Government agencies will continue to struggle with cybersecurity, while making strides in transparency and cloud computing. There will also be new pushes for accountability and IT procurement reform.