Mel Cappe and the Changing Face of Policy Creation
Mel Cappe, former Clerk of the Privy Council, was at the University of Ottawa on Monday to give a lecture...
Balancing act: Privacy and the use of personal information
What concerns me is whether or not we’ve got the balance right between privacy and how the government is using...
From open data to open democracy
For the casual observer, openness and transparency are terms that can conjure up confusion in recent times. On the one...
Organizations must adopt policies to secure their BYOD data
Kurt Roemer, chief security strategist at Citrix, was at GTEC 2013 last week to talk about the importance of having...
Typewriters to tablets to tomorrow
At the May 2013 Canadian Institute for Procurement and Materiel Management (CIPMM) workshop, a presenter spoke of the different characteristics...
Considering a sole-source contract? Here are some sound management practices
You’re in a crunch to meet a looming deadline. A couple of your key staff are unexpectedly absent. It’s becoming...
The Results Are In: Your Thoughts on Blueprint 2020
Last month, we posted a poll on Canadian Government Executive that asked the question, “Do you think your input into...
The politics of budget consultations
Budgets are statements of political will and power. They are performance agreements that give expression to government’s priorities and expected...
The Push for a Mobile Workforce
The future of mobile was a huge topic of discussion at last week’s GTEC 2013. Scott Ball, country manager of...
Evolving and Collaborating to Survive
The giraffe is a funny-looking animal. It has a very long neck and huge eyes. To an observer who is...