Archive for August, 2007
« Previous EntriesKatrina: what could we do with $456,278,478,000?
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007Too depressed over this anniversary to write much. I can’t get accurate numbers for what has been spent and will be spent eventually to rebuild the Gulf Coast, but as of an hour or so ago, the National Priorities Project estimated we’ve spent $456,278,478,000 in Iraq (it’s hard to get an accurate estimate because the […]
National Information Exchange Model — worth the wait!
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007More than 5 years after I suggested that the single most important win-win step the US could take to simultaneously improve security was to lead a global initiative to implement XML (because it would not only improve information exchange between terrorism and other criminal justice data bases, but also foster global economic development), it looks […]
Making the Public Full Partners in Homeland Security
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Making the Public Full Partners in Homeland Security:
A Commitment to Diversity and Inclusiveness
Speech to the e-gov.com Homeland Security conference, December 10, 2002
by W. David Stephenson
Most of the talk on this panel is about technology, but I will address another aspect of building a culture of collaboration in homeland security that is harder to define, and […]
Homeland Security Requires Internet-based Thinking
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Homeland Security Requires Internet-based Thinking
speech to InfoWarCon 2002, September 4, 2002
by W. David Stephenson
We’ll hear a lot during InfowarCon about specific technologies on the cutting edge of fighting terrorism.
As crucial as those measures are, during the next hour I want to turn our attention to a far greater challenge we must master if we are […]
From Minutemen to Smart Mobs
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007From Minutemen to Smart Mobs
Address to the IEEE Homeland Security Conference, April 22, 2004
By W. David Stephenson, Stephenson StrategiesOn the way over I got word that the Department of Homeland Security listened to those of us who complained the current threat level system didn’t give enough information. The DHS is switching to a 5-day forecast […]
3 Strategies to Encourage Homeland Security Collaboration
Tuesday, August 28th, 20073 Strategies to Encourage Homeland Security Collaboration
Address to the E-Gov.Com 2003 conference, June 12, 2003
by W. David Stephenson
Principal, Stephenson Strategies
The homeland security crisis couldn’t have come at a worse time: the Federal government faces a record deficit, state and local governments were already making drastic cuts, and corporations are mired in a double-dip recession, […]
Networked Homeland Security: transforming public from pawns to partners
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 Networked Homeland Security:
transforming the public from pawns to partners
remarks by W. David Stephenson, Stephenson Strategies
Wharton School Alumni Assoc. “Powerful Leadership in Perilous Times” Conference,
March 24, 2006
I will discuss a new paradigm for homeland security strategy that directly addresses many of the problems brought to light by Katrina, and one in which each […]
Cybersecurity Strategy: From Hierarchies to Smart Swarms
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007address to the
Boston University Center for Reliable Information Systems and Cyber Security
April 10, 2006
by W. David Stephenson
Thanks for the kind introduction. But let me tell you a little more about myself: not out of egotism, but because people like you and people like me don’t always get a chance to talk to each other. […]
My appearance on Fed. News Radio about “disruptive tech”
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Last Friday I had a great time, taping this show for Federal News Radio, with one of my favorite progressive thinkers about Web 2.0’s application to government, Federal Computer Week Editor Chris Dorobek (don’t miss his blog).
The show focused on the impact of disruptive technologies in general on government (a preview of FCW’s Sept. 3rd […]
A Global, Digital Manhattan Project for Homeland Security
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007A Global, Digital Manhattan Project for Homeland Security
speech to the 2002 IEEE Homeland Security Conference, April 17, 2002
by W. David StephensonAs important as the new technologies to be addressed here today are to Homeland Security, I argue that their full potential won’t be exploited unless we also develop new ways of thinking.These new ways of […]
