Author Archive

Michael Lisagor

Michael Lisagor founded Celerity Works and is the author of "Winning and Managing Government Business."
Modernization

Lisagor: Hybrid networks promise better performance

One predicted trend for the next year is the rise of hybrid topologies/infrastructures, in which an agency might have a combination of internal servers for the more meat-and-potato functions, coupled with an external system such as Amazon’s S3 to “cloud burst,” or take up the slack, for files that are really popular.

  • By Michael Lisagor
Modernization

Government use of Web 2.0 requires caution

Web 2.0 technologies are promising, but agencies have to be careful to mitigate potential problems.

  • By Michael Lisagor
Modernization

Sweat pants and metrics

Telework improves efficiency and reduces costs, but how can a manager know which employees are working hard and which are hardly working?

  • By Michael Lisagor
Cybersecurity

Michael Lisagor's crystal ball for 2009

From Obama appointees to FEMA, find out what his predictions are for the government in 2009.

  • By Michael Lisagor