The bond too seems pretty strong on both sides. Almost as if one would be inherently weaker without the other. Read on…

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My proposal to speak at Gov 2.0 Expo in May:

5-minute rapid fire presentation

Title:

Green IT for Gov 2.0

Description (400 chars):

Green IT is building momentum as our new Executive Order 13514 from President Obama calls for increased sustainability at every Federal Agency. This presentation provides an overview of the impact of this sustainability initiative, how it supports and builds upon Gov 2.0, and the best practices being employed in the government and commercial sectors.

Abstract:

On October 5, 2009 President Obama signed into action a broad forward leaning Executive Order focused on the environment, energy, and economic performance. The driving force behind this is not only climate change but a need to lower costs.

Strangely, this push is leading us directly into the cloud and on virtualized machines. These changes represent the latest in industry standards and extremely cost effective options for Federal agencies. Add in that it meets the requirements of the Executive Order and protects the environment, and it may just be an unstoppable force.

Parallel to these efforts, the Gov 2.0 movement is gaining momentum and is a surprising ally. The drive towards citizen engagement, transparency, and web applications rely deeply on this technology. It also presents a unique sandwich for success with IT driving the push towards cost savings and users/public clamoring for more openness.

Join me as I briefly touch on the major topics of this intersection of two fields presenting a broad overview, touchpoints between the two, and best practices to keep us going forward.

**If requested, I can pull together a panel discussion with relevant members of the commercial and federal sectors.

Right from the get-go I knew I couldn’t hack it cold turkey, so I signed up for Blockbuser Online. This monthly DVD rental service recently opened up a new

program Total Access. Under the program, I can rent the usual 3 DVD’s at a time for $18.00/month. But, then I can bring the DVD (in its mailing package) to any store for a free rental. The store puts the movies in the mail for me and I can watch new movies while I wait for more in the mail. Great, now I have something to watch when I start longing for sportscenter and comedy central.

The next thing that happened is the world went digital. Cable companies are now broadcasting their signals in a digital format. Anyone, for free, can now get HD quality broadcasts over the air. Additionally, the networks are broadcasting the other “junk” they have like an all doppler radar channel, all weather, all news, etc. It works out kind of weird where you can get stations on one channel (5-1, 5-2, 5-3). I have heard that not all TV’s (especially older ones) can pick up these “extra” signals. This worked perfect for me a few months ago when I was watching the superbowl in HD using an UHF antenna. All hail freeTV!

Finally, i went intertronic. I now get most of my tv fixation on the web. Were talking you tube, comedy central, espn, cnet tv, mlb.tv, joost, neave, espn, and more. All for free with much less ads and commercials. I have been watching endless hours of TV on the inernet. Best of all I can choose what I want to watch when I want to watch it. It is the greatest thing ever, I love it, and I am never going back to cable. I hope IPTV rules the day and cox, comcast, and timewarner take their crappy setboxes off into the sunset.

If you are interested in learning more about internet tv, check out my review: IPTV = Internet TV.

Until next time…