Most read DorobekInsider posts for 2008

I started the DorobekInsider.com in late-August — well, actually in September, when all was really running. My goal was — and is — to be a place where people can get information that helps them do their jobs better and to help build a community. It follows more than three years of blogging at Federal Computer Week and FCW.com as the FCW Insider.

So this list actually represents slightly more than a quarter rather then the full year, but… given that it is the end of 2008, it’s the list we’ll use. But it does represent the top posts so far. And yes, this is most of them. I put the top ones here… and you can read the full list after the break.

Some brief explanations: The list isn’t totally scientific. In the Web world, these numbers and rankings are indications, but like most data, they have to be interpreted. So, for example, not everybody clicks on a specific item. I will also note that I have not include the ‘most read items from the past 7-days’ items in the list. There were actually 228 items for the year, while this list includes only 219.

All of that being said… the top DorobekInsider.com posts for (part of) 2008:

1. FCW gets a new editor — and the new 1105 GovInfo marketing person is official
2. HUD CIO Lisa Schlosser to join to EPA
3. Navy out with one of the first Web 2.0 policy
4. About the DorobekInsider.com and Christopher J. Dorobek
5. DorobekInsider.com: Interior’s Howell to move to OMB
6. Who might be the government’s CIO… er, CTO
7. A correction… and a even bigger congratulations to Microsoft’s Teresa Carlson
8. Obama CTO frenzy: More names in the mix
9. We talk to the new head at Unisys federal
10. OMB’s Tim Young is going to… Yes, we now we know
11. Microsoft federal names a CTO — a chief transition officer
12. OMB’s Tim Young announces his departure, but to where
13. Another big score for Deloitte — Tom Davis
14. DorobekInsider.com: GSA names Tyree Varnado to lead its acquisition shop
15. Hear the Navy CIO talk about the Navy’s Web 2.0 policy
16. Read a draft of the much discussed OMB CIO memo
17. News on OMB’s Tim Young… today?
18. The Federal News Radio Book Club: The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey
19. FCW’s Fed 100 Awards: Recognizing the good work done in 2008 with the annual awards nominations
20. Tech guru Genachowski named to Obama transition team
21. IAC meets with Team Obama
22. Apps for Democracy… and my recommendation for Obama’s CTO
23. Obama’s yet-to-be-named CTO suggestion box
24. Hearing that Interior has named a new CIO
25. Evans offers details on the coming memo defining the CIO
26. Dee Lee wins ACT/IAC’s prestigious ACT/IAC Mendenhall award
27. The 10.22 Marty Wagner update… with good news
28. Gartner’s 10 technologies worth watching
29. DorobekInsider: Why feds may not be able to use YouTube
30. DorobekInsider.com: The 09.16 Marty Wagner update
31. @barackobama: Where are you? Obama’s Twitter feed goes dark
32. CORRECTED: Microsoft Federal promotes Calson
33. DorobekInsider: TSA blog as a government 2.0 example
34. Celebrating a happy new (fiscal) year with the next generation
35. 1105 Media scores with a big return… and a new GovInfo marketing person
36. DorobekInsider.com: Positive reviews for the new FAS commissioner
37. The big government CIO challenge: people… The most critical technology: Web 2.0
38. Federal News Radio — the next generation (See our new studios)
39. Tim Young’s retirement festivities
40. DorobekInsider: FedTimes reports DOD comptroller is leaving
41. The run of the geeks — their term, not mine
42. A government 2.0 movie — really
43. Why CIOs — or any agency leader — can — and maybe should — blog
44. Worth watching — A National Dialogue: OMB taps into the power of us
45. NewsBytes: Items worth reading (or hearing)… NASA undergoing hacks… Vivek Kundra… government 2.0… and Safavian pardon watch
46. USCG’s Adm. Thad Allen talks government 2.0
47. Got my tux out for the GCN Awards Gala tonight
48. Doan sings the Army fight song — radio gold
49. Is the NASA CIO stepping down? More Frididay
50. DorobekInsider: Sending positive thoughts to GSA’s Bev Godwin and her son
51. Some buzz on FCW’s new editor… and the note sent to staff
52. What would you ask Team Obama — change.gov now open for questions
53. Hear the Federal News Radio Book Club: The Speed of Trust
54. Dorobek Insider: GITEC starts to embrace change
55. NASA CIO Pettus: Stepping down to spend time with his family — really
56. FCW excerpt of ‘The SPEED of Trust’ — in preparation for Wednesday’s Federal News Radio Book Club
57. What would you ask presidential candidate representatives?
58. Tapscott on the Obama CTO: It’s about collaboration
59. Disruptive technologies on the horizon – from the National Intelligence Council’s viewpoint
60. IAC transition reports are out… and we’ll hear from them Tuesday on Federal News Radio 1500 AM In fact, you can hear them — and read the documents — here
61. DorobekInsider: Site worth watching — FedScoop.com
62. DorobekInsider: Check out ‘Virtual Alabama’ Tuesday
63. GSA delays Alliant again, but… you’d but you’d never know it from the press release
64. An introduction to the DorobekInsider.com
65. DorobekInsider.com: An amazing Rising Star’s view of government 2.0… and GovLoop
66. The DorobekInsider Guide: Experimenting with Twitter, Part II
67. Hearing from the creator of ObamaCTO.org
68. Mintz’s daughter on The Daily Show
69. A happy birthday to… Joanne Connelly and Lisa Schlosser
70. Oprah thinks the Kindle is great too!
71. DorobekInsider: EPA ahead in govt 2.0 — this time its radon
72. DorobekInsider: More shifts at GSA
73. Kudos to ACT/IAC’s Kelly Olson is one to watch
74. Monday’s Quote of the Day coming from Tweets from Gartner’s Symposium
75. DorobekInsider.com: CJD’s brush with greatness – e-book edition
76. DorobekInsider: Happy birthday Steve Krauss
77. NASA CIO update… the CIO job is posted, but no official word yet
78. DorobekInsider.com: Graves the new DHS deputy CIO
79. Today on the Daily Debrief: U.S. Coast Guard 2.0 with Adm. Thad Allen
80. IAC’s ELC 2008 — Sunday night: political analyst Charlie Cook
81. DorobekInsider: Feds making a difference in Nicaragua
82. Krumholtz, Microsoft’s K Street legend, is leaving
83. Google’s Schmidt as the Obama administrations CTO
84. Obit: Christina Nelson, formerly of the Digital Government Institute
85. Happy birthday to… Karen Evans
86. DorobekInsider: Increasingly impressed by the NASA Goddard CIO
87. DorobekInsider: BusinessWeek says DOD dealing with counterfiet computer chips
88. Happy Veteran’s Day 2008
89. OMB to memo on the role of the CIO (Hint: There should be one)
90. The food of ELC 2008 — Sunday night, Oct. 26
91. And the GIT Rockin’ winner is… Cobb
92. Happy birthday to… Phil Bond and George Stone
93. ELC 2008 — the year without Marty… but, with the Oct. 28 report, real progress
94. DorobekInsider: Happy birthday to GSA’s Martha Dorris
95. DorobekInsider.com: GSA’s Johnson and DLA’s Scheubert up for recognition
96. DorobekInsider: TSA’s insights into government 2.0
97. EPA’s national dialogue — a good start at government transparency
98. OMB’s CIO memo is official
99. DorobekInsider: FedScoop.com — the rest of the story
100. Fun worth having — tonight’s GIT Rockin’
101. DorobekInsider.com: Brasseux named GSA’s deputy administrator
102. Presidential cookies… and your privacy
103. DorobekInsider.com: The Estrin interview on innovation
104. Hearing from Bruce McConnell about Bruce McConnell
105. @obama may be gone, but @change_gov is born
106. DorobekInsider: Doan-Palin — separated at birth
107. DorobekInsider: Hear about EPA’s radon program for yourself
108. DorobekInsider: My favorite spam: From: Ministr of the Treasury Paulson [A CJD-fav for 2008]
109. It’s official — the OMB CIO memo, that is
110. More on the Federal News Radio Book Club with FCW
111. Happy birthday to… rising star Steve Ressler
112. Another Oracle buy… this time Haley
113. Happy birthday to OMB’s Tim Young
114. DorobekInsider.com: Getting insights into government 2.0
115. DorobekInsider: Federal News Radio exclusive with GSA’s Tyree Varnado
116. DorobekInsider.com: Grassley likely to keep his hold on Williams’ GSA nomination
     
117. Team Obama’s Change.gov — abuzz about how it was created
     
118. Happy birthday to… GTSI’s Leslie Barry
119. The DorobekInsider guide: Experimenting with Twitter, part I
120. The DorobekInsider on DC’s NewsChannel 8 tonight
121. The DorobekInsider Obama reader — Part one: Some of the tea leaves
122. Dorobek Insider: Neighbors rooting for Marty Wagner
123. DorobekInsider.com: Talking about the innovation gap on the Daily Debrief
124. 1105 GovInfo’s Nancy Ferris to retire
125. DorobekInsider: GSA’s Sawislak to stay at GSA
126. 11.30.2008 NewsBytes: Obama jobs… fiscal discipline, and an OMB director blog?
127. The Obama-McCain ELC government IT “debate”
128. DorobekInsider: Who’s going to be the acting Interior Department CIO
129. What are the big issues for state and local CIOs — and what isn’t
130. DorobekInsider.com: What Deirdre Murray does with her weekends
131. DorobekInsider: Safavian indicted — again
132. McConnell International sold to Clinton-Rubin
133. DorobekInsider: Godspeed to Bob Suda’s mother
134. Time names intel community’s A-Space of 2008’s best innovations
135. DorobekInsider.com: Does the government need a CTO?
136. Get out there and vote today… and let people know how it goes
137. Happy birthday to… Bruce McConnell
138. DorobekInsider.com poll: What do you think of Obama’s team so far?
139. DorobekInsider: Happy birthday to… NAPA’s Lena Trudeau
140. A very happy Thanksgiving
141. DorobekInsider.com: Report urges candidates to focus on innovation
142. Get ready — change is coming to Washington
143. VA CIO Bob Howard reportedly has a new gig
144. DorobekInsider: Godspeed to Kurt Kelman
145. Hear the discussion of OMB’s CIO memo for yourself
146. Too much good stuff for a Friday radio show
147. One of my favorite stories of the week: Obama and Zunegate
148. DorobekInsider: The government’s newest blog: The U.S. Fire Administration
149. State CIOs name Pam Walker to head government affairs
150. The DorobekInsider meets with DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff
151. DorobekInsider: GSA’s Reed moves to HQ
152. The president-elect announces his science and technology team, but no CTO yet
153. DorobekInsider: What’s the impact of Wall Street woes?
154. Reminder: The Federal News Radio Book Club today talking about The Speed of Trust
155. DorobekInsider: ‘Enough about me… what do you think about me?’
156. Happy Halloween… by the numbers (Thanks Census)
157. DorobekInsider: DNI makes info-sharing part of performance
158. Tracking Santa… even on Twitter
159. DorobekInsider: NOAA’s Lautenbacher to take his leave
160. More food from ELC — Monday lunch
161. DorobekInsider brush with the famous: Michael Chertoff
162. IAC’s transition documents… read them — and hear about them
163. Helping returning warfighters: Operation Jump Start
164. DorobekInsider.com: Weekend extra: We go to the dogs
165. DorobekInsider.com: Denett’s Interior connection
166. The Federal News Radio book club ahead this Wednesday
167. NewsBytes — the November 28 edition… Bush gets a cyber-attack briefing… and the TARP job search
168. DorobekInsider poll: What do you make of OMB’s CIO memo?
169. DorobekInsider: On the covers of the trades
170. DorobekInsider.com: Kempf GSA’s new FAS deputy
171. DorobekInsider: More info on the passing of Suda’s mother
172. A video walking tour of Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s new studio
173. DorobekInsider: Seeking visibility in the federal budget process
174. DorobekInsider: Hear GSA’s Varnado… and get more information about Networx today
175. Election night — what to watch
176. Happy birthday to… Helen Mosher
177. DorobekInsider: House.gov overwhelmed
178. Group pushes for an “open government”
179. DorobekInsider: RadonLeaders.org… a slight correction
180. The first take at leadership in a new Obama or McCain administration
181. DorobekInsider poll: Is Government 2.0 real?
182. DorobekInsider: GCN reporting troubles with the E-Gov Act
183. DorobekInsider: Care about what you do!
184. DorobekInsider: Happy birthday to Washington Technology’s Nick Wakeman
185. DorobekInsider.com: USDA’s Christopherson speaks
186. Fed 100 deadline postponed… happy Christmas
187. DorobekInsider: FBI CIO retiring
188. DorobekInsider: Happy birthday to Murphy and Germain
189. DorobekInsider.com: Cureton exits the GITEC Board
190. SmartBuy to be added to the FAR
191. DorobekInsider: The Wall Street crisis could impact the government too
192. DorobekInsider: BlackBerry or spouse? Hmmmm
193. DorobekInsider.com: Where did Robert Burton go?
194. DorobekInsider: More on EPA’s Radon govenment 2.0 experiment
195. DorobekInsider: The Varnado speaking coup
196. The food of the Tim Young retirement lunch
197. DorobekInsider: Two government (related) pubs shutter
198. Happy birthday to… Palm’s Ryan McGrath
199. Story mentioned on air… Vets using technology to recover from stress disorders
200. Visiting DC’s “Googleplex”
201. DorobekInsider.com: Happy birthday to them this weekend
202. DorobekInsider: What the Wall Street mess means to you
203. DorobekInsider.com: Hurricane response 2.0
204. DorobekInsider: A debt sign of the times
205. DorobekInsider: Questions the presidential candidates should debate
206. Recommended read: 8 ways tech shaped the 2008 vote
207. DorobekInsider.com: A happy birthday to Charlie Church
208. Palm federal has layoffs
209. DorobekInsider.com: Google’s Chrome browser
210. Halloween at Federal News Radio
211. DorobekInsider: House members can post to YouTube
212. What are the biggest stories for government in 2008?
213. DorobekInsider.com: Safavian to be tried — again
214. DorobekInsider: Our issues amid the great debate
215. DorobekInsider.com: Monday’s must-reads