Open Congress : Blog Articles for Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]

World Smile Day 2008 - Send a Smile to a Soldier (Sat, Jun 28)

2008-06-28T00:00:00Z

Sponsored by: World Smile Day Foundation, the City of Worcester, Worcester Historical Museum, Congressman James McGovern and WCRN Radio. Cost: $50 for box of 10 cookies or $5 for individual cookie Through Friday, Sep 19.

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Worcester Telegram And Gazette

2008-06-27T00:00:00Z

Leaving Iraq

2008-06-27T00:00:00Z

Both Congressmen who were involved in the study - James McGovern and John Tierney - were on the line; Rep. McGovern mentioned that they were talking on their cell phones while on the House floor waiting to cast votes on a bill. ...

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Yet another reason why knowledge management is problematic...

2008-06-27T00:00:00Z

Documentation at any level is boring and probably the last thing anyone technical wants to work on. Consider the fact that us enterprisey architects who hang out with process weenie project managers can concoct ridiculous deliverable ...

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World Smile Day 2008 - Send a Smile to a Soldier (Fri, Jun 27)

2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

World Smile Day 2008 - Send a Smile to a Soldier (Thu, Jun 26)

2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

Bill Action: Introduced: H.Res. 1316: Honoring the service of the ...

2008-06-25T00:00:00Z

Rep. James McGovern [D-MA] introduced H.Res. 1316: Honoring the service of the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on the Landing Ship Tank (LST) amphibious landing craft during World War II, the Korean war, the Vietnam war, ...

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Answers

2008-06-25T00:00:00Z

Answers In Genesis James McGovern has a habit of posing questions and then naming the people he would like to answer them. This time around, I had the privilege of having my name read out on the roll call. Actually he posted it just ...

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Worcester

2008-06-25T00:00:00Z

Thoughts on Industry Certifications

2008-06-25T00:00:00Z

Many folks are aware that I am leading a project for OWASP to create a software security certification and have been doing research on making it more credible than CISSP, MCSE, SCJP and CCIE combined. ...

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World Smile Day 2008 - Send a Smile to a Soldier (Wed, Jun 25)

2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

Enterprise Architecture: Repeatable Indian Outsourcing Mistakes

2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

I was at Home Depot listening to an IT manager I know rant about how he explained a concept to folks in India whom gave an indication that they understood. He was disappointed in the deliverable. ...

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Some answers on Identity enablement

2008-06-23T00:00:00Z

James McGovern has a habit of posing questions and then naming the people he would like to answer them. This time around, I had the privilege of having my name read out on the roll call. Actually he posted it just before I went on my ...

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Enterprise Architecture: Should EA have its own manifesto?

2008-06-23T00:00:00Z

The Agile Manifesto for software development has been embraced by the masses of tired developers who simply want to develop high-quality valuable working software for their business customers and have grown increasingly disgusted with ...

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Should enterprises hire more stupid people...

2008-06-21T00:00:00Z

The more you know the more likely you are to get bored. For example, if you know how to factor repetition out of your code, but the organization won't let you, then you will probably be bored out of your skull doing it the "low brow" ...

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Republican Pete Session's Has a Friend

2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

Democratic Congressman James McGovern, demonstrating he has the pulse of what is the American peoples interest right now, not special interests like Pete, had this to say in response:. "With friends like oil companies, the consumers do ...

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Links for 2008-05-20

2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

Identity Dialtone vs OpenID The notion of an ISP being the holder of identity works in a consumerish model but fails miserably in enterprise settings. Likewise, for B2B interactions that involve licensing, indemnification or other ...

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From SOA Watch

2008-06-19T00:00:00Z

Representative James McGovern (D-MA) recently told COHA, â€œIâ€™m very pleased that a majority of my colleagues voted for transparency and accountability. There is simply no reason why the Pentagon should continue to black out the names of ...

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Rep. Pete Sessions' new best friends

2008-06-19T00:00:00Z

Sessions went on to say oil companies need the opportunity to drill for domestic oil. But that didn't sway Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass.: "With friends like oil companies, the consumers do not need enemies." -- Maria Recio.

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Transparency Debated in Congress; WHINSEC (Ex-School of the ...

2008-06-17T00:00:00Z