Comments on: Barriers to Adopting New Technologies In Government http://blog.billbrantley.com/2010/03/05/barriers-to-adopting-new-technologies-in-government/ Random notes on politics, government, science, and technology. Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:07:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: How to make innovation a rational choice for the government | Techrudite http://blog.billbrantley.com/2010/03/05/barriers-to-adopting-new-technologies-in-government/comment-page-1/#comment-14 How to make innovation a rational choice for the government | Techrudite Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:31:07 +0000 http://blog.billbrantley.com/?p=190#comment-14 [...] cheaper for the taxpayers) ideas tend to get smothered more often than not. Some attribute this to fear of change, others to the fact that government contractors provide value to shareholders by selling lots of [...] [...] cheaper for the taxpayers) ideas tend to get smothered more often than not. Some attribute this to fear of change, others to the fact that government contractors provide value to shareholders by selling lots of [...]

]]> By: Set-asides for innovation in government IT | Techrudite http://blog.billbrantley.com/2010/03/05/barriers-to-adopting-new-technologies-in-government/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Set-asides for innovation in government IT | Techrudite Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:17:06 +0000 http://blog.billbrantley.com/?p=190#comment-13 [...] Bill Brantley also wrote about some other barriers to innovation in government IT Share Gov2.0 Gov2.0, Government IT, OpenGov HTTP Basic in Mobile [...] [...] Bill Brantley also wrote about some other barriers to innovation in government IT Share Gov2.0 Gov2.0, Government IT, OpenGov HTTP Basic in Mobile [...]

]]> By: bill http://blog.billbrantley.com/2010/03/05/barriers-to-adopting-new-technologies-in-government/comment-page-1/#comment-12 bill Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:42:09 +0000 http://blog.billbrantley.com/?p=190#comment-12 Hello Firoze: I still think it is fear of change but your point about the "inability to spread risk" is quite insightful. Thanks. Hello Firoze:

I still think it is fear of change but your point about the “inability to spread risk” is quite insightful. Thanks.

]]> By: Firoze Lafeer http://blog.billbrantley.com/2010/03/05/barriers-to-adopting-new-technologies-in-government/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Firoze Lafeer Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:17:05 +0000 http://blog.billbrantley.com/?p=190#comment-11 I don't know if it's fear of change, so much as it is the inability to spread risk. In the private sector, new technologies come and go, not all are successful. But there are mechanisms in place to fund new ideas. In the government very often only one idea gets that chance, and the rational choice is the safest (read oldest) idea. I've been thinking about this problem this week also: http://techrudite.com/2010/set-asides-for-innovation-in-government-it/ I don’t know if it’s fear of change, so much as it is the inability to spread risk. In the private sector, new technologies come and go, not all are successful. But there are mechanisms in place to fund new ideas. In the government very often only one idea gets that chance, and the rational choice is the safest (read oldest) idea. I’ve been thinking about this problem this week also: http://techrudite.com/2010/set-asides-for-innovation-in-government-it/

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