Some people complain the U.S. Government can do more to promote security.  The GAO report suggests improvements are being made where they are needed most.

Are you one of the thousands of IT professionals being asked to make Scrum succeed in their organizations? Do you know where to start?

Libre Office musings:  Is this what we've been waiting for?

Do you think social media use is all that difficult?

Traenk muses over past governmental security efforts.  They are PAST, right?

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Welcome to InformIT’s Microsoft week. Today three winners will receive an ASP.NET Dynamic Data Unleashed eBook by Oleg Sych and Randy Patterson. Using Dynamic Data, ASP.NET developers can create powerful, datadriven sites with amazing speed and efficiency, eliminating massive amounts of manual coding. ASP.NET Dynamic Data Unleashed is the first complete, practical guide to Dynamic Data for every experienced ASP.NET developer.

We have reached the end of yet another week of InformIT giveaways. We're wrapping up Mobile Programming week with a $25 Amazon gift card, which three lucky winners will receive! For our winners who missed out on this week's other giveaways, you might want to use that gift card for:

Sams Teach Yourself Windows Phone 7 Application Development in 24 Hours by Scott Dorman, Kevin Wolf, Nikita Polyakov, Joe Healy is today’s eBook giveaway. With a straightforward, step-by-step approach, the authors will teach you how to develop Windows Phone 7 Applications in 24 one-hour lessons. A quiz is included at the end of each chapter as a checkpoint. There are also notes, tips, and cautions throughout the book to optimize your quick learning experience. You’ll learn the fundamentals of Windows Phone 7 app development, how to leverage Silverlight or the XNA Framework, and how to get your apps into the Windows Marketplace. One step at a time, you’ll master new features ranging from the new sensors to using launchers and choosers. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, helping you get the job done fast—and get it done right!

Today is Day 13 of InformIT’s 17 Days of Giveaways. Three winners today will receive an Android Wireless Application Development Volume I: Android Essentials, Third Edition eBook by Lauren Darcey and Shane Conder.

For the twelfth day of giveaways, we are giving three winners an eBook copy of iOS Prgramming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, 3E by Joe Conway and Aaron Hillegass. These two instructors from the Big Nerd Ranch lead you through the essential concepts, tools, and techniques for developing iOS applications in this version updated and expanded to cover iOS 5 and Xcode 4.3.