Still feeling inspired from the @ThompsonCFF luncheon last week – so glad to be a sponsor, it feels good to give back!

The luncheon was 700+ strong and the stories were heart wrenching.  How children can be abused and neglected is a delicate matter that needs hope.  The team at Alexander Children’s Home showed the kind of patience, love, and training that these children need to blossom into adults. 

To see the most inspiring story of the day click here:  http://www.thompsoncff.org/Video_2012.html

Thompson’s Child and Family Focus feels all children deserve their help.  Unfortunately, not all children get the help or love they deserve, damaging them during their critical formative years. Thompson Child & Family Focus exists for this very reason – we believe that hope and hard work can heal suffering children. We hope you’ve found your way here because you share our conviction.

Our work centers on the well-being of children and their families. Founded in 1886 as an orphanage, Thompson is a non-profit organization operating three distinct campuses, each providing comprehensive education, treatment, and care for children (birth to 18 years) in need.

The children we serve are fragile, bruised or broken. Our vision – our determination and our obligation – is to make them whole again. At Thompson, we do whatever it takes to help every child to feel safe, strong, happy, and loved.

Our mission…called to serve children and families through
healing, teaching, worship, and play.

• By Camille Tuutti
• Apr 05, 2012

How’s this for a cautionary tale?

A lawyer who represented a medical facility found out during cross-examination that his client had moved its important information into a cloud environment. So far, it sounds like a typical cloud migration.

But it was only later that the client learned the cloud provider was deleting all data every 60 days. Lacking the evidence that would have been in those records, the client had no choice but to settle the case.

John Facciola, a magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court, told that story while speaking at the FOSE Conference and Expo in Washington, D.C., on April 5.

“What terrifies me about the cloud is that people get into their heads that cloud has infinite capacity and we don’t need records management,” he said. “These days, that’s like not having a men’s room! How can you function?”

Facciola urged agency heads to think ahead before leaping to the cloud and offered tips on some key considerations. “Ask yourself some questions: Who in my agency is responsible for this? Who’s going to sign off? What is it going to say, for example, when we have a demand for information and the stuff is in the cloud? What happens if the cloud provider goes bankrupt? That’s always one of my favorite questions.”

Agencies should also carefully think through their security posture and ask what provisions exist to protect data, and who is responsible in the event of a breach, or “who indemnifies whom,” Facciola said.

FOSE, held April 3 to 5, is organized by 1105 Media, the parent company of Federal Computer Week.