Monthly Archives: July 2011

Call for chapter proposals: Sustainable eParticipation

A message from Rolf Leuhrs from Pep-Net: “In the past 5-10 years, eParticipation has emerged as a novel theoretical and practical domain, and it will further characterize the policy agendas of most industrialized and developing countries in the near future. However, documented practice shows mixed results from eParticipation initiatives, and concerns about sustainability-related matters (theRead… Read more »

Research and Best Practices eNewsletter

Lessons Learned from Around the World (06/07/2011) – The World Economic Forum’s report on the future of governmentlooks at the major challenges facing governments and the need for them to adapt to rapidly changing conditions and citizens’ expectations. The report recommends that governments become flatter, agile, streamlined and tech-enabled (FAST). Canadians most tech hungry(06/24/2011) –Read… Read more »

Making Mobile Gov: Discuss Legal & Compliance

We’re back with Challenge #4 after our fireworks filled weekend. Today’s mobile gov discussion is about compliance and legal issues. Mobile projects–like everything we do–need to comply with federal laws and regulations like terms of service, records management, accessibility, executive orders, COPPA, endorsement, intellectual property, etc. These rules are not new. What is new isRead… Read more »

CEIL’s Top Ten Solar Power Twitter Feeds

Top 10 Twitter Feeds is a new, regular series on the CEIL Blog dedicated to helping you discover the best — and most informative — Twitter feeds available. This week we’re focusing on the Top 10 Solar Power Tweeters. There are almost too many great Twitter feeds to list and, as such, we suggest searchingRead… Read more »

EIA’s State Energy Data System

It’s ‘Energy Data Tuesday’ here on the CEIL Blog. We have two sets of data to share with you today, both courtesy of the EIA. The first is the State Energy Data System. The SEDS, managed by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), has recently released data for energy consumption, expenditure and production for the yearRead… Read more »

Minnesota shuts down government; Gov. Dayton and legislature cannot agree on budget

Deltek Analyst Randi Powell and Sr. Analyst Chris Cotner report. In a press release dated June 30, 2011, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton said, “I deeply regret that the last week of intense negotiations between Republican legislative leaders and Senator Bakk, Representative Thissen, and myself have failed to bridge the divide between us.” He continued, “OurRead… Read more »

Seven Imperatives: Imperative Three: Manage through Collaboration

Over the past decade, government at all levels made much progress in building collaborative relationships. There are two areas in which government has clearly moved toward increased use of collaboration. The first is governments coming together to create ad hoc collaborative networks in response to emergency situations. The second is the creation of new networksRead… Read more »

Interesting elsewhere – 5 July 2011

Things which caught my eye elsewhere on the web Adrian Short » Blog Archive » Designing with the Delete key Getting rid of all the clutter on your website doesn’t require a great deal of design insight or technical skill. But it needs a lot of discipline. So once a day just delete something thatRead… Read more »

Building the case for the cloud

Deltek Analyst Amanda White reports. The first ever Cloud Computing in Health Care Conference & Expo was held June 21-22, 2011 at the City Avenue Hilton in Philadelphia, Pa. The conference, spearheaded by the International Institute for Business Information and Growth (iiBIG), generated from the need for intelligent and open dialogue on how cloud-based technologiesRead… Read more »