Over the last few days I have been working on building mobile applications for Android devices as part of the August 3D Game Lab Teacher Camp. It hasn’t been as difficult as I thought it would be as there are a lot of tutorials out there. There are also some applications that allow you toRead… Read more »
I’m ecstatic to have interned with Code for America this summer. Spending summer here was an obvious decision for me because Code for America is the perfect combination of my interests in city government, civic innovation, and technology. I grew up in Nashville and just completed my first year at Claremont McKenna College where IRead… Read more »
The weather has been incredible here in Washington DC! It reminds me of August in Maine, no humidity, temperatures in the high 70’s or low 80’s during the day and in the 60’s at night. Rather than typically draining August swelter, it has been invigorating, even energizing! My boys especially appreciate the weather as theyRead… Read more »
Think about your day at work. How much of your time is dedicated to copying or printing papers? How about the amount of time you spend updating spreadsheets? Or the amount of time it takes you to copy information from one document to another? Our answers may vary depending on your job description, but theRead… Read more »
The way that government delivers services to citizens is rapidly changing. Services are now being delivered across sectors and changing the role of government. Today, technology is an essential component to delivering services to citizens. Information technology tools are used throughout the entire lifecycle of delivering services. From the onset, IT is used to trackRead… Read more »
Have you seen the interesting article in the June Harvard Business Review by Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha, and Chris Yeh called “Tours of Duty: The New Employer-Employee Compact”? It gives us a new way to think about our careers – with an emphasis on increased flexibility. Instead of thinking of a career as a seriesRead… Read more »
Violent crime rates on Indian reservations are twice as high as the national crime rate. Charles Addington, the associate director for field operations from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, was tasked with coming up with a solution to reduce crime on reservations by 5%. Addington’s data driven approach to policing was so successful, that violentRead… Read more »
I wanted to share some results of our salary survey culled together by our researcher Greg Timpany. Compensation in terms of base salary varies significantly within the different levels of government. In the 2013 IT salary and skills study, we took a look at the different areas of IT personnel in the government and comparedRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Governing by Remote Control? In Government Technology, Tom Spengler writes “Why Mobile Devices Should Replace the Town Hall,” arguing that “mobile devices [can] help fight political apathy and bring town hall to our fingertips.” The role of mobile in governing is important, and though I think he goes too far, it’s an importantRead… Read more »
“The most important contributions in the workplace are to add values and to be able to influence others to perform ethically through our actions and performance outcomes. We have an obligation to shape a compassionate, fair to all, and ethical workplace. Don’t worry what others do or gain but worry that not doing the rightRead… Read more »