London’s plans for underground mobile network hit roadblock
Transport for London (UK) has abandoned plans for an underground cellular network before the 2012 Olympics, citing project costs and technical complexity. Original post
Project Management
Killing investment in Smarter Government?
How many federal expenditures can you think of that have produced a 10,000% return-on-investment(ROI)? Medicare? Defense? TARP? According to US CIO Vivek Kundra, the $32 Million investment in data transparency has yielded federal IT program savings of $3 Billion. This figure does not include estimates for other economic benefits from data-driven innovation. For example, thanksRead… Read more »
Civil Protection 2.0 – More from Elena Rapisardi in Tuscany
Some of you will remember an earlier blog post about the webconference that Elena Rapisardi and I convened, in January, 2010, among people in Virginia, New Orleans, Boston, Italy (University of Ferrara campus) and in Dublin, with the generous assistance of Management Concepts staff. Elena, a member of the GovLoop community, continues her groundbreaking effortsRead… Read more »
2011 PMF Data Visualization: Semifinalists vs Finalists
[Also posted here] I spent a good deal of time gathering and sifting through the lists of 2011 semifinalists and finalists, cleaning up school names and gathering latitude and longitude information for each of the schools I saw represented in the data sets. At present, I have not had a chance to do the sameRead… Read more »
We all change
A few things have been on my mind recently – all positive stuff generally, which is good, but a few issues that are neither positive or negative. One thing that I find quite interesting in my current situation (50% reduction in team) is that there is a huge assumption that as staff we are inRead… Read more »
Congress considers transport tech grants
Congress is considering establishing a pilot competitive grant program to bring transportation technology to six cities. Original post
Success Rule #19A – Understand The Change Process
Last time I introduced you to the rule, Anticipate Change. Anticipating and working through change becomes easier if you understand what’s going on in your head or the head of others around you. Make no doubt about it, all of us go through this process. Granted it is relative. For some it may simply beRead… Read more »
Community 2.0 Web Hero ends isolation for elderly
I have been working closely with Kingston City Council since last year, assisting them in implementing Web 2.0, social media and mobile technologies to improve collaboration internally, to cut costs and to engage and communicate more clearly with residents and local businesses. It is through this program that I met Belinda McDaid. Belinda McDaid managesRead… Read more »
School voucher bill advances in Indiana
Indiana is one step closer to having the nation’s most broad based school voucher program. The bill that passed the state House of Representatives, creates a new voucher program for low and middle income families. Under the terms of the bill, vouchers will be allotted on a sliding scale based on income. The voucher programRead… Read more »
School voucher bill advances in Indiana
Indiana is one step closer to having the nation’s most broad based school voucher program. The bill that passed the state House of Representatives, creates a new voucher program for low and middle income families. Under the terms of the bill, vouchers will be allotted on a sliding scale based on income. The voucher programRead… Read more »