This weekend I read a few really interesting articles on the Destiny USA project in my hometown of Syracuse. Destiny USA was a plan to revive the Syracuse economy through an expansive plan to build a mall that rivals the Mall of America. At various points, Destiny USA would have a 65-acre glass enclosed parkRead… Read more »
More and more agencies are adopting agile methodologies to designing, building and deploying apps and systems. Agile fundamentally differs from traditional development methodologies such as waterfall. It’s such a radical departure, in fact, that it also requires fundamental changes in how you manage agile projects. This is why PMI recently adopted an Agile Project ManagementRead… Read more »
Hey there. I’m Emily Jarvis– the DorobekINSIDER producer — and welcome GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER… where we focus on six words… helping you do your job better… Chris Dorobek is out of the office today on vacation. But we couldn’t leave you hanging. So I’ve compiled some of my favorite interviews on open government. On Today’sRead… Read more »
By MICAH L. SIFRY Last week, I had the privilege of talking with Genevieve Williams and David Burton, two of the three authors of “The Use of Social Media for Disaster Recovery,” a 32-page guide built on the experiences they (and their co-author Rebecca Williams) had in the wake of the powerful and destructive tornadosRead… Read more »
Social media has become a major influencer in the way candidates campaign. Newark’s Cory Booker has over one million followers, and is one of the best examples of a politician successfully utilizing social media. On New Years Eve in 2010, Mayor Booker even responded to a grandson tweeting about his grandfather who needed his drivewayRead… Read more »
Using a decision-making flowchart, this post helps people determine whether they should include one or more hashtags in their tweets. This guidance is offered as an extension of the recent post, 6 Tips to Avoid Making a Hash of Twitter Hashtags. The post also provides links to additional resources that enable both rookie and moreRead… Read more »
I don’t have kids yet (but one on the way). However, lots of my friends do and one of their biggest worries is schooling. What school should their kid go to? X or Y? Public, private, charter school? Which of the 10 options should they send their kid too? So I thought it was fascinatingRead… Read more »
At work we’ve been focusing a lot on development of web maps. We have an ESRI ArcGIS Server so we’ve been trying out the JavaScript, Flex, and Silverlight options available. But we’ve also been exploring the mapping/GIS opportunities offered by Google. This week, I needed to create an embeddable map that I could easily generateRead… Read more »
In the White House digital government strategy released a few weeks ago, the White House has made it clear that it wants all government agencies to ensure that the American public can find its critical services via their mobile phone. This is not surprising considering that currently 46% of the American public owns a smartphone,Read… Read more »
Two of the biggest challenges facing government IT policy is how best to tap into the potential of open data and how to make digital by default a core goal. mySocity’s director Tom Steinberg hosted a session at LGA Conference 2012 outlining how local government should respond to these two issues and enable the sectorRead… Read more »