Last week in Honolulu, the Mayor got on a bus. And while this may seem like a small thing, it’s just the latest example of how mayors and municipal leaders are using the weight of their offices to advance the agenda of open government. Mayors are not often known for their prowess at writing code.Read… Read more »
“Let’s bring PR in so they’ll get us some media coverage for the new launch!” “Let’s make sure we have PR look this over to make us sound better.” “Can you have PR develop a plan to make sure the public thinks we’re awesome?” “Our customers keep complaining about our product – can we getRead… Read more »
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The House of Representatives will begin discussing four cybersecurity bills this week but will not consider the Promoting and Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness (PRECISE) Act of 2011 . More here. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has proposed changes to the DigitalRead… Read more »
By Steve [email protected] Grapevine Police Department, in partnership with the Grapevine-Colleyville school district, is offering a new smartphone application, iWatch Grapevine, for reporting crime in the city. IWatch Grapevine is an exciting, new, virtual Crime Watch program that will empower citizens like you to help the police deal with criminals or others who would seekRead… Read more »
Dallas (Thursday, April 12, 2012)– The RTCC (Real Time Crime Center) of the Philadelphia Police Department today launched iWatchPhiladelphia, a mobile app and “Centralized Investigational Dashboard” (CID) software suite that lets any citizen to report suspected criminal activities, respond to police requests for information, or submit photos or videos anonymously from smartphones directly to theRead… Read more »
Data comes in many different forms, and depending on the form of data, it can totally change its use. For example, realtime data has different applications than data not in realtime, same goes for big and small data. While speaking with Chris Dorobek on the DorobekINSIDER, Tim Davies, a PhD student in the Web ScienceRead… Read more »
The Canadian Government recently announced the next steps in their Open Government initiative, plans to host a ‘GC Docs’ portal for Government records. President Obama declared a similar initiative last year, making ‘Managing Government Records’ a strategic priority for the Whitehouse. How both can be achieved through new ‘Cloud 2.0’ technologies is the focus ofRead… Read more »
Data: It’s for Yuppies and Hipsters. That’s the message I’m hearing lately from more than a few companies that deal in data. It seems like more often than not, the messaging around data is, frankly, elitist — based on an assumption that data is something for people of means. Because I’m a sucker for aRead… Read more »
How GSA is getting data, anywhere, at anytime, the TSP’s Roth Option and Untangling Big Data by GovLoop Insights On the program today for April 23rd, 2012: We’re going to talk about what GSA is actually getting it right. Last week, I moderated a discussion about mobile technologies and how it is changing work. Ahead,Read… Read more »
Last Thursday, I delivered the presentation below for several Federal agency heads at the Chicago Federal Executive Board. I quickly affixed the title, “The State of Social Media in Government,” though I’m not sure that’s an accurate description of the content. Here’s a quick sketch of my outline: How Are Americans Using Social Media? (dataRead… Read more »