What transit agencies can learn from Twitter
Researchers at Purdue University (IN) used market research tools to test the mood of Chicago commuters by analyzing their Twitter posts. Original post
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Jobs Analysis of President Obama’s State of the Union, 2012 by a Federal Jobs Consultant
I analyzed SOTA for all remarks, plans, legislation, ideas to support JOBS and TRAINING and EDUCATION in the US for 2012. I came up with 11 major points that were made. I wrote this: “The initiatives described in the State of the Union may or may not be offering you real jobs today. “ ReadRead… Read more »
Catbird’s vSecurity 5.0
While virtualization offers many benefits to enterprise such as lower costs and greater flexibility, it also creates new challenges. One of the greatest concerns with switching over to virtualized infrastructure, espeically in government, is security and compliance in a complex and dynamic environment which legacy software can no longer handle. Catbird offers automated security solutionsRead… Read more »
Catbird’s vSecurity 5.0
Tweet While virtualization offers many benefits to enterprise such as lower costs and greater flexibility, it also creates new challenges. One of the greatest concerns with switching over to virtualized infrastructure, espeically in government, is security and compliance in a complex and dynamic environment which legacy software can no longer handle. Catbird offers automated securityRead… Read more »
Can Twitter help design better transit service?
Can Twitter help create better transit routes? Enter Eric Fischer who plotted thousands of geotagged tweets onto maps of NYC, Chicago, and San Francisco. Original post
“Bring a Friend” Mobile Gov Wikithon!
Bring one, bring all! Bring a colleague to our “Bring a Friend” Wikithon next week on Tues., Jan 31, 2010. We will be holding this wikithon in two locations–D.C. and Maryland! Wikithons are gatherings of Mobile Gov professionals to create and develop content for the Mobile Gov Wiki. All attendees who bring friends will receiveRead… Read more »
Are You Helping the Public “Find Bigfoot?”
As a parent of two boys, I’m allowed the luxury of pretending to be a super hero, using decorative pillows (I’ll never understand them) as weapons, and throwing bugs in spider webs to see what happens. I did all of these things before I had kids, but it’s much more acceptable now. With man-vibes runningRead… Read more »
Public Knowledge Journal: Call for Papers on Public Health
Public Knowledge Journal is now accepting papers for Volume 4 Issue 1 on the topic of Public Health. Public health in this call is broadly defined and may include topical areas such as public health research, economic influences on public health, the local and organic food movements, and the role of development aid in targetedRead… Read more »
Supporting Missions at Army IT Day
This week we’re gearing up for a big week at AFCEA West in San Diego, where we’ll meet with experts from the Navy to find out how our technologies can help them better accomplish their missions. (Stay tuned for videos and other posts from that show in the weeks to come.) But before we diveRead… Read more »
Stats from the front lines: EPA’s Greenversations Blog
Someone just asked me some questions about Greenversations, so I figured I’d share the answers more broadly. Basics Greenversations launched on Earth Day in 2008: April 22, 2008. We’ve published 1500 posts written by hundreds of EPAers across the entire agency. Anyone at EPA can write with their management’s permission, and posts are reviewed byRead… Read more »