ITS World Congress: Thursday’s thoughts
On the last day of the ITS World Congress I attended a fascinating session how open data can make pubic transport more accessible. Original post
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Thank You CfA! – Dan Melton
This post was written by Dan Melton, Code for America’s CTO. The original post on Code for America was automatically pulled into GovLoop and accidentally mislabeled as by Abhi Nemani. I’m stepping out of Code for America at the end of the year. It’s time for some new leadership to continue building the CfA networkRead… Read more »
What I’ve been reading
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Getting the digital debate going – Jimmy Leach announces the FCO’s conference on cyberspace. Sounds interesting! Mid year review: the state of DH digital – Great honest review of activity in digital at the Dept Health Ofsted Parent View – Interesting “Parent’s Opinion” style schoolRead… Read more »
Blog Talk Radio with @thedodgeretort and @bobgourley
John Dodge (@thedodgeretort) and Bob Gourley (@bobgourley) review the Enterprise CIO Forum’s (@ECIOForum) top 10 Cloud Security Tweets of the week in the following podcast. Tweets selected by John included: zdnet: Will cloud security ever be sufficient? http://t.co/vLJjhFAY cloudsa: (ISC)² and The Cloud Security Alliance Expand Cloud Security Offerings to their Memberships… http://t.co/c80DntRK chrispirillo: HowRead… Read more »
New America Foundation’s Gov 2.0 Report Highlights IT Dashboard
This morning the New America Foundation released a comprehensive Gov 2.0 report about how California’s local governments are using technology to connect with the public and improve services. “Hear Us Now? A California Survey of Digital Technology’s Role in Civic Engagement and Local Government” is a survey of 41 different innovations from across the state,Read… Read more »
Code-a-thon Saturday: Help Make Boston Better
This weekend we’re bringing together a group of Boston-area residents interested in bridging the gap between community and technology. Tons of opportunities for technology innovation are identified by various groups working for the City of Boston (or by community organizations), but budgets are tight and most software developers are working for software companies, not cityRead… Read more »
The First Tweetup of the Let’s Move Campaign
The following is a guest post from Douglas Naegele, President at Infield Health – a mobile health company based in Washington, DC. Doug recounts his experience as an invited attendee at the very first Twitter inspired Let’s Move event. You can follow Doug on Twitter as @textandshout I recently had the pleasure of attending theRead… Read more »
Federal Coach: Mapping the NIH’s Leadership DNA
Dr. Francis S. Collins is the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), overseeing an institution that is the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world. A physician-geneticist, Collins is noted for his landmark discoveries of disease genes and his leadership of the international Human Genome Project, which culminated in April 2003 withRead… Read more »
Daily Dose: USAJOBS Extends Deadline for Federal Agencies
USAJOBS has extended deadlines for job seekers interested in non-emergency positions. The Washington Post reports that OPM staff is working around the clock to fix code bugs and related problems on the USAJOBS site. On Wednesday, a contractor was hired to test the site and was still witnessing a 86% failure rate. The Washington PostRead… Read more »
The Evolution of ECM and the Gartner Magic Quadrant for ECM, 2011
Sharing a new blog post by Hyland CEO AJ Hyland with some interesting thoughts on how ECM or document management is growing despite budget concerns… it has some nice ideas on how you might view IT investment that are helpful for government agencies… While the stand-out fact in this year’s Gartner Magic Quadrant for ECM,Read… Read more »