Don’t be like Cleveland…prepare for when your star leaves We all know the story – local high school star LeBron James joins the hometown Cleveland Cavaliers, becomes a star, leads his team to the playoffs for five straight seasons and then “takes his talents to South Beach.” Without their superstar, the Cavs finish the nextRead… Read more »
The Federal Transit Administration awarded $928.5 million in grants to more than 300 projects through its Alternatives Analysis, Bus Livability, and State of Good Repair programs. Projects include the following: Orange County Transportation Authority (CA) will install 100 solar lights at selected bus stops to improve safety, security, and accessibility. Springfield Mass Transit District (IL)Read… Read more »
Our sister site, CTOlabs.com, is a place where we capture information, evals, concepts and references of use to technologists. We write far more about specific technologies and companies there, which allows us to keep CTOvision.com focused on more timely topics. CTOvision.com is for current context on tech, CTOlabs.com is for reference and examination of concepts.Read… Read more »
A few weeks ago, I wrote about virtual assistants for govies. To see if the concept was worth pursuing, I decided to use a test — see if a virtual assistant could do simple market research in a fictional situation. I send this on 10/5/11 to my virtual assistant. Find me two vendors on GSARead… Read more »
I sat on a panel this past Friday with GovLoopers Sarah Kaufman from New York City’s MTA and Mark Drapeau from Microsoft as well as Gale Brewer, a City Council Member in New York City and Rachel Sterne, the Chief Digital Officer for New York City and well known for her brilliant Road Map forRead… Read more »
Professor Barbara A. Bintliff of the University of Texas School of Law has posted The Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act Is Ready for Legislative Action, on the VoxPopuLII Blog, published by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School. In this post, Professor Bintliff — who is the Reporter for the Uniform Electronic LegalRead… Read more »
The Santa Cruz City Council is working to link up the city’s disparate technology efforts to create greater transparency and improve service delivery. A new three-part initiative aims to help local technology companies grow while centralizing public works through better use of technology. The initative is the result of a task force created by theRead… Read more »
Government Technology reports that a new app has been developed to help US Fish & Wildlife Service Officers stay safe when working in remote locations. The app is called PocketCop, which allows officers to run a background check on a person and receive near instantaneous results. The app allows Cops to see if an individualRead… Read more »
It has been exactly one month since my wife and I decided to join the 1 in 7 Canadians (or two million homes) without a landline. The funny thing is, I completely forgot I ditched it until I was reminded by stumbling across a recent article on the topic. Apparently by the end of 2014,Read… Read more »
BY ADMIN ON OCTOBER 17, 2011 · 0 COMMENTS[EDIT] Http://LeonardSipes.Com I help run a variety of government websites that produce high numbers of page views. After multiple years of success, and after helping others create and market websites, I received a challenge. “Your success is partially based on the fact that you’re a .gov,” aRead… Read more »