Wondering what U.S. Transportation secretary Ray LaHood considers his favorite mode of transportation? The answer is in the May edition of his On the Go video blog, which also tackles questions about high-speed rail, bicycling, and fuel economy. Viewers can submit questions for future editions via Facebook, Twitter (hashtag #q4ray), or the Fast Lane blog.Read… Read more »
Things which caught my eye elsewhere on the web How Alphagov might change UK government for the better – The Dextrous Web Addressing 80% of users’ needs compellingly and ignoring the rest is a sound principle of design, but government can’t do that. So, if we’re to use Apha.gov for the 80% –which we shouldRead… Read more »
[Warning: This is a rather personal and pretty self-indulgent post I’m afraid; check back another day for pearls of digital wisdom] I blame Paul Graham. A few years ago, his essays started a lingering train of thought that I didn’t necessarily need a job, I needed an income. Just over a year ago, I putRead… Read more »
[Warning: This is a rather personal and pretty self-indulgent post I’m afraid; check back another day for pearls of digital wisdom] I blame Paul Graham. A few years ago, his essays started a lingering train of thought that I didn’t necessarily need a job, I needed an income. Just over a year ago, I putRead… Read more »
The newly-relaunched Utah.gov is getting rave reviews from across the Open Government community. Here’s one more reason to like it: Not only do they list all upcoming public meetings and public hearings online, they also allow citizens to create their own “Public Notice Widget”, a custom notification filter. Not sure if this feature was partRead… Read more »
Have you checked out the new Utah.gov yet? According to the press release, the site gets 1.2 million unique visitors a month and last year “processed more than 25.1 million secure electronic transactions through the official state website, mobile-optimized services, automated phone system, and point-of-purchase systems at retail outlets statewide.” Here’s a quick 2 minuteRead… Read more »
Best Practices for Government Libraries 2011: e-Initiatives and e-Efforts: Expanding Our Horizons is scheduled to be released shortly. I want to share the list of articles that will be included in the 2011 edition in a series of quick posts prior to its availability as a PDF here on the Government Info Pro. The submissionsRead… Read more »
Governing The Commons (Google Books), a 1990 book by Elinor Ostrom, of The Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University, presents an approach to avoiding the ‘tragedy of the commons.’ She presents 8 criteria (see below) that are associated with sustainable management of “common-pool resources,” which are non-excludable in physical accessibility (suchRead… Read more »
Teaching students how to build airplanes, robots and simulations is serious business, but Designing Digitally, Inc. plans to make it a game — literally. Designing Digitally, Inc., the web-based training firm that specializes in E-learning, virtual worlds, and 3D simulations, was recently awarded a 2011 Air Force Virtual World contract from the United States AirRead… Read more »
INPUT Analyst Evan Halperin reports. In a five-to-four vote last month, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the California prison system violates the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. The landmark case had five justices: Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan voted to force the California Department of Corrections to reduce theRead… Read more »