Recovery.gov launches mobile app and critics ask why
The team responsible for Recovery.gov, the website that tracks and displays ARRA-funded projects, has released a pair of mobile applications. Original post
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Tornadoes in the South
No really more about my experience with the tornadoes in Huntsville Al. For those who know a little about me , we, the wife and I, got through the day from hell, with only minimal structural damage due to straight line winds to our home and NO physical injuries at all. Took some 4 hours,Read… Read more »
Weekly Round-up: April 29, 2011
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Government Employees as Guides, not just Subjects. IBM Center author Ines Mergel argues in a blog post that ” constantly including practitioners into the research process and not only as subjects (i.e., interview partners), but as equal partners who guide the research, evaluate its feasibility and to keep the research grounded and unbiased.”Read… Read more »
Government’s ROI for Open Government
When you invest in something, you want to know how well your investment is paying off – your ROI. Well, citizens “invest” in government (and their community), so they want easy access to useful information about it. They want to see a return on their investment. But open government is not just beneficial for citizens;Read… Read more »
Half a billion people are expected to use mobile payment technology
Some 500 million people will pay their transit fares with mobile devices by 2015 according to a new report from Juniper Research. Original post
Half a billion people are expected to use mobile payment technology
Some 500 million people will pay their transit fares with mobile devices by 2015 according to a new report from Juniper Research. Original post
Can pods transform Delhi?
Delhi is looking into the feasibility personal rapid transit system and The City Fix asks whether PRT technology makes sense for the Indian city. Original post
For What It’s Worth: On Impartiality During Elections
It is election time again in Canada. For public servants that means increased public scrutiny (real or perceived) and constant (very real) reminders about our obligations as professional, non-partisan public servants. There is something happening here My interests in civic life span far beyond the traditional left-right spectrum of partisan politics. I think that healthyRead… Read more »
Connecting a TV to the Internet Part 4: success
In “Connecting a Samsung TV to the Internet Part 3” I had decided to reconfigure a low cost wireless router, to be a repeater bridge using the open source DD-WRT software. This was so I could plug a TV into the Internet. I was able to get the TV to “ping” the gateway, but notRead… Read more »
Are We Ready to Provide Great Customer Service in the Federal Government?
Yesterday, April 27, 2011, President Obama issued an Executive Order: Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service. In a nutshell, it directs agencies to develop and monitor customer service plans and measures and to solicit customer feedback to improve service. It calls for agencies to use technology to streamline customer service and to emulate practicesRead… Read more »