Here’s what we tagged this week: What Data Visualization Can and Can’t Tell Us About Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Law | TechPresident Why is open civic data important? Azavea published results of analysis that suggests racial discrimination in Pennsylvania’s voter ID law, but lack of data prevents anyone from drawing firm conclusions. Penn study says neighborhoodRead… Read more »
With the upcoming OASIS conference being held at the Microsoft HQ in Washington DC, and my first session being focused on “Digital Government”, it’s helpful to showcase what their offering is. Cloud Connected Government Digital Government is the headline program recently announced by the new Whitehouse CIO, Steven VanRoekel. It describes a number of technicalRead… Read more »
Rom Manager and ClockworkMod are two of the Android rooter’s best friends Here are today’s top tech stories. A new ClockworkMod recovery for Android has been teased. This one allows you to create flashable zips of your ROM and its ROM settings to share with friends. This will allow your tweaks to be shared amongRead… Read more »
After two years of intensive study and research, the Cyber Conflict Studies Association is preparing to release their book-length monograph on “Addressing Cyber Instability.” Last month, the CCSA released an executive summary previewing the work, which is available for download. The impetus for “Addressing Cyber Instability” is that, though cyberspace has become indispensable and irreplaceableRead… Read more »
Code for America is an amazing organization. It’s filled with people that are passionate about civic innovation and open government. For the past two years, as an active community member first and as a staff member second, I have had the pleasure and distinct privilege to work with the amazing people at Code for America,Read… Read more »
We launched our scholarship fund drive for the 2012 NCDD conference on Monday, and proud to say that our community has contributed $2,075 so far! We greatly appreciate the support of our earliest donors. Our goal is to raise $15,000 from our community to help people from diverse backgrounds make it to NCDD Seattle whoRead… Read more »
It’s almost a nonsensical thing to say these days. It seems everyone know the benefits of Branding. For those who don’t know it, by golly, we should train it. This article will sound a bit like another one I wrote some time ago having to do with not being eliminated from the job pool becauseRead… Read more »
I just read an interesting post on Fast Company, which featured Joseph Garner, the director of Craigslist Joe, which is a documentary about his quest to see whether or not online communities could actually take care of people in real life. Here, Garner talks about how to get just about anything you need from socialRead… Read more »
The latest issue of Journal of Information Technology & Politics (Volume 9, Issue 3, 2012, pages 279-297) features an interesting article by Travis Kriplean and others: Facilitating Diverse Political Engagement with the Living Voters Guide (requires registration/payment). Abstract: Unlike 20th-century mass media, the Internet requires self-selection of content by its very nature. This has raisedRead… Read more »
OMB has released its long-awaited guidance for the implementation of new provisions in the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010. It describes a novel way to meet a statutory requirement to annually judge the performance of government programs. Agencies will have to put this new approach in place over the next two years. A provision buriedRead… Read more »