Tune-in to Design Beyond the Past: people, paper and city government. In this podcast 2012 CfA Fellow Alicia Rouault comments on the challenges facing city governments in introducing some “Bay Area” innovation. “While cities have the will to innovate, legacy systems are holding them back.” – Alicia Rouault Design Beyond the Past by Code forRead… Read more »
Now you can have a guest account on your Android device, great for the living room! Samsung has begun manufacturing on their new NAND storage for mobile devices. This should not only make new devices cheaper, but make them faster and more capable. It could even be possible that these memory chips are destined forRead… Read more »
It is nice to begin to see volunteering in more than simply physical ways beginning to be valued and rewarded in Australia. Apps Aid (image from the Pro Bono Australia article, ‘App Aid – Developers Unite with Charities For Greater Good‘) I’ve just learnt about App Aid, a 48 hour event being held in AustraliaRead… Read more »
Looking for a job? As Lindy Kyzer points out in her article “What Job Recruiters Want:…” one of the important things every job seeker must do is their homework. Fortunately, doing your homework gets easier every year. So much information is published online. While Lindy correctly points out that candidates should prepare for an interviewRead… Read more »
IBM is hoping to change the game with their latest IPS product On Tuesday, IBM unveiled their latest intrusion-protection system, that offers resilience to network-based but also application controls and URL filtering. This combined capability offers cost savings and enhanced capabilities. Via Network World, more here. SSL is no longer the catch all, it needsRead… Read more »
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is launching the e-government academy which is an on-line certification program for government professionals. It consists for four 5-week courses and is targeted for working professionals looking to enhance their e-government and IT skills. To view a webinar discussing the new on-line e-Government Academy program please click on:Read… Read more »
Atlanta recently thumbs downed a proposal to increase taxes to fund much needed transportation improvements. Although the tax hike would have been 1% and would have in theory created an economic boom in the area, the residents responded resoundingly that they don’t trust their government and wont give the government any more money. So areRead… Read more »
We’re down to the last few agencies making the move from our Federal Telecommunications Service 2001 (FTS 2001) contract to the Networx contracts and I am proud of the work we’ve done with our agency partners and OMB to make Networx a success. As many of you know, the Networx transition has not been easy.Read… Read more »
As of August 1, four cities — Chicago, Seattle, New York and San Francisco — became the first local governments to host their public data sets on the federal domain under the name cities.data.gov. Municipal Information Officers cite their decision to host the data on the federal portal as part of an overall message thatRead… Read more »
As the end of the conference drew near, I was feeling a little nervous about holding myself accountable for changing my lessons learned into actions. You know that self-doubt that creeps in and makes you think “I can’t change the way this huge government works.” Well, thankfully I got a boost of morale from allRead… Read more »