While government agencies often have limited options in the approaches they choose to use for moderating third-party social media channels, there’s a number of ways they can choose to moderate channels under their control, including blogs, forums and wikis. There’s limited official guidance, and no real mandates or instructions for particular moderation approaches available acrossRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Kristin Howe reports. The Virginia State Police (VSP) released a solicitation for the long-awaited Virginia Intelligence Management System (VIMS) project. This system will be used in the Virginia Fusion Center (VFC), which works to assemble federal, state and local law enforcement officials in one facility. Fusion centers were designed to help facilitate communicationRead… Read more »
My little town of Hoboken, NJ–birthplace of Frank Sinatra–already has a reality TV star–Buddy of “Cake Boss” fame. And we might have had two more–JWoww and Snooki of “Jersey Shore”–had our mayor Dawn Zimmer not put the kibosh on it. Hoboken, already overcrowded and undersupplied with parking spaces, would have had to deal with 24-hourRead… Read more »
This weekend the Code for America fellows shipped out. As one of the four members on Team Chicago, I arrived at O’Hare on Saturday night with a month’s worth of luggage in tow and caught a taxi to what would be my home for February. As a fellow serving with the City of Chicago, ourRead… Read more »
These were our three most popular posts in January: Response to White House Request for Input: What Are the Most Effective Web Tools for Public Participation? 2012 Event and Conference Radar What Is Public Participation? Thanks for following along, everyone! Original post
Aldiko Sync gives your Android “Whispernet” capabilities For many of you Android fans, Aldiko (the free epub/pdf/ebook reader) is an app that you use daily. One of my favorite things about Aldiko is that it is easy to use. I can find epubs all over the place, send them to my Dropbox and easily openRead… Read more »
As you watch the video below you can form your own conclusions about this natural evolution of robotics. But I’ll give you some of my opinions below the video: http://youtu.be/YQIMGV5vtd4 Now some context: As a technologist I would like to remind you all that every future use case for incredibly capable systems like this willRead… Read more »
The Department of Education’s Information Resource Center mobilized their Frequently Asked Questions pageto give online visitors a consistent and optimized self-service experience across multiple platforms. Users now get access to hundreds of frequently asked questions related to education from any device (PC, table, smartphone, etc) from the site that serves as the central entry pointRead… Read more »
With rising demand for energy and natural resources, machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions give utilities a powerful emerging tool for managing demand and promoting sustainability. To this end, Sprint is fast tracking M2M to the marketplace, collaborating with innovative companies that specialize in enhancing reliability, optimizing service delivery and improving efficiency. Sprint has announced agreements with Itron,Read… Read more »
Omnilink Systems Speaks About Remote Patient Monitoring at M2M Evolution Conference Alzheimer’s Patient Tracking Can Increase Longevity and Decrease Healthcare Costs http://www.marketwatch.com/story/omnilink-systems-speaks-about-remote-patient-monitoring-at-m2m-evolution-conference-2012-02-02 ATLANTA, Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Omnilink Systems ( www.omnilink.com ), a leader in location-based services (LBS) technology today noted that its Chief Development Officer, Steve Hudson, is speaking at theRead… Read more »