New report on mobile devices and real-time transit info
The Transportation Research Board released a new TCRP synthesis study on the use of mobile devices for providing real-time transit information. Original post
Ithaca College professor develops TCAT trip planner
A faculty member at Ithaca College developed a mobile trip-planning application for Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (NY) buses. Original post
Making the Most of Open Data through Linked Data
A guest blog by @ricroberts, CTO of Swirrl, creators of PublishMyData.com: The award winning Linked Data Publishing platform. Studies around open data often focus on the “armchair auditor”, and although these people do exist they are just a small contingent of those who could benefit from good open data. When considering the audience for openRead… Read more »
International Open Data Hackathon Updates and Apps
With the International Open Data Hackathon getting closer, I’m getting excited. There’s been a real expansion on the wiki of the number of cities where people are sometimes humbly, sometimes grandly, putting together events. I’m seeing Nairobi, Dublin, Sydney, Warsaw and Madrid as some of the cities with newly added information. Exciting! I’ve been thinkingRead… Read more »
FED-pursuit maximum employment
Question: Is it true that the Federal Reserve can get Money from Treasury for Operational Cost? Without going through the appropriation process. Question: Is it true that the Federal Reserve has Authorization by Congress to issue Currency? Question: Is it true that the Federal Reserve is mandated by the Federal Reserve Act to pursue MaximumRead… Read more »
4 Small Business Set Asides That Should Interest You
Small businesses in the federal government have procurements specifically set-aside for contract award. For a procurement to be set aside the Contracting Officer needs to have an expectation that at least two responsible small businesses will respond with an offer and the prices quoted are reasonable. According to size standards set forth in the SmallRead… Read more »
DC LERA
Please consider attending the monthly luncheon of the DC Chapter of the Labor and Employment Relations Association on Wednesday Nov 16. More information about the luncheon and DC LERA can be found at http://www.dclera.org/. For information about the Labor and Employment Relations Association, see http://leraweb.org/. Thanks
A Day in the Life of a Civil Engineer – Day 71
Day 71 Culvert Lining Project Today the project engineer for our culvert lining project told me that the pipe joint had opened up in our culvert lining project. We had the pipe manufacturer, Snap-Tite, visit the site to look it over and offer a solution. But after seeing how it failed, I would not recommendRead… Read more »
Making Mobile Gov Wikthon #1 Recap
What do you think would happen when you ask mobile gov innovators to pile into a coffeeshop with their laptops (and tablets) to share their smarts for the good of helping other agencies make gov available to citizens any time and any where? Well, we did just that. In late October, a handful of goviesRead… Read more »
Diary of a Frustrated Young Professional – Its all about the Appreciation.
Dear Internet, I am writing to you not so frustrated. In my last entry, Diary of a Frustrated Young Professional: Letting Somebody Go, the situation was dire. I had been on notice to be let go for four months and my fate was to be decided by the vote of my union. Fortunately, the contractRead… Read more »