According to survey company Nielsen, Android users spend twice as much time using apps than the mobile web on their phones.The average Android user spends 56 minutes a day on apps and the web, two-thirds of the time on apps and one-third on mobile web sites. They also found [D]espite the hundreds of thousands ofRead… Read more »
We don’t get too many chances to talk about water issues – or at least not as many chances as the topic deserves – and we have even fewer to talk about ocean issues. But a new project to measure the health of the oceans recently caught our attention and we wanted to share itRead… Read more »
First published on my work site, GovWin.com Over the course of my professional life, I’ve reviewed a great number of resumes. Apparently gifted with a knack to see unwritten value in the potential of a candidate, I’ve pulled out some pretty awesome people from their resumes. Many of them have gone way beyond my currentRead… Read more »
As organizations become more complicated, success can often be tied to the degree to which an organization is responsive to customers. This generally happens on the front line. So empowering front line managers to solve problems without going up through the chain of command is an important leadership strategy. The September 2011 issue of theRead… Read more »
The website Performance.gov was officially opened to the public last week. As the name suggests, the goal of the website is to increase governmental performance and accountability through transparency. While a lot of things fall under the purview of “performance” sustainability and green government initiatives are certainly a prominent part of what the Obama AdministrationRead… Read more »
One of our clients swears the best thing I ever told him was to make a meeting before a scheduled meeting and make one after. As long as you’re in the building/neighborhood/country plan another stop. That means you need a stop-by rationale, tools, and research. However the meetings that create a favorable result are easyRead… Read more »
Research Social Media in Disasters (summer 2011) – Americans are relying more and more on social media, mobile technology and online news outlets to learn about ongoing disasters, seek help and share information about their well-being after emergencies, according to two new surveys conducted by the American Red Cross Americans and their cell phones (08/15/2011)Read… Read more »
Illinois signed a new law on Friday that will make the state legislature less responsive to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Under the new law, individuals or organizations that make multiple FOIA requests in the same month can now expect a longer wait before those requests are addressed and may incur fees to haveRead… Read more »
Several public interest groups filed an emergency petition asking the Federal Communications Commission to rule that Bay Area Rapid Transit (CA) did not have the right to shut off wireless communications earlier this month. The Center for Democracy and Technology, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and several other organizations claim that BART’s August 11 shutdown ofRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Stephen Moss reports. Sitting in the audience at nearly any human services conference over the past year, it seems the same discussion is occurring over and over again with equal fervor and varying levels of frustration. This discussion hinges on the topic of interoperability – a new term to describe an idea thatRead… Read more »