This week the White House blog posted a message from Macon Phillips, the White House Director of New Media, titled “TooManyWebsites.gov”. This initiate is part of the Campaign to Cut Waste that the White House launched this week, quoting the President: “As President Obama has said, we can’t win the future with a government ofRead… Read more »
I have been considering going back to school to pursue my master’s for awhile now. The other day as I was pondering the pros and cons of graduate school -for what seemed like the hundredth time – I came across What’s Your College Degree Worth?. The blog discusses the ongoing debate about the increasing costRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Derek Johnson reports. Requests for information (RFIs) are routinely used by state and local governments as a means to gather intelligence from the contracting community regarding a certain business problem, system or solution. For vendors, the challenge is usually in identifying and deciding whether an RFI is worth the time and resources toRead… Read more »
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (DC) is moving toward an open fare payment system, enabling customers to pay fares with their cell phones, credit cards, and even federal IDs. The Washington Examiner reports that an open system would cost $60 million to implement but save the agency $33.8 million a year after 10 years.Read… Read more »
How would you use information technology to improve government? Your idea could be worth $50,000. The Merit Awards is looking for suggestions in eight categories: back office operations, citizen engagement, defense, emergency response, entitlement reform, results achievement, waste, and workforce management and motivation. “Someone needs to be discontented with the status quo in order forRead… Read more »
What happens if the proposed high-speed rail project between Las Vegas (NV) and Victorville (CA) falls through? Plan B, say some, is to revive the magnetic levitation option originally proposed for the Nevada – Southern California market and still supported by selected agencies in both states. “We’re still pursuing all possibilities to make this happen,”Read… Read more »
One of GreenCityStreets’ main goals is using new technologies to help improve urban transport and urban planning in general. An important part of this effort is helping educate people about what really goes on in cities. With better understanding we hope people can help identify and even implement ideas that can improve their cities. ARead… Read more »
… Because I’m behind the great firewall. It actually quite surreal being unable to check twitter – I didn’t realize I would miss it so much. However, I can apparently still blog so will have a post on Tuesday. Email & Share: Original post
Tuesday June 14 is the U.S. Army’s 236th birthday. As a pre-celebration we bring you Constantine von Hoffman’s thoughts on the most important lesson he learned in the Army. Join ClearedJobs.Net June 14 as we celebrate the Army’s birthday with the folks from IWearYourShirt! One day in the early 1980s, me and 40 of myRead… Read more »
If I were you, government Web Manager, I’d be lobbying for a new job. Things have changed over the past 15 years, and I think it’s time for Web Managers to evolve accordingly. In the mid-90s, when we first became “Web Managers,” the federal government still saw itself as “wholesale, not retail.” Its customers wereRead… Read more »