Gadi Ben-Yehuda Government Employees as Guides, not just Subjects. IBM Center author Ines Mergel argues in a blog post that ” constantly including practitioners into the research process and not only as subjects (i.e., interview partners), but as equal partners who guide the research, evaluate its feasibility and to keep the research grounded and unbiased.”Read… Read more »
The probability and impact matrix sounds very complicated, but the concept is actually something that most people use in their everyday life quite frequently, although in a simpler form. The probability and impact matrix comes into play when the project manager or team members determine that a particular phase or activity within the project containsRead… Read more »
“ACCOUNTABILITY AFTER CITIZENS UNITED.” You can listen to a Brennan Center event on Citizens United here starting at 9:00 a.m. (Assuming you didn’t go back to sleep after watching Royal Wedding coverage…) WRAPS OFF D OUTSIDE GROUP. Jeanne Cummings has the scoop. “Democrats with ties to the Obama White House on Friday are launching aRead… Read more »
When you invest in something, you want to know how well your investment is paying off – your ROI. Well, citizens “invest” in government (and their community), so they want easy access to useful information about it. They want to see a return on their investment. But open government is not just beneficial for citizens;Read… Read more »
Some 500 million people will pay their transit fares with mobile devices by 2015 according to a new report from Juniper Research. Original post
Some 500 million people will pay their transit fares with mobile devices by 2015 according to a new report from Juniper Research. Original post
Delhi is looking into the feasibility personal rapid transit system and The City Fix asks whether PRT technology makes sense for the Indian city. Original post
It is election time again in Canada. For public servants that means increased public scrutiny (real or perceived) and constant (very real) reminders about our obligations as professional, non-partisan public servants. There is something happening here My interests in civic life span far beyond the traditional left-right spectrum of partisan politics. I think that healthyRead… Read more »
In “Connecting a Samsung TV to the Internet Part 3” I had decided to reconfigure a low cost wireless router, to be a repeater bridge using the open source DD-WRT software. This was so I could plug a TV into the Internet. I was able to get the TV to “ping” the gateway, but notRead… Read more »
King County Metro Transit (WA) plans to stick with trackless trolleys when it replaces its aging fleet instead of switching to hybrids. Original post