Imagine the convenience of having maps to community locations and attractions right on your mobile device. No more driving about searching for that park you know is somewhere around, or wondering where you can find the historical sites in your area. There’s a new way for cities and towns to provide location-based information about everythingRead… Read more »
Well, I’m enough of a nerd to be excited about this. I knew Wikipedia has a pretty comprehensive section on contract law. While you could read all the articles, a fast way to get summaries of it is using Qwiki, which reads aloud Wikipedia articles. The contract law section that Qwiki draws from isn’t perfect,Read… Read more »
Michael Poulshock, Esq., of Stanford University’s CodeX Center for Computers and Law has posted his remarks given at the “Legal Automation” panel at NELIC 2011: The New and Emerging Legal Infrastructures Conference, held 15 April 2011 at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Boalt Hall, in Berkeley, California, USA. The post describes Mr.Read… Read more »
Is anyone attending the OSDBU conference this Thursday?
This week’s question comes from an aspiring federal leader who’s feeling constrained by his agency environment. Please continue sharing your questions, ideas and suggestions by commenting below or sending an email to [email protected]. I am a new hire dealing with favoritism in the work place. Trying to compete with the favored employee has resulted inRead… Read more »
The Washington Attorney General’s Office cautions homeowners about paying to participate in a “mass joinder” lawsuit promising mortgage relief. Original post
Saturday, the SF City Attorney’s Office was out in the City’s District 6 with the Department of Public Works Clean Team to kick off the volunteerism portion of the Let’s Do It SF! campaign, which aims to use geotagging to fight illegal dumping and graffiti. Find out more about the initiative at LetsDoItSF.org Photos byRead… Read more »
This quote by management guru Peter Drucker is very relevant today. Citizens’ expectations of government have been ratcheted up significantly and utilizing the previously deployed approaches to address constituent’s concerns may no longer be successful. By now you are familiar with the different types of resistors and the strategies that they typically deploy. In theRead… Read more »
INPUT Analyst Evan Halperin reports on the new budget and its impact on grants. In February, INPUT reported on President Obama’s fiscal year 2012 budget proposal, specifically state and local public safety programs. Based on the FY 2012 budget proposal, approximately $7.57 billion would be set aside for grants out of the Department of HomelandRead… Read more »