Glasgow subway to get smart cards
The Glasgow subway system plans to adopt a smart card system by 2013, which is part of a larger plan to upgrade the system. Original post
Washington gets funding boost to integrate Medicare and Medicaid
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has awarded Washington a $1 million grant to integrate the state’s Medicare and Medicaid delivery services. The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services will use the grant to focus on improving service delivery of medical care, behavioral health and long-term care. Washington is one of justRead… Read more »
Standardizing the Cloud
On Monday, April 4, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a major standards organization, announced two working groups to develop standards for cloud computing. The first, the P2031 Work Group, focuses on “application interfaces, portability interfaces, management interfaces, interoperability interfaces, file formats, and operation conventions” while the second, P2302, works on “topology, functions, andRead… Read more »
Feds continue to stall funds for Miami-Dade Transit
FTA has suspended its audit of Miami-Dade Transit (FL), which means that the federal cutoff of $185 million in grant money will continue indefinitely. Original post
Boston museum offers Segway tours
The Museum of Science (MA) is providing visitors with Segways to explore the banks of the Charles River and the nearby MIT campus. Original post
Free PMP Exam Sample Question
The following PMP Exam Sample Question is taken from http://www.free-pm-exam-questions.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— What is the need for doing a qualitative risk analysis? A) To develop options and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce threats to project objectives. B) To determine which risk might affect the project. C)Read… Read more »
Corning Helps Us All Think Through Our Requirements And Capabilities
If we can think through the pros and cons of the current technological path we are on we can make adjustments and decide what to accelerate into our lives. That is why thought leaders who are responsible for making business cases for technology or for stating advanced requirements are always looking for good articulations ofRead… Read more »
Some Kind of Digital posts
There’s been a few posts put up over on the Kind of Digital blog in the last couple of weeks and so I thought I’d do a quick pointer just in case you aren’t subscribed to that just yet. What we use Setting up a new company is fun, and part of the fun isRead… Read more »
Choose your own Democracy?
I don’t know if it’s true in the States, but over here, when I was a child, some books in a series called Choose your own Adventure were absolutely massive. Huge, in fact. They were bartered and traded with mass excitement, boys face shiny with enthusiasm and determination to get hold of the missing bookRead… Read more »
Flood Recovery in the UK
Dr Rebecca Whittle from Lancaster University will speak on “Flood Recovery in the UK” at University of Western Australia, in Perth, 4pm 19 April 2011.In June 2007, the English city of Hull was devastated by flooding which displaced over 8000 families from their homes. A real-time longitudinal study was undertaken to document the long termRead… Read more »