Google adds real-time traffic info to directions
Google Maps Navigation now incorporates real-time traffic information to its driving directions. Original post
Records Retention: Addressing Insider Threats to Data Integrity
Professor Marianne Winslett, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Advanced Digital Sciences Center, Singapore will speak on “Records Retention: Addressing Insider Threats to Data Integrity” at University of Sydney 15 March and the Australian National University in Canberra, 16 March 2011. I have encouraged my e-records students to attend.ANU College of Engineering and Computer OriginalRead… Read more »
GovLaunch- Online Game for City Planners
City planners now have a cool new tool for optimizing management strategies with IBM’s free CityOne game simulation. Users are challenged use the game’s urban environment by meeting profitability and revenue goals, increasing customer and citizen satisfaction, and making overall improvements to the city. For example, one challenge is to deliver high-quality water in theRead… Read more »
You know it ain’t easy…
what the kids want We’ve just finished up another Local by Social, this time for the North East. We were hosted by Sunderland council at Southwick Community Primary School. We had an amazing range of speakers. We had some really cool ideas developed by parents of kids at the school beforehand – and the eventRead… Read more »
CP week tip of the day: Dealing with debt and collectors
It’s National Consumer Protection Week and in a short while, our office will release our list of industries that received the most consumer complaints in 2010. I’ll give you a hint – there’s a good reason why today’s tip focuses on dealing with collection agencies and debt. Original post
DCist Exposed Photography Show Returns March 15-16
image courtesy of DCist Exposed DCist Exposed is back! This fascinating photography show returns to the Long View Gallery from March 15 to 27, 2011. Out of over 1,000 individual entries, 43 winning images were selected by a panel of judges to be included in this year’s DCist Exposed exhibit. DCist.com prides itself on engagingRead… Read more »
Curbing Gangs
The Tri-City Herald reports that Attorney General Rob McKenna realized the severity of Washington’s mounting gang problem in 2005. McKenna discussed his awareness at a Richland Rotary Club meeting earlier this month: Original post
Motivation during the financial crisis
IMO brings significant issues to the table…. From Forbes Bloger: Lisa Quast Motivating people: Getting beyond money … What I found interesting about the McKinsey survey is it showed that three non-cash motivators are “no less or even more effective motivators than the three highest-rated financial incentives”: * Praise from immediate managers * Leadership attentionRead… Read more »
How To Create Policy on a Wiki
Over the weekend, I learned about LexPop, a new wiki-based site that invites participants to collaboratively craft public policy on any issue (see their current project: Policy Drive: MA Net Neutrality). From the about page (emphasis theirs): Just as pamphlets were once the most efficient and effective means for distributing ideas, so too was thisRead… Read more »
Mass. launches start-up challenge
Massachusetts has launched the second round of MassChallenge the world’s largest global start-up competition. The challenge will go forward with the support of the Governor’s Massachusetts-Israel Innovation Economy Partnership Mission, which has pledged $1 million over the next four years to the innovative program. Last year’s challenge gave support to 111 startups, created 300 newRead… Read more »