APTA seeks delay in collision-avoidance regs
APTA asked Congress to extend the 2015 deadline for implementing positive train control because of funding and technical challenges. Original post
Weekly Round-up March 18, 2011
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Juice Your Blog! Federal Computer Week’s Michael Hardy details how to write a great government blog. He covers a lot of the points that I try to bring up! Coincidence? Is Bad Data Worse than No Data? Andrea Di Maio and the Center’s Dan Chenok argue open government may have unleashed streams ofRead… Read more »
Vino, FARA guru, big asks, anti-tea news, and other political law links for today
IN-KIND VINO VERITAS. Roll Call reports. “Since 2001, donors attending [Mike Thompson’s] parties and other contributors have given the California Democrat more than 800 gifts of wine worth about $340,000, according to a CQ MoneyLine study of campaign finance reports.” EARMARK REQUESTS. Mike Thompson is also noted in this story about earmark requests. LAWSUIT OVERRead… Read more »
Complications of Recipient Identifiers in Government Databases
In her recent testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Ellen Miller, executive director of the Sunlight Foundation, suggested that the U.S. government must establish system-wide identifiers in national database systems. Such identifiers would be “like checks in a checkbook…different databases tracking the same information will have the same data, like whenRead… Read more »
TTC targets fare cheats
After losing more than $22 million to fare evasion last year, the Toronto Transit Commission (ON) is stepping up enforcement with its Fare is Fair plan. Original post
Bangalore finalizes smart card design
The Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited, operator of Bangalore’s Namma Metro (India), is getting reading to test its new smart card. Original post
Public Affairs Cuts in the DoD Budget Efficiencies Memo (UPDATED)
The long awaited budget cutting efficiencies promised by Secretary of Defense Gates were outlined in a decision memo signed on Monday, 14 March, 2011 and now making its way around the Pentagon much to the chagrin of many in the building. I did a quick pull of the specific hits in the public affairs andRead… Read more »
It’s Red Nose Day
My youngest son has been asking all week “is it red nose day yet?” – well today is Red Nose Day, if there was ever a good reason to do something funny for money then today is that day. My kids school are doing lots of silly things today and should raise quite a bitRead… Read more »
Preliminary analysis of Japan Earthquake March 2011
Greetings from “Earthquake of the Week” at the Australian National University Research School of Earth Sciences in Canberra. This weekly event is very well attended as the topic is the analysis of the recent Japan Earthquake. I am not a seismologist, but as I understand what I am being told, this earthquake was over aRead… Read more »
Preliminary analysis of Japan Earthquake March 2011
Greetings from “Earthquake of the Week” at the Australian National University Research School of Earth Sciences in Canberra. This weekly event is very well attended as the topic is the analysis of the recent Japan Earthquake. I am not a seismologist, but as I understand what I am being told, this earthquake was over aRead… Read more »