Another broadside against a bipartisan anti-gang bill
In case you missed it, the ACLU has launched a campaign of fear and deception about a bipartisan bill to reduce gang violence. Original post
Mentoring Learning Community Focus Group
Mentoring Learning Community Focus Group Strategic Partners would like to invite you to participate in a new Focus Group for the purpose of structuring the 2011-2012 Mentoring Learning Community which discusses best practices related to invigorating, designing, and managing successful mentoring programs. Invitation to 2011 Mentoring Learning Community Focus Group As you know, Strategic PartnersRead… Read more »
OPM: Contract For This Kid’s Snow Day Algorithm
Very cool story out of Boston. This kid was in 6th grade when he came up with this algorithm for predicting snow days for his school. Now he’s in 11th grade, and apparently his tool works with awesome accuracy. Do you see where I’m going with this? OPM should contract for his algorithm and configureRead… Read more »
Happy Birthday to the Arcadia Police Department News & Info Blog!
It will be a year ago tomorrow that the Arcadia Police Department launched our News & Information Blog. The first post launching the Blog was on February 5, 2010. In this last year, we have had over 17,077 visits to the Blog from 7,357 unique visitors, with 27,890 pageviews, to date. We have brought youRead… Read more »
Weekly Round-up February 04, 2011
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Baltimore Mayor Rawlings-Blake created an open data initiative for Baltimore City: http://data.baltimorecity.gov/. Already, the most widely accessed feeds are Real Property Taxes, Parking Citations, and 311 Customer Service Requests – an interesting datum in itself. On a related note. . . Federal Computer Week cites “An Open Government Implementation Model: Moving to IncreasedRead… Read more »
Do transparency, participation, and collaboration build on one another in implementing opengov?
(This is a cross-post from our blog at the Collaboration Project) IBM’s Center for the Business of Government recently released a report entitled “An Open Government Implementation Model: Moving to Increased Public Engagement.” The report presents the results of a review of several open government initiatives at the federal level and puts forward a four-stageRead… Read more »
Dear Mr. CPO..What Keeps You Up At Night?
I’m itching to ask Dr. Nick Nayak, CPO, DHS that question at next week’s GovUp. Greg Rothwell, former CPO, DHS will be joining Dr. Nayak at the event, where there will be a panel-like discussion to ask this question and more. What kind of questions do you have for the CPO? What is the weirdestRead… Read more »
Free webinar on how technology can support public sector collaboration
I’m hosting free webinar, thanks to Learning Pool, that will take you through the benefits that technology can bring to collaboration within public services. Covering the main tools and the strategies to implement them, attendees will be able to identify the right solutions to enable them to manage change, talent, knowledge and learning within theirRead… Read more »
Intranet is a Misnomer
On paper, intranets make sense: a private computer network that uses Internet Protocol to securely share any part of an organization’s information or network operating system within that organization (from Wikipedia). However, despite using the same protocols and user interface (a web browser) they are incredibly different. Looking at the disparity between the Internet andRead… Read more »
Looxcie: a wearable camcorder that streams via bluetooth to your phone
Looxcie is a great device that lets you film exactly what you see. I’ve been testing one out for the last several weeks and have enjoyed learning about it and thinking about its potential uses in the enterprise. It has a lightweight, over the ear form factor that frees your hands and eyes up whileRead… Read more »