On 16 October 2010 I attended a Canberra 2030 “Time to Talk Workshop” workshop. The ACT Government has now released an outcomes report on these consultations. Unfortunately the ACT Government has only provided the report as large PDF (3.42MB) and Text Format (4.52MB) files. The report is not provided in an easy to download andRead… Read more »
The original version of this post can be found at acidlabs. Any comments you wish to make would be appreciated there. As a part of the research work I’m doing for my book, I’m reading radical economist, Umair Haque’s, The New Capitalist Manifesto. In it, Haque posits a set of Laws for the 21st CenturyRead… Read more »
On 1/19/11 New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the launch of a website of his Mandate Relief Design Team. The team has been formed to look into unfunded and underfunded mandates imposed by New York State on school districts and local governments. Mandates are described as legal requirements local districts must provide in programs,Read… Read more »
I think it might be about time I did an introduction post. There also need to be some declarations of interest, and some disclaimers as ‘lots of passion and little knowledge is a dangerous thing’ rings in my ears. This is not a blog, in the main, about what I know. This is a blogRead… Read more »
The Queensland Government is providing housing for displaced residents in the declared flood areas. One option in some areas is prefabricated housing. Such housing is normally thought of as being flimsy, low quality single story, temporary disposable buildings. But there are systems for permanent, high quality, multi-story modular building. I suggest the Queensland, Victorian andRead… Read more »
Gov 2.0 L.A. 2011 is upon us shortly. As the founder I could not be more excited about what is about to happen. Gov 2.0 LA started last year as a way to bring people who are not usually together in the same room to be able to openly discuss both Government 2.0 and theRead… Read more »
The i3G institute, locating in the city of Florianópolis – Brazil, which conducts research in e-Government, Artificial Intelligence and Ontology areas, has just approved a public international project, called “The Citizen and the e-Gov in Americas”, organized by the International Development and Research Centre (IDRC) and Inter-american Universitary Organization, both on Canada, with the collaborationRead… Read more »
Lawyer’s aren’t generally known to be the most technologically forwarding looking group – but here in Canada they have done one thing really, really well. Making radically efficient the transaction costs around sharing critical information regarding their industry. CanLI – the non-profit managed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada has the goal “toRead… Read more »
Thinking about remote or virtual programming? Ruth Wolfish, Julie Cavender, and Karly Szczepkowski shared tips and insights on remote and virtual presence during the 2011 SLA Leadership Summit session: Building Community – Remote and Virtual Programming. Programming Tips from Ruth Wolfish, SLA Past Chapter Cabinet Chair Pre-program: Keep the program information to the point andRead… Read more »
Last week, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez invited the public to submit ideas on how to cut waste and reduce the size of government. Gov. Martinez’s office set up a dedicated email account, [email protected], for residents to make budget suggestions. In what the governor hopes will be a call to action, [email protected] will allow NewRead… Read more »