I have been thinking a lot about issues and cultural influencers contributing to the digital divide issues in America. I have mentioned certain aspects and manifestations of Digital divide in my previous blog posts here, here and here. One of the prevalent misunderstandings among policy makers regarding Digital Divide issues is that it is somehowRead… Read more »
The Legal Bug Tracker — an open source database of the National Inventory of Legal Materials — for recording instances in which U.S. jurisdictions do not conform to the free access to law principles advanced by the Law.gov legal open government data movement — is now operating, according to a recent post by Carl MalamudRead… Read more »
[Cross-posted to the PMF Info blog here. Yes, yesterday.] After months of waiting, the new PMF website (pmf.gov) site has been released. Thematically, it’s an improvement over the old site, but I haven’t yet had a chance to dig into it to see if the information is better organized. What do you all think ofRead… Read more »
The European eGovernment Action Plan 2011-2015 has been posted. The plan includes several legal informatics components, including eSignatures, eIdentity, and online access to laws. Click here for a review of the plan by Andrea Di Maio of Gartner. HT Jacques Raybaut.
The White House Blog Scientific Integrity: Fueling Innovation, Building Public Trust Posted by John P. Holdren on December 17, 2010 at 02:17 PM EST On March 9, 2009, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum on Scientific Integrity emphasizing the importance of science in guiding Administration decisions and the importance of ensuring that the public trustsRead… Read more »
I am working on a dissertation in pursuit of my PhD in Public Administration and Urban Policy at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. To those who have already taken the survey, I thank you. I hope others will share less than 10 minutes with me to take the survey. My research is intended toRead… Read more »
A few months ago the Mozilla Labs and the Metrics Team, together with the growing Mozilla Research initiative, launched an Open Data Visualization Competition. Using data collected from Test Pilot users (people who agreed to share anonymous usage data with Mozilla and test pilot new features) Mozilla asked its community to think of creative visualRead… Read more »
I’m researching a series of articles for Federal NewsRadio on federal agencies experiences with video teleconferencing – who’s doing cool stuff, who’s got challenges, who are the leaders… (continuation of the articles at http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?sid=2102598&nid=424) I’m on deadline but have a few days to go, and would desperately like to chat with you, if only briefly,Read… Read more »
Supplement to my blog of Dec 16, 2010 ‘Is Suicide Prevention’ Social Networking? This posting is 1. Consistent with the suggestion [box] in Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) SPARK e-newsletter headings to pass the information along ‘to a friend.’ 2. The membership of the GovLoop organization (the addressee) has more than 30,000 members and stillRead… Read more »
Hi, this is Arne Duncan with a message for all Department of Education staff in the National Capital Area. The holiday season has always been the time for Americans to make a special effort to help those in need. As all of you know, these are tough, tough times for so many families in ourRead… Read more »