This Sunday GovHack returns with the 2014 GovHack awards night. With an exclusive Red Carpet Award event in Brisbane, and local events across Australia, it should be a great night to see which teams win the top GovHack awards for the year. The invitation only red carpet event will be streamed nationally from the BrisbaneRead… Read more »
[Summary: Iterations on a proposal for a public register of government data sharing arrangements, setting out options for a Data Sharing Disclosure Standard to be used whenever government shares personal data. Draft for interactive comments here (and PDF for those in govt without access to Google Docs )] At the instigation of the UK CabinetRead… Read more »
I was invited to a meeting where the guy at the front of the room was trying to improve group performance by talking himself into a froth. He had invented a ratio and convinced himself that a three percent improvement would mean something, otherwise they were going our of business. When somebody loses it emotionally,Read… Read more »
Stocks had to endure a Fed policy statement and the July jobs report this past week and the result was 2% or more declines in the indices. Neither seemed to be the direct culprit of the selling, but rather the combination of geopolitical events and weakness in Europe seemed to finally take its toll onRead… Read more »
Originally published at BernettaReese.com: It’s an honor serving the public and emergency response community as the Web and New Media Manager for the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). We have a great core of staff and communications team who are all working to fulfill the mission and to support the nation’s first responders, public safetyRead… Read more »
We are pleased to share the post below from NCDD supporting member Jennifer Wilding of Consensus. Jennifer and her team have been working to increase civility in Kansas City, and we wanted to share their simple yet powerful infographic on what KC residents told them officials can do to improve public engagement. Check out Consensus’Read… Read more »
1. Introduction IT has been a major productivity tool for business and government over the past few decades. Indeed, the day to day working of the global economy has become dependent on a myriad of computer systems. However, a fundamental discontinuity in IT needs to be bridged to maximise its benefit in the future. BridgingRead… Read more »
If your agency isn’t currently deploying Platform-as-a-Service, it’s a safe bet it will be soon. That’s because PaaS is projected to grow at a compound annual rate of 41 percent through 2016, according to Market Monitor. The civil side of the federal government expects to spend $643 million on PaaS next year. The investment representsRead… Read more »
News stories about older adults whose trusted family members or other caretakers deny them food and water, leave them to live under deplorable conditions, or physically and psychologically abuse them are all too common. Neglect and abuse can often go hand in hand with financial exploitation, which can rob older adults of the life savingsRead… Read more »
When laptops first replaced desktops as the new, go-to digital device, being glued to your cubicle or home office while checking email suddenly became a thing of the past. Now that the number of people owning smartphones has rapidly increased and shows no signs of slowing down, we’re redefining what it means to be trulyRead… Read more »