“Who would ever send $500.00 in twenty dollar bills through the mail?” wondered my friend, Debbie, who was amazed when she opened the bulging envelope with extra postage on it. Several weeks ago Debbie’s husband, Jeff, had been hard at work replacing a rotted floor and laying new carpet for Christmas when he had aRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda The Value of Open Data in Our Economy and Society: The New America Foundation hosted a lively discussion and a few keynotes on the topic of open data. If you couldn’t make it, you can still watch the video, or, if you’re driving home for the holidays, play the audio through your speakers.Read… Read more »
The book Reinventing Government by David Osborne and Ted Gaebler, released twenty years ago had a big impact on me. I created the non-profit Center For Reinventing Government due to the change in thinking the book brought about for me. Ted Gaebler has been the City Manager of Rancho Cordova for ten years. Rancho CordovaRead… Read more »
2013 was a great year for the growing movement to open up government and build towards a future where our local city is truly by the people, for the people, and of the people in the 21st century. However we still have much to do and much to learn. OpenOakland was created to fulfill twoRead… Read more »
I appreciated the opportunity to comment on this important national security issue — J Mahoney on Capital Insider
The end of the year is a great time for reflection. Many leaders and managers are taking some time to make plans and resolutions for how they want to change overthe next year. At the company where I work, Corner Alliance, we’ve been thinking about what kind of things we see clients do that makeRead… Read more »
The Department of Health and Human Services has partnered with health information technology not-for-profit organization Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society to search for a candidate to help develop future advances in healthcare IT. HHS and HIMSS are looking for an Innovator In Residence that will work to create framework for patient data matching asRead… Read more »
Tune in to the Federal Drive Show tomorrow at 7:20 a.m. I’ll be commenting on a new bill introduced in Congress to provide Critical Sensitive federal employees with MSPB appeal rights — Tune in to Federal Drive
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Originally posted at at NuCivic.com In recent years, open source software projects, and, separately, cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) products have begun to significantly disrupt traditional technology vendor business models in government, making it easier and cheaper for governments to procure and implement the software solutions they need. Now, OpenSaaS—SaaS based on open source code—is poised toRead… Read more »