National Day of Civic Hacking is NYC’s First CityCamp

On Saturday, June 1, New York City will hold its first CityCamp and NYC BigApps Demo Night! This is one day to celebrate and explore NYC’s civic technology community — hack, polish, and learn! As part of National Day of Civic Hacking and NYC BigApps, New Yorkers will have a unique opportunity to dive intoRead… Read more »

Chicago: City of Big Data and National Day of Civic Hacking

For National Day of Civic Hacking, Chicago will play host to three separate events. The first is the ChicagoMigraHack, a hackathon focused on the problem of immigration. The second event will be a youth focused hackathon at the Adler Planetarium. And finally, there will be an assortment of different civic hacking activities at Hack forRead… Read more »

Trimming Federal Real Estate Spend — A 3D Approach to Telework

The following is a post that I wrote with colleague Jim Reidy that originally appeared in Deloitte’s HR Times Blog. Given sequestration and other budget pressures, we’ve seen a strong push among federal agencies to trim their real estate footprints and the associated costs. Telework—the ability for employees to do some or all of theirRead… Read more »

Looking forward to XJamGov

Flickr – Photo by Paul Clarke – http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_clarke/ In the first week of June, I’ll be attending XJamGov, a global service jam event which will be hosted at County Hall in Exeter and organised by the awesome Simon Gough and Phillippa Rose of Redfront Service Design. There are still tickets left so do check outRead… Read more »

Link roundup

I find this stuff so you don’t have to: John Lanchester: Google Glass Opinionated Infrastructure: ‘Pon the Floor, Impact, MobileFirst and Zend More information on Networked Councillor “We Want More”… Introducing Learning Pool Encore! Opening up Intranet WordPress theme now on GitHub Chromebook can make a surprisingly sweet machine for a developer Original post

Seven Recommended Mentors for Those who Wish to Serve in Government

Warning: Read with care. The thoughts shared below are not intended for everyone. The ideas that follow are meant for local government public officials and career professionals who really want to make a difference. People often comment on the significant accomplishments I have made in my life. Though I am not sure any of myRead… Read more »

Our Future Workforce – Enabled by Today’s Technology

The FOSE convention was held this month, and I had the pleasure of moderating a panel on the future of the workforce—specifically how technology is changing the work environment and will enable people to succeed within it. There were four technologies that I saw as coalescing to transform the workplace: Mobility, meaning both the end-devicesRead… Read more »