Last Saturday I made my annual pilgrimage to UK Gov Camp, or UKGC. This year was only my third, others have been going far longer than I including some of my colleagues though I’d not actually come across any of them before which considering past shyness, is not so surprising. Anyway. Had UKGC happened whenRead… Read more »
It was bound to happen sooner or later. That is, private sector companies marketing the latest tablets to consumers based on their sex — it could be a money maker, never know? World’s First Tablet for Women According to Mashable: “Don’t worry, ladies. There’s finally an easy-to-use tablet just for us. It’s called the ePadRead… Read more »
35000 expected for Shamrock Run Sunday Welcome Newest Members Carine Arendes, Portland State University, Assistant Campus Planner Upcoming Forums March 21: ELGL Willamette Valley Presents “No Comment” — and Other Stupid Things You Should Never Say to Media April 11: Greg Baker, Damascus City Manager April 17: K.L. Wombacher, Hillsboro Hops General Manager October 4:Read… Read more »
Code for America recently lured me back into the traditional work environment after more than ten years working for myself as a consultant for numerous national and local non-profits (and producing documentaries on the side—insert shameless plug here for Corner Store which now available on Hulu). Why leave the flexibility and relative freedom of freelanceRead… Read more »
Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would theyRead… Read more »
If you work in the public/nonprofit sectors, please join the Public Service Research Panel (http:www.PSRPanel.org) The PSR Panel is an opt-in, online community of professionals in the public and nonprofit sectors who receive occasional email invitations to participate in web-based surveys. Survey topics may include job satisfactions, decision making, technology, collaboration, leadership, and other topics.Read… Read more »
By ChrisScott It’s long been known that to win in a cyber war, DoD has to have a way to get an asymmetric advantage in time, cost and contribution – something that is mostly alien to the Defense Acquisition process. A few years ago DARPA started something called the Cyber Fast Track (CFT) program. ThisRead… Read more »
By Bob Gourley We have been meeting for three years in the Government Big Data Forum. The next will be 4 April 2013. Please help us evaluate the right issues to address and help us queue up a research agenda for the next year. And let us know if you have a lesson learned orRead… Read more »
Over the last year I have had the privilege of working with a fair amount of health organizations wishing to enter the digital realm. As a result, I have performed quite a bit of research and literature review on the applicability of social media engagement and mobile technology in the public health field. The opportunitiesRead… Read more »
Discussions about invoice management and e-procurement system upgrades are circulating across-the-pond conference rooms this week as the European Commission closes out its consultation on e-invoicing in public procurement. With the European Parliament mandating e-invoicing by 2016 and the European Digital Agenda’s dictate that electronic and paper invoices will be treated equally as of January 2013,Read… Read more »