MuniGov 2.0

We profiled Cory Fleming, Program Director or CRM/311 Consulting at ICMA on the Romulus blog.
Very in-depth look for those interested in history and future of 311 in local government.
https://blog.romulusapp.com/2015/10/13/innovation-profile-the-future-of-311-with-cory-flemming-of-icma/
Let me know what you think!

We’ve been thinking about how to change procurement in local government to increase transparency and accountability. One major recurring theme has been arduous RFPs and contracts. We don’t think they align incentives with providing an amazing service to local governments.

Would love to hear your thoughts:…[Read more]

Hello MuniGov 2.0 Members,

I recently joined the MuniGov 2.0 group as a vendor. As a new member to GovLoop I have been sending out Friendship Request. Some of you have accepted so I want to thank you. For others, here is a little about what I do, and if I can be of any assistance regarding cybersecurity please don’t hesitate to ask me.

I am t…[Read more]

Get the proven best practices for making government/supplier interactions run with far fewer surprises and disagreements by attending our free 1-hour live session on How to Mitigate Multiple Supplier Agreement Risks (August 5, 2015). Register at http://www.esi-intl.com/VMwebinar15

I recently interviewed Rock Regan, the former President of NASCIO, about his experience as the CIO of Connecticut, how that job changed following 9/11 and the importance of data quality for state and local governments today. I thought the group members might find it…[Read more]

I’ve been working on a universal open directory of government contact information called DemocracyMap and I’d love to get some feedback on it. The service primarily focuses on things like the main phone number and website for a city or elected official, but it could expand beyond that. In particular, I’d love your feedback on the proposal in the…[Read more]

Fed UC just posted an exclusive interview with Martin F. Horn, the former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Corrections and Department of Probation. During the interview, Martin discussed the latest trends and challenges in the corrections community and the ways that new technologies can help to improve today’s criminal justice…[Read more]

A new Q&A with Joe Pindell, Business Solution Architect supporting Federal, State, and Local Government with Pitney Bowes Software, discusses why the eligibility systems used by state and local government programs are inadequate in today’s budgetary and economic environment and how integrated and modernized systems could make the experience better…[Read more]

Abhi talks Shareabouts, a cool way to help crowdsource locations of things in your city you don’t have data for: https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/race-for-reuse-shareabouts

Code for America is asking the GovLoop community which app from the list of four would be most useful for your agency in terms of engagement. What do you think? Provide them feedback here: https://www.govloop.com/forum/topics/which-app-would-you-use-for-engagement

Thought you all might be interested in seeing this new research on the state of enterprise information management at gov’t agencies http://bit.ly/TrhoHm