The Virginia Center For Innovative Technology (CIT) made an announcement today I would like to share with you. It is more proof of great innovation across the commonwealth. Congratulations to all awardees. We all look forward to tracking your progress. Today’s press release is below: CIT ANNOUNCES 2nd ROUND AWARDS OF THE FY2012 COMMONWEALTH RESEARCHRead… Read more »
I’ve been working away in my (copious) spare time to update the list of Australian government Twitter accounts – representing all levels of government. It has now reached 553 accounts – which has also forced me to start a new Twitter list due to their 500 follower limit. You can view the spreadsheet embedded below,Read… Read more »
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General reported that some Customs and Border Protection critical information technology systems are prone to periodic outages. More here. The Department of Defense released a four step cloud strategy that appoints the Defense Information Systems Agencyto oversee all cloud purchases.Read… Read more »
“I still remember the moment you told me you’d found Adopt-a-Hydrant on our Github account, Forest. I was so impressed, so excited, and so happy. It was like a dream coming true.” — Jennifer Pahlka to Forest Frizzell (Deputy Director of IT, City and County of Honolulu) “The moment” Jen refers to happened at theRead… Read more »
Last week I received the following email: Dear Hashable Users, We regret to inform you that the Hashable mobile apps and Hashable.com will be shutting down on July 25th. The service will be unavailable after this date. While we are still very passionate about making better connections and meeting new people, the time has comeRead… Read more »
Below is a extended blog post that summarizes the keynote address I gave at the World Bank/Data.gov International Open Government Data Conference in Washington DC on Wednesday July 11th. Yesterday, after spending the day at the International Open Government Data Conference at the World Bank (and co-hosted by data.gov) I left both upbeat and concerned.Read… Read more »
Come join me at this year’s EEOC Excel Conference. Hope to see you there: John Mahoney to Speak at 2012 EEOC Excel Conference
Today’s NCDD confab call starts in a half hour or so. If you’ve registered, look for a reminder email from Ben Roberts that should have arrived in your inbox around 7am Eastern this morning. It includes the call-in number and pin that is specific to you. Note we’ll be using the Google doc at http://tiny.cc/julyconfabRead… Read more »
Usually we only highlight accompanying graphs or artwork when featuring new books, or teaching tools, or other really great resources, but I want to turn that around and share the following fantastic infographic created by Laura Black and Amy Lee for a recent paper focused on the current state of online deliberation… The graphic accompaniesRead… Read more »
Code for America fellows work on a wide variety of projects with their city partners, other organizations, community members, and interested civic hackers. The applications that fellows create range from whimsical to serious, and from simply making a point to potentially making a profit. However, in the nascent arena that combines open and transparent data,Read… Read more »