On Tuesday, the General Services Administration purchased the federal government’s first fleet of electric cars. The purchase coincides with the release of a new White House memo requiring all new federal vehicles to utilize alternative energy. The 116 new cars are a mix of Chevrolet Volts, Nissan Leafs and Think Cities and will be usedRead… Read more »
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GovLaunch: From Carbon Paper To Digital Pens for the CA Superior Court
Last February, the Superior Court of California purchased new pens for its courtroom clerks, a move that is expected to save more than $50,000 a year. That’s because the new “digital” pens contain tiny cameras that track what’s being written and automatically transfer the information to specially designed digital “smart” forms. This eliminates the needRead… Read more »
GovLaunch- Online Game for City Planners
City planners now have a cool new tool for optimizing management strategies with IBM’s free CityOne game simulation. Users are challenged use the game’s urban environment by meeting profitability and revenue goals, increasing customer and citizen satisfaction, and making overall improvements to the city. For example, one challenge is to deliver high-quality water in theRead… Read more »
CB2: GovLaunch – Social Media for Emergency Management
This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Cheryl Bledsoe, GovLoop Member and founder of the latest GovLaunch Social Media for Emergency Management. I’m no Christopher Dorobek but fortunately Cheryl’s expertise carried a great conversation about using Twitter and Facebook for emergency communications, the crisis in Egypt, her recent chat with FEMA Director CraigRead… Read more »
GovLaunch – New IRS App Tracks Your Refund
Are you one of those people that files early? Well if you’ve already filed your taxes or if you will wait til April you’ll still want to use the new app from the IRS that tracks your refund. This app is great (if your getting a refund) because there’s really nothing better than watching moneyRead… Read more »
GovLaunch-IBM Smarter Cities Challenge
The Smarter Cities Challenge, launched in 2010, is a 3-year IBM Corporate Citizenship initiative to allow up to 100 cities around the world to become become smarter, more enabled centers. The goal of the challenge is to create an environment where cities around the world can learn from one another and partner up to addressRead… Read more »
GovLaunch – OpenNY Plan
Great post by Andrew Hoppin. Cross-posted from Globehoppin Andrew Cuomo Releases OpenNY Plan Posted on October 6, 2010 by Andrew Hoppin Andrew Cuomo today released his “OpenNY” plan, part of his expanded “Clean Up Albany: Make It Work” agenda. The plan has three major components, which apparently will be instantiated through a central OpenNY website,Read… Read more »
GovLaunch – Launch of Federal Intranet Content Managers’ (FICM) IdeaScale Site
The Federal Intranet Content Managers are pleased to announce the launch of our new IdeaScale site. This is a request for all members to visit our IdeaScale site and suggest one topic idea related to intranets for future discussions. Also, please vote on the ideas that are currently there. This will help us move forwardRead… Read more »
GovLaunch – Introducing New Fairfax County News/Engagement Website
Hi everyone, Just wanted to drop by and mention today’s launch of a new local government news/engagement website that I’ve been developing and thinking about for some time. In Fairfax County, our news lived in silos by department or other organizational boundaries. Social media sites existed, but often separate from news delivery and conversation. WeRead… Read more »
GovLaunch – GSA HowCast Video – How to Use Social Media Strategically in the Federal Government
Interesting video on Howcast – looks like it’s from GSA. What do you think about it? How To Use Social Media Strategically in the Federal Government on Howcast Favorite