Code for America began with a casual conversation between our Founder, Jennifer Pahlka, and Andrew Greenhill, Chief of Staff in Tucson, Arizona. That conversation launched a growing organization that is striving to help the brightest minds of the Web 2.0 generation transform city governments. Conversations matter. We believe that each conversation you have about CfARead… Read more »
“Public sector entrepreneurship invites the opportunity to reexamine the role of government by introducing innovation and competitiveness to government, and other areas of the public sector. Public sector entrepreneurship can be viewed as tearing down old thoughts, processes, programs, or even organizations, in order to institute something more effective in its place. Public sector entrepreneursRead… Read more »
Every Friday, we take a quick look back at the week and highlight five members or moments that were especially awesome. Here’s who and what rocked it out this week. 5. The Most Commented Blog of the Week goes to Brent Kastner’s Apple vs. Android, iPad vs. Android Tablets. I guess it’s no surprise thatRead… Read more »
What should the Social Security Administration focus on for the next five to ten years? As we develop our next Agency Strategic Plan (ASP) for 2011-2016, we want to hear your thoughts and suggestions on how we can best plan and vision for the future. Please take a few moments to share your ideas, readRead… Read more »
When people talk about government innovation the discussion tends to revolve around new projects, new buildings and new technologies that the public sector either should be creating or should be directly investing in. But one of the most potentially breakthrough innovations that our government could do to be a Gov 2.0 leader in arts andRead… Read more »
By Paul S. Brennan, M.P.A. Edited by Leonard Sipes. In 1999 Michael was transferred to the Sex Offender Unit (SOU), a newly implemented offender supervision team. Michael, a mild mannered 55 year old man, was no stranger to the criminal justice system. In 1987 he had been incarcerated for eighteen months on two charges ofRead… Read more »
There’s a cool story today at Space.com. The US military is in talks to share its data on Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) entering Earth’s atmosphere. Paraphrasing of course, this is cool because it lets scientists NEO airbursts and how to recover meteroites. The full article is here.
As we come to the end of the year, many people take a moment to reflect on what has been accomplished, or not, during the past twelve months. Did we meet our goals? Did we stick to our plans? What threw us “off course” and what unanticipated opportunities presented themselves to us? With each ofRead… Read more »
This entry may be last before the new year, and to be honest, has been a long time coming. You see, I’ve got this thought in my head and it seems to have taken up residence. I’m not sure how much you know about me, or how much you care to know, but I’ve spentRead… Read more »
David Armano of lays out his predictions for 6 social media trends for 2011. Read the full scoop on the Harvard Business Review here. He makes some interesting points (boiled down, below): 1. It’s The Integration Economy, Stupid. 2. Tablet & Mobile Wars Create Ubiquitous Social Computing. 3. Facebook Interrupts Location-Based Networking. 4. Average ParticipantsRead… Read more »