Núria Casellas, Joan-Josep Vallbé, and Thomas R. Bruce — a member of our community — all of the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School, will present a paper entitled From Legal Information to Open Legal Data: A Case Study in U.S. Federal Legal Information, at OGK 2011: The AAAI Fall Symposium on OpenRead… Read more »
Deltek Sr. Analyst Chris Cotner reports. This article is a continuation of the good news budget analysis series covering specific justice and public safety (JPS) state opportunities. As illustrated in a previous article, here, GovWin developed a set of statistical projection models to examine future state budget trends in the JPS vertical. In brief, stateRead… Read more »
The PMP Exam is not an easy exam. You have to find the correct answer to 200 multiple choice questions within 4 hours. That’s just 1.2 minutes for each. And sometimes it looks like more than one of them are correct. In this free episode of The PM PrepCast: http://bit.ly/tv2H2g we discuss 2 concepts andRead… Read more »
Interview with Terry Johnson, Director, GoElectricDrive, Electric Drive Transportation Association In Episode 23 of the Green Government Podcast we’re chatting with Terry Johnson, Director of GoElectricDrive at the Electric Drive Transportation Association. Terry has extensive experience in government, business and the non-profit sector and will be talking with us today about the importance of electricRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Derek Johnson reports. The 2011 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference was held October 17-21 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. The theme of the conference was almost exclusively IT-based and focused on strategies to leverage IT solutions and systems software, and technology to improve the higher education learning experience. Judging by the more thanRead… Read more »
Amanda would be well advised not to make a career in government because Congress wants to eliminate the FERS retirement system and reduce it to just a 401 k plan and social security… Furthermore, the super committee in Congress appears to be failing in its mission of reducing the debt and deficit. So, if thingsRead… Read more »
Deltek Principal Analyst Brian Coyle reports. With numerous states facing deepening budget issues, one state which has been working to improve its efficiency is Indiana. A few years back, Governor Mitch Daniels formed the Indiana Commission on Local Government Reform to develop recommendations for reform and restructure within the state to increase efficiency and reduceRead… Read more »
One of the best signs for open data is when governments are starting to grasp its potential to achieve policy objectives. Rather than just being about compliance, it is seen as a tool that can support the growth and management of a jurisdiction. This why I was excited to see Vision Vancouver (in which I’mRead… Read more »
First came “Cloud First” in the 25 Point Implementation Plan To Reform Federal IT Management (9 December 2010). Then came “Sharing First” and “Future First” in the “vision for information technology” (25 October 2011). According to Federal Times (31 October 2011), there are many more ‘firsts’ to come– with a “set of principles like ‘XMLRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Evan Halperin reports. On July 22, 2011, United States Representative John Shimkus, a Republican from Illinois’ 19th District, sponsored a congressional bill titled The Next Generation 9-1-1 Investment Act (H.R.2629). The bill would allocate $250 million in competitive grants to enable state and local governments to move to next generation 911 (NG911) technology.Read… Read more »