This post was written by Dan Melton, Code for America’s CTO. The original post on Code for America was automatically pulled into GovLoop and accidentally mislabeled as by Abhi Nemani. I’m stepping out of Code for America at the end of the year. It’s time for some new leadership to continue building the CfA networkRead… Read more »
Day 56 Water Main Project This morning we finally found time to run out to look at the location of our proposed easement for the water main project I’ve been working on. Fortunately it looks like the location in the field where I had planned to take it through a local industry’s property (if theyRead… Read more »
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Getting the digital debate going – Jimmy Leach announces the FCO’s conference on cyberspace. Sounds interesting! Mid year review: the state of DH digital – Great honest review of activity in digital at the Dept Health Ofsted Parent View – Interesting “Parent’s Opinion” style schoolRead… Read more »
John Dodge (@thedodgeretort) and Bob Gourley (@bobgourley) review the Enterprise CIO Forum’s (@ECIOForum) top 10 Cloud Security Tweets of the week in the following podcast. Tweets selected by John included: zdnet: Will cloud security ever be sufficient? http://t.co/vLJjhFAY cloudsa: (ISC)² and The Cloud Security Alliance Expand Cloud Security Offerings to their Memberships… http://t.co/c80DntRK chrispirillo: HowRead… Read more »
Florida Governor Rick Scott has reversed his position on federal funds and is allowing the state’s application for Race to the Top education funding to go through. Previously, Scott rejected federal funding on a variety of projects including some children’s healthcare funding which made the state ineligible for Race to the Top. Scott will haveRead… Read more »
Thematic Literary Magazine, Issue 3 My short story, The Really Real World, has been published in Thematic Literary Magazine. It was in the “smitten” issue and is a darkly comic look at how the quest for fame ruins a budding romance. I wrote it after The Real World came to DC. They didn’t seem toRead… Read more »
This morning the New America Foundation released a comprehensive Gov 2.0 report about how California’s local governments are using technology to connect with the public and improve services. “Hear Us Now? A California Survey of Digital Technology’s Role in Civic Engagement and Local Government” is a survey of 41 different innovations from across the state,Read… Read more »
This 2011 report by Tina Nabatchi and Cynthia Farrar for the Deliberative Democracy Consortium explores what elected officials know and think about public deliberation, as well as what they need to know to assess the potential value of public deliberation as a governance tool. Data from interviews with twenty-four state legislators and senior staff forRead… Read more »
This weekend we’re bringing together a group of Boston-area residents interested in bridging the gap between community and technology. Tons of opportunities for technology innovation are identified by various groups working for the City of Boston (or by community organizations), but budgets are tight and most software developers are working for software companies, not cityRead… Read more »
The following is a guest post from Douglas Naegele, President at Infield Health – a mobile health company based in Washington, DC. Doug recounts his experience as an invited attendee at the very first Twitter inspired Let’s Move event. You can follow Doug on Twitter as @textandshout I recently had the pleasure of attending theRead… Read more »