I’m no expert on economics. I found both Macro and Micro Economics in undergrad to be insanely dull classes, and that was as far as I got. But I do know a thing or two about getting large numbers of people to do what you want them to do with positive and negative stimulus. I’veRead… Read more »
This week, representatives from dozens of countries came together at the United Nations in New York for the Open Government Partnership to discuss shared commitments to making government more transparent, efficient, and participatory. The U.S. published their report, with various commitments to open government, which is available here. More details are available on OpenGovernmentPartnership.org, whereRead… Read more »
This week’s news of the absurdity of waste, fraud, and abuse across government comes from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Audit Division. Their report, titled Audit of Department of Justice Conference Planning and Food and Beverage Costs, is a follow-up to a previous September 2007 which examined expenditures forRead… Read more »
A call for papers — with an extended submission deadline of 28 September 2011 — has been issued for JURISIN 2011: The Fifth International Workshop on Juris-informatics, to be held 1-2 December 2011, in Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan. Papers are invited on the following topics: Legal reasoning Argumentation/Argumentation agent Legal term ontology Formal legal knowledge-base/Intelligent managementRead… Read more »
Transparency Advocates React to U.S. Open Government Action Plan (by techPresident) “President Barack Obama on Tuesday led the public unveiling of national open government action plans from the eight countries participating in the Open Government Partnership, a multilateral coalition on openness and transparency.” Find out what some advocates have said about it. September 2011 MunicipalRead… Read more »
Yesterday I started preparing to archive materials, as I’m coming close to the end of another series of projects. Two years of work has yielded 1gig of data. Granted, there is going to be a lot of redundancy as I typically save major versions of work. If I reduce that down, to a quarter, thatRead… Read more »
Developing effective and meaningful training simulations takes knowledge, an understanding of the learning process, as well as a keen eye for detail. Since all training simulations and serious games have different objectives, knowing what elements to include and how to present the material to the learner in the serious games is critical. In addition, 3DRead… Read more »
I recently posted an article that should interest people on GovLoop. It is a prepublication draft of an article that appears in an academic journal: http://www.praxagora.com/andyo/professional/promoting_oss_in_government.html A posting on my company’s site explains more: http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/09/promoting-open-source-software.html Andy
The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from the Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— You are managing a software development project. Your project team has developed a software product with many features but poorly organized documentation. Which of the following is correct in thisRead… Read more »
Its FRIDAY, FRIDAY, Everybody’s looking forward to the weekend! If you have not yet seen Stephen Colbert cover this song you should. Since it is Friday, it means another installment of Paul’s Fab Five Pick! 1. Blog of the Week: Summer has neared the end and featured blogger John Bordeaux discusses the roles of metaphorsRead… Read more »