Two opposing views have emerged this week regarding communications with industry. According to Sen McCaskill (D-MO), chairwoman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s Contracting Oversight Subcommittee, the current relationship has apparently clouded the judgment of contracting officials to the point where objectivity has been compromised in contract award decisions. During a recentRead… Read more »
A report on the roundtable on Accessing Legal Information, at the Access to Knowledge Global Academy Workshop, held 18-19 January 2011 at the University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa, has been posted by Jake Gardener at the Yale Information Society Project. According to the report, the panelists were Mariya Badeva-Bright, Tom BruceRead… Read more »
Something like Wikileaks couldn’t happen in local government, could it? Well, it looks like something similar is kicking off in Lincolnshire, with the Watching Lincolnshire County Council blog. It’s a whistleblowing site, where disgruntled employees are sharing rumours, gossip and occasionally confidential details, all anonymously. Collective Responsibility have an interview with those behind it. WhetherRead… Read more »
The “Australia Forum”, is a proposal from the Canberra Business Council for a venue in Canberra for meetings, dialogue, cultural events, and occasions of national importance. There is a Scoping Study avialable for the project. This complements the Austrlaian National University’s “Austrlaian Centre for Dialogue Project”. There is a Vision and Mission Statement (PDF) andRead… Read more »
The book “Design for Flooding: Architecture, Landscape, and Urban Design for Resilience to Climate Change” by Donald Watson and Michele Adams is a timely work. This discusses the causes of flooding and the engineering, planning, architectural and social responses which can be made. Relevant to Queensland is a discussion of the role of elevated houses,Read… Read more »
In “Adapt solar panels for off grid power in Queensland floods” I asked it would be possible to charge the battery in a UPS from a solar panel. The idea would be to disconnect a grid connected solar array during an extended blackout and use it to provide some power in a home or emergencyRead… Read more »
Citizen Lawmaking and Technology: What’s New and What’s Ahead? is the title of my new post at Slaw, the Canadian legal blog. The post describe recent developments in law-related eParticipation, such as ePetition, eConsultation, eRulemaking, electronic voting, and voters’ guides that describe ballot propositions, in the UK, EU, and US. If you know of otherRead… Read more »
I had a great opportunity to share the way that the Arcadia Police Department is using Social Media platforms to interact with the community this past week. On Thursday morning, the Arcadia High School PTA invited us to their monthly PTSA meeting where I was able to demonstrate APD’s use of Nixle for instant andRead… Read more »
When I was CEO, the senior staff would refer to my role as ‘sitting in the big chair’ – I find this is a warm and respectful way to refer to the leader of the organization, and continue to enjoy using it even today. Through many, many conversations with top leaders of all kinds andRead… Read more »
Listen to internet radio with Gary Vaughan on Blog Talk Radio My thanks to Jim LaRocca and Sean Bordner of SusQTech for being guests on today’s Show! For those who missed it, 30 minute recording is available above. Here are the links for Discounts noted during the interview: – For detailed information on SusQTech’s SharePointRead… Read more »