Jessica Hagy writing for Forbes.com: 1. Ignore the future, deal with the present. The question, “What should I be when I grow up?” is wrong. Ask instead, “What is next today?” People become fat one bite at a time, and we become adults one hour at a time, so what we do today matters. OriginalRead… Read more »
APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) are a technique for interacting with data (usually on the web) which liberates users from relying on particular applications or having to do complex programming to reuse the data in interesting ways. Unfortunately few government agencies go the extra distance to release their data with an API, instead using specific dataRead… Read more »
By BobGourley “The empires of the future are the empires of the mind,” said Sir Winston Churchill at Harvard University in 1943. He frequently spoke of humanity’s minds in descriptions of the future and this is such an important point. It is our brains that give us both the vision for what we want theRead… Read more »
By AlexOlesker Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: White House sources confirm that Chinese hackers penetrated unclassified networks with a spear phishing attack against the White House Communications Agency. More here. Sequestration threatens the bipartisan agreement that cybersecurity needs more funding. More here. The White House gathered senior government leaders and privateRead… Read more »
By RyanKamauff Everyone’s favorite search engine is starting to really make some money Here are today’s top news and stories. Google’s (GOOG) stock price has been steadily growing for the past 3 months. Their current market cap is $248B, second only to Apple. Google’s Android is the leading mobile operating system for all smartphones, andRead… Read more »
Chris Seper (Cleveland, OH) – It’s valuable to know that you can get a $50 mammogram in Queens as opposed to paying $607 for one on E 102nd Street in Manhattan. New York’s ClearHealthCosts is going to find out just how valuable that information is. The company, spun out of an entrepreneurial journalism program atRead… Read more »
Code for America has been blessed with a fantastic group of dedicated individuals who have helped us get off the ground and guided our growth over the past couple of years. As we’ve grown, we’ve recognized the need for our governing and strategy board to better reflect the community we serve and the principles weRead… Read more »
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: Sick of going to one government bureaucracy for a service only to get passed along to another and yet another? Wonder why government doesn’t communicate across agencies to provide a centralized service to you? New Zealand came up with a solution. You’ll meet the man behind it. Click here for theRead… Read more »
By Tess Mullen, Associate Consultant When I worked in Congress prior to coming to Fels, I quickly learned that debates over taxes dominate the House and Senate floor on a near weekly basis. As such, I came to graduate school with a desire to dig into the details of how different tax policies actually playRead… Read more »
The Labor Department’s Office of Disability Employment hosted a webcast, Policy Development Think Tank Webcast: New Strategies for Successful Collaboration, as part of the ePolicyWorks initiative. DorobekINSIDER’s Chris Dorobek hosted the panel. The panelists outlined their perspectives on the use of new and innovative open government strategies for policy developments. On the Panel: GB: GadiRead… Read more »