Several new studies demonstrate the difficulty of defining what constitutes the “atom” of a federal program, but a recent Washington Post article begins to uncover why it is so elusive, much like finding sub-atomic particles in physics. Defining Federal Programs Isn’t Simple There is more than one way to define what constitutes a federal “program,”Read… Read more »
Dwyane Wade Wore a Jacket Made Entirely of Jams Shorts Knope of the Week Jessica Williams, Mac’s List Editor and Mac Prichard, Mac’s List Founder Newest Members Judith Mowry, City of Portland, Office of Equity and Human Rights, Policy Analyst Nicholas Kobel, Portland State University, Graduate Research Assistant Next Forums June 12 – Lunch andRead… Read more »
By Markus Ehrenmueller Editor’s note: Markus Ehrenmueller-Jensen is the author of Microsoft Business Tools, and is well positioned to provide context on ways users can better leverage these tools. -bg Big Data I can remember back in the beginning of my own school time, what a sensation it was, when I could upgrade from aRead… Read more »
I’ve been closely following the federal budget for more than two decades, and at no point have things been more confusing, not only to observers like myself, but more importantly to federal managers and executives who are trying to plan their department budgets. A grand bargain on the budget would be welcome news not onlyRead… Read more »
Last week, I was able to attend the 2013 Personal Democracy Forum in New York City. This conference and community is about the present and future impact of digital technologies on our democracy. While listening to many of the thought-provoking and passionate presentations, there were a few different ideas that really spoke to me. HereRead… Read more »
Maybe things aren’t working out for you. Perhaps it’s just a fluke and things will turn out better for you next time. Perhaps the system will course-correct and right itself automatically. But then again… maybe it won’t. Instead, what if doing more of the same (more effort, more efficiency, more resources, more louder, more firefighting)Read… Read more »
By ChrisScott Some Traditions are NOT needed! Back in the day… the process to transmit Navy messages included strict accountability and control and were hugely labor intensive. But as official information exchange technologies become more prevalent, DoD transitioned to other means to accomplish the task. Organizational messaging services are prevalent throughout DoD now. And asRead… Read more »
Apple’s keynote pre-roll from the 2013 WWDC. The language in this video speaks powerfully to the designer in me. If design isn’t to appeal to people’s hearts as well as their heads, if we’re not designing to make a difference in the world, and if we’re not designing to create something good, then what theRead… Read more »
It’s come to my attention that a number of automated sentiment analysis tools include ‘disabled’ and ‘disability’ as negative terms. This means that when calculating whether a particular statement in social media is positive or negative, the use of these words is used by these sentiment analysis tools as an indication that the statement isRead… Read more »
Video where the excellent Manuel Castells examines new social movements, new forms of change and political democracy in the global network society. Original post