35000 expected for Shamrock Run Sunday Welcome Newest Members Carine Arendes, Portland State University, Assistant Campus Planner Upcoming Forums March 21: ELGL Willamette Valley Presents “No Comment” — and Other Stupid Things You Should Never Say to Media April 11: Greg Baker, Damascus City Manager April 17: K.L. Wombacher, Hillsboro Hops General Manager October 4:Read… Read more »
Code for America recently lured me back into the traditional work environment after more than ten years working for myself as a consultant for numerous national and local non-profits (and producing documentaries on the side—insert shameless plug here for Corner Store which now available on Hulu). Why leave the flexibility and relative freedom of freelanceRead… Read more »
Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would theyRead… Read more »
If you work in the public/nonprofit sectors, please join the Public Service Research Panel (http:www.PSRPanel.org) The PSR Panel is an opt-in, online community of professionals in the public and nonprofit sectors who receive occasional email invitations to participate in web-based surveys. Survey topics may include job satisfactions, decision making, technology, collaboration, leadership, and other topics.Read… Read more »
By ChrisScott It’s long been known that to win in a cyber war, DoD has to have a way to get an asymmetric advantage in time, cost and contribution – something that is mostly alien to the Defense Acquisition process. A few years ago DARPA started something called the Cyber Fast Track (CFT) program. ThisRead… Read more »
By Bob Gourley We have been meeting for three years in the Government Big Data Forum. The next will be 4 April 2013. Please help us evaluate the right issues to address and help us queue up a research agenda for the next year. And let us know if you have a lesson learned orRead… Read more »
Over the last year I have had the privilege of working with a fair amount of health organizations wishing to enter the digital realm. As a result, I have performed quite a bit of research and literature review on the applicability of social media engagement and mobile technology in the public health field. The opportunitiesRead… Read more »
Discussions about invoice management and e-procurement system upgrades are circulating across-the-pond conference rooms this week as the European Commission closes out its consultation on e-invoicing in public procurement. With the European Parliament mandating e-invoicing by 2016 and the European Digital Agenda’s dictate that electronic and paper invoices will be treated equally as of January 2013,Read… Read more »
In the business world, poor efficiency equals lost profits and less chance at survival. As dire as that sounds, inefficiency among first responders can have even more serious consequences, especially with state and local police departments. Yet many local government agencies all over the country still grapple with the issue of asset management and inventoryRead… Read more »
Take a spin through the headlines and it’s easy to see fire departments struggling with fixed asset management. In a rural Mississippi town recently, thieves made off with much of the equipment that allowed a volunteer fire department to do its critical job. They stole the “jaws of life,” saws, fans, tools and other equipment.Read… Read more »