Utah to test wireless electric bus
The University of Utah will test an electric bus that recharges without plugs or wires thanks to a $2.7 million FTA TIGGER III grant. Original post
Miscellaneous
Friday’s political law links
WILEY REIN NEWSLETTER. The November 2011 Wiley Rein Election Law Newsletter is online here. TRIAL DATE FOR EDWARDS. Story here. “U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Eagles, sitting in Greensboro, N.C., scheduled jury selection to begin Jan. 30 and first evidence in the case to be presented Feb. 13, Politico reported Wednesday.” HOUSE ETHICS MOVES ONRead… Read more »
Microsoft Focuses Big Data Efforts on Hadoop
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Spotlight on American Education Week: statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDS) grant
Deltek Analysts Randi Powell and Joseph Lee report. The Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) Grant Program was established in 2005 under the U.S. Department of Education’s (USDOE) Institute of Education Sciences (IES) as a competitive cooperative agreement grant. The grant was intended to allow states to manage and analyze education data such as student records.Read… Read more »
FTA awards $112 million for innovative and clean-fuel projects
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced that 46 transit projects will share $112 million in grants from FTA’s sustainability initiative. Original post
Steer into the Fear
I’ve had a remarkable couple of weeks starting with DevLearn 2011. I’ve had the opportunity to dwell at length with my heroes in the eLearning community. The response from hundreds of attendees at DevLearn to the causes I’ve championed, namely the revolution needed in learning technologies, has been humbling and validating as it became clearRead… Read more »
National Academy of Public Administration Fall Meeting Highlights
Today I was at the National Academy of Public Administration’s annual fall meeting. I attended a few sessions of their meeting, and wanted to report back to the GovLoop community. At the conference, I had the opportunity to meet a lot of amazing people who have spent their lives dedicated to public service. Every sessionRead… Read more »
California Demographic Profiles
The California State Library just launched a new online resource, – California Demographic Profiles: By Library Jurisdiction and County. It is a great tool to help facilitate a greater understanding of how California’s changing demographics can be used to inform decisions and services. Take a look!
Refine and Reuse Data with ScraperWiki
We know that developers will be looking to reuse open data for the OS Open Data and OS Open Space Challenge (not the only challenge, see here for the other one!) for ourcompetition event. So we asked @vacantimouse from ScraperWiki to describe what a tool that enables people to reuse and refine open data. ManyRead… Read more »
San Francisco considers new smart card
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (CA) is developing a new smart card for parking, taxis, and — possibly — Muni rides. Original post