Kirsten Gillibrand – The Importance of Women
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How Governments Use Social Media for Disaster Planning, Response, and Recovery
The Federation of American Scientists recently posted on its Web site a CRS report, “Social Media and Disasters: Current Uses, Future Options, and Policy Considerations,” by Bruce R. Lindsay. The report argues that social media may be used in a “systematic” way as “an emergency management tool. Systematic usage might include: “using the medium toRead… Read more »
SEPTA warns fakers: We’re watching you
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has joined forces with the Philadelphia district attorney to crack down on passengers who fake injuries. Almost half of the system’s buses are equipped with 8-10 digital cameras and every rail car on the Broad Street and Market-Frankford lines has 10-12 cameras. “They rack up these incredible medical bills,” saidRead… Read more »
The value of downtime
I’ve had a really exciting weekend. I had a new friend, David Hammond, come over for a brainstorming session. We initially met as part of a new venture we’ve both involved in. Saturday we started discussing how we were going to build a company from scratch. He’s taken on the role of COO for aRead… Read more »
homeless and hungry
by Jessica Cassella, San Francisco Fellow 2012 This post was written in conjunction with Blog Action Day 2011. This year’s theme is food. When you are homeless, food is both a blessing and a curse. During my Junior year of college, I spent my spring break on a homeless immersion experience in San Jose, California.Read… Read more »
Tracking Your Social Media Impact/Engagement (Open Source Edition)
If you aren’t following the work of Jason Calacanis (Mahalo, ThisWeekIn, etc), the short answer is you probably should. Like many others at the tech forefront and the many start up guru’s of the West Coast, Jason is one that loves to share his ideas, his work, ideas with others, and simply just provide informationRead… Read more »
A Day in the Life of a Civil Engineer – Day 52
Day 52 Although I worked in the office for a few hours today mainly on correspondence and checking with our inspector and engineers to find out the status of some projects, most of my day was spent at our APWA Public Works Camp. This event is our second unconference session that we’ve hosted, and bothRead… Read more »
LexisNexis Government E-Learning Classes for October 2011
From the comfort of your desk, you can take advantage of training that is included in your LexisNexis subscription when it’s convenient for you. Register today at www.lexisnexis.com/govelearn. Your research possibilities are virtually unlimited with the LexisNexis Government e-Learning Series. Take a live webinar class. View the Upcoming Events Tab to see the webinar scheduleRead… Read more »
Hosting a City Hackathon Part 2
This is the second video describing the process leading up to the Hack4Reno civic hackathon event in downtown Reno on Oct. 15-16. Learn about the City Hall meetup, press coverage and organizing the whole event on Github! Get your own valid XHTML YouTube embed code Check out the realtime planning for the hackathon going onRead… Read more »
Young AFGE Member Describes His Experience at the AFL-CIO NextUp Summit
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to join with other young AFGE members to represent our union at the 2011 AFL-CIO Next Up Young Workers Summit in Minneapolis. The conference brought together young union members, youth activists and student groups from around the country to participate in a forum addressing the challenges facing youngRead… Read more »