Maryland tests talking buses
The Maryland Transit Administration is the latest agency to test audible alerts designed to let pedestrians know when the bus is turning. Original post
Miscellaneous
Call for Papers: DESI IV: Workshop on Discovery of Electronically Stored Information
A call for papers — with submission deadlines of 1 April 2011 for research papers, and 22 April 2011 for position papers — has been issued for DESI IV: Workshop on Setting Standards for Searching Electronically Stored Information in Discovery Proceedings, to be held 6 June 2011, at The University of Pittsburgh, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,Read… Read more »
9 Ways For FOREIGN Firms to Compete For FED GOV Contracts
http://www.jenniferschaus.com/uploads/9Tips_Foreign_JS_2011.doc.pdf Jennifer Schaus Jennifer Schaus & Associates Washington, DChttp://www.JenniferSchaus.com
Thinking like a hacker – ways to find quick solutions to complex issues
Steve Ressler, Founder and President of GovLoop, presented an interesting perspective recently in his monthly Government Technology column. Quoting Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who defines “hacking” as “an approach to find a shortcut to solve a complex problem,” Ressler noted that he “encourages city and state officials to think about how to hack their cityRead… Read more »
Putting the “Gov” in Web Content Governance
From a small local business to a government agency with international reach, to succeed online, every organization needs a solid plan to create, deliver, and govern its content. Government agencies are some of the largest and highest-profile organizations out there, and have a wealth of content—so having a strategy for getting the most out ofRead… Read more »
GovMadness Update: The Sweet Sixteen and Cinderellas
As the NCAA tournament sweet sixteen tips off tonight I wanted to give everyone and update on where your favorite cities and agencies stand in GovMadness. Over the weekend and Monday and Tuesday govies did battle at the ballot box to try and push their favorites through the second round and one step closer toRead… Read more »
The Stress Doc’s Stages of Grief: Discovering Purpose and Possibility in Trying Times
With all the uncertainty and stress in our economic-job climate (not to mention natural and man-made disasters), most of us can use a refresher on how to grapple with loss and change, how to have the courage to both persist and to let go, how to transform the danger into opportunity…how to grow stronger, wiserRead… Read more »
MBTA speeds up text alerts
MBTA commuter rail riders should be receiving more timely service alerts, thanks to a new system implemented this week. Original post
Tech and recalls, Waters and ethics, transparency transparency and more political law links for Thursday
TECHNOLOGY AND THE GROWTH OF RECALLS. Blog post here. (I added the new and exciting Recall Elections Blog to my ever-growing list of links to your right.) IT’S MILLER TIME FOR PAC. Roll Call reports that Alaska’s Joe Miller will chair a PAC. WATERS AND ETHICS. The Hill reports. “Public interest groups on Wednesday askedRead… Read more »
CARIBE WAVE 11/ LANTEX 11 tsunami exercise
Tsunami exercise CARIBE WAVE 11/ LANTEX 11 is being conducted. A exercise Caribbean-Wide Tsunami Watch Message was issued at 1302Z 23 MAR 2011. This was relayed by the West Coast/Alaska and NWS Pacific Warning Centres. The messages received have spam warnings due to there being no sender’s name and all upper case in the bodyRead… Read more »