Metro thieves target electronics
WMATA officials said that thefts of personal electronic devices accounted for 76% of robberies in 2010, and the number is rising. Original post
Miscellaneous
Amphibious Ship for Earthquake Relief
The Royal New Zealand Navy reported that multi-role vessel (MRV) HMNZS Canterbury was alongside in Lyttelton when an earthquake struck on 22 February 2011. The ship was able to immediately begin relief operations.Unfortunately Media reports indicate that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has no comparable ships available to assist, with all in for repair. ThisRead… Read more »
Green City Streets – Web 2.0 for Sustainable Transport
Just started a blog called Green City Streets (http://greencitystreets.blogspot.com/). The blog’s purpose is to explore the application of Web 2.0 techniques to create more sustainable transportation systems. It’s a topic I have been interested in for many years; here are a few of my papers on the subject: An Integrated Web 2.0 Approach for ImprovingRead… Read more »
Gov 2.0 Presentation at the We Live NY Summit
Next month I will be speaking at the We Live NY Summit on Gov 2.0 and social media. The conference is March 24-26 at Cornell University. I am incredibly excited for the conference and really thankful that I get to speak during one of the sessions. The conference has a lot of great program tracksRead… Read more »
Passion We Can Learn From These Superheroes
As much as I enjoy public service, these people enjoy it even more. I’m not kidding. They don’t have powers, but they raise money for charity, build awareness and sometimes break up fights. Gov 2.0 should look at their passion when it comes to delivering better services to citizens. See and download the full galleryRead… Read more »
Scamming S.A.T. takers?
A woman received a phone call from someone claiming to be from The College Board who wanted $129 for materials related to the S.A.T. that her grandson had supposedly ordered. Original post
The end of the IT department
37 Signals’ David Heinemeier Hansson: When people talk about their IT departments, they always talk about the things they’re not allowed to do, the applications they can’t run, and the long time it takes to get anything done. Rigid and inflexible policies that fill the air with animosity. Not to mention the frustrations of speakingRead… Read more »
Why every city should be on Facebook
Because if you aren’t, it’s hard to have outcomes like this: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Action alert from Campaign for a Stronger Democracy
How might the proposed federal budget cuts effect the dialogue and deliberation community, and the larger democracy reform movement D&D is a part of? What can each of us do to fight for the programs we feel are critically important to our democracy — like public media, national service, civic education, and more? Take aRead… Read more »
Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers in Public Sector Innovation
Click on the image to see the Top 25 list.