The Open Source community has a history of using the FOIA version of the VHA’s VistA/CPRS and making it accessible for use outside the VHA. The open source, Liberty Medical Software Foundation has now started an organization proposing collaboration with the VHA for further development and innovation of the VHA’s system. In this time ofRead… Read more »
I have been following the government’s dicussion regarding the federal cookie policy. I even posted on the blog because I feel the policy is holding agencies back from offering dynamic web services. However, since the issue has come to the forefront, the media is taking notice. I came across a story today the reinforces justRead… Read more »
After getting the Google Custom Search engine up and running on the richmondgov.com website it was only a matter of time before someone found a bad result. In my case it was my director who did a search on their name and had two bad results. One was a 404 and one was expired content.Read… Read more »
There is a considerable amount of attention about the missing Russian cargo vessel Arctic Sea. The Maltese flagged ship is not a participant in the Amver system and Amver vessels have not been diverted to assist in the search. The New York Times reports the ship’s management believes the vessel was hijacked. CNBC reported theRead… Read more »
The marketer has been racking up accolades in the digital and social media space – Elaine Wong Starbucks has been racking up accolades in the digital and social media space. As of July 23, the coffee chain surpassed Coca-Cola as the most popular brand on Facebook, with more than 3.6 million fans, per InsideFacebook.com, anRead… Read more »
I came across a Mashable Post where Reuters is telling AP to stop Whining. http://bit.ly/24BhIo “This week he responded with a blog post comparing AP to the lawsuit-happy music industry, saying that the incumbents “haven’t been keeping up” and encouraging news leaders like AP to “stop whining”: “Let’s stop whining and start having real conversationsRead… Read more »
GovLoopers may have noticed that today’s number 2 trending topic on Twitter is #welovetheNHS. GovLoopers may also wonder what’s brought this on! Today saw a series of articles in the UK press about the use of the NHS in the US health care debate. See: º America’s right turns its fire on the NHS, fromRead… Read more »
The release on August 5th on a Marine Corps memo “banning” Social Media was misinterpreted by AP and started a firestorm of coverage in the press. At present, a Yahoo news search reveals over 1300 articles mentioning “Marines Ban Social Media”. However, when the Marines issued a clarification the next day stating specifically that theRead… Read more »
Granicus, Inc. is hosting a featuring the Tennessee General Assembly to demonstrate the technology innovation that helped them win two national awards, including NCSL’s Online Democracy Award, last month for building the most transparent and user-friendly legislative website. Steve Kriegish, Director of Legislative Information Services for the Tennessee General Assembly, will discuss how integrating streamingRead… Read more »
The government marketplace has always been regarded as one with high barrier to entry – the perception was that you need to make a significant commitment of resources and manpower, there are a myriad of rules and regulations to comply with, and that its an extremely complex market to break into, requiring a long timeRead… Read more »