Enterprise security was once based entirely around the personal computer. A computer was the primary venue from which employees communicated, produced and exchanged data, and opened the company to risk. Now the widespread use of mobile computing devices for both work and pleasure has created security problems that we have previously explored. Thus, accepting theRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda This week, it’s all about you. Citizen participation in its many and varied forms seemed to pop up wherever we looked this week, for example: Participatory Budgeting Comes to New York, NY. Between October 2011 and April 2012, four New York City Council Members will invite residents to directly decide how to spendRead… Read more »
The Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (NY) introduced 14 digital bus stop signs with real-time arrival information. “As soon as a bus is scheduled to be there within 30 minutes, that sign will count down,” said incoming CEO Bill Carpenter. “When it gets within two minutes, it says the bus is due.” The signs costRead… Read more »
Blogging in The Guardian, Charles Arthur asks a simple question: “Which set of open data would you like to get from the UK government so as to have the maximum impact on the open data movement?” (He compares the query to the BBC show Desert Island Discs, which asks guests which records they would takeRead… Read more »
Yesterday Facebook rolled out a brand new feature that allows people to not only “friend” each other, but now “subscribe” – – making a personal profile more like a fan page. For example – let’s say I want to know what is going on with Mark Zuckerberg, but I am not “friends” with him. IfRead… Read more »
I’m delighted to announce that we’ve just published our job opening to lead EPA’s social media efforts! The position is on my team. Many thanks to you govloopers who helped me think through the skills and experience needed to do this job well. For those of you not familiar with federal hiring: there’s one job.Read… Read more »
Whether you are attending the ICMA conference or not, we want to make sure you have access to the vital tech-related information being covered at this event for City/County Managers all over the globe. Today, Granicus revealed this ICMA News Portal to keep you connected. Check out our schedule and get involved in the discussionRead… Read more »
On August 30, 2011, Mr. Miszewski began work at salesforce.com as Senior Vice President of Enterprise Sales, in the commercial sector for salesforce.com. Mr. Miszewski accepts this position after having reached an agreement with Microsoft Corporation to resolve all remaining issues in the lawsuit brought by Microsoft against him. Mr. Miszewski is pleased that thisRead… Read more »
The Washington Post reports today that the Secret Service is gearing up for a busy 2012. The Director of the Secret Service, Mark Sullivan, stated that 2012 will be “a very demanding and challenging year.” The Secret Service will have to continue to provide security for President Obama, Vice President Biden and their families, theRead… Read more »
IBM’s jeopardy playing supercomputer Watson is moving out of the game show circuit and into healthcare, it may even have a future in politics. IBM has partnered with WellPoint the nation’s largest insurer to look at ways the technology that powers Watson can be used to make health care more manageable. CivSource spoke with Dr.Read… Read more »