BART improves mobile website
BART (CA) updated its mobile website to allow riders with GPS-enabled phones to find the closest station or plan a trip based on their current location. Original post
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Interested in Cyber Security? Read (and support) the new Cybersecurity Legislative Proposal
On 12 May 2011 the Obama Administration unveiled its cybersecurity legislative proposal. The entire proposal is available for your review at this link: cybersecurity legislative proposal. But I most strongly recommend you read the context provided by the government’s Cybersecurity Coordinator and Special Assistant to the President Howard Schmidt first. Howard provided a clear introductionRead… Read more »
Code for America Fellows at OpenGovWest
Four Code for America fellows are excited to be attending OpenGovWest ’11, North America’s West Coast Open Government conference. Jeremy Canfield, Max Ogden, Alan Palazzolo and Chach Sikes will be speaking on several panels, and checking out the code-a-thon and unconference on Saturday. Sessions include: Open Source & Community Sourcing: How sharing code is improvingRead… Read more »
Facebook or Twitter for the Enterprise?
Twitter or Facebook for the Enterprise View more presentations from Atle Skjekkeland.
Illinois awards 10 year, $114 million Sole Source contract to Motorola
INPUT Senior Analyst Jeff Webster reports on Illinois’ mega sole source contract with Motorola Yesterday, the state of Illinois announced it received final approval from the Sole Source Hearing Panel to move forward with a 10-year, $114 million sole source contract with Motorola for the continued operation of the state’s STARCOM 21 public safety radioRead… Read more »
Website For One
Bruce asked for some pointers about putting up a personal website. He’s a content consumer more than an author, and needed a personal website as a prototype for a new project. That would usually involve getting a domain, server space, hiring someone to do the work, building something, updating, and on it goes. I suggestedRead… Read more »
New Hire Tips on Being Social
New job means new work friends and a larger network. Sometimes finding the right networking events can seem daunting, but lucky for you…you have made an important step in the right direction by being on GovLoop! There are many different opportunities in many different areas of the globe….here are a few places to start: 1)Read… Read more »
Under the Microscope: Dissecting the Georgia Anti-Obesity Campaign
This is a post that my friend/colleague Fran Melmed of [context communication] wrote recently, dissecting Georgia’s media campaign around childhood obesity. I really enjoyed how it was broken down and wanted to share with you all – with permission from Fran, of course (who by the way, enjoys lowercase writing). the georgia children’s health allianceRead… Read more »
Research and Best Practices eNewsleter
Research Creating great customer experiences (2011) – Customer experience is more important than ever to develop and maintain a consistent, effective connection between you and your customers. RightNow Technologies suggests we empower our customers and employees, as well as offer them multi-channel choice, to deliver a superior customer experience. Video: http://www.rightnow.com/resource-video-8-steps.php How We Use TabletsRead… Read more »
Washington passes health care reform package
Washington passed a package of legislation designed to implement health care reform in the state. Under the terms of the package, state health care payments will be based on patient outcomes, a new collaborative will be implement to cut waste, fraud and abuse and the state will begin requiring increased transparency of insurance providers. WashingtonRead… Read more »