After we had gotten past the platitudes and niceties that all good managers trying to implement a directive spout when garnering employee buy in for the directive, we were left with the question “So, now what?” One brave soul finally raised a voice and said “None of those words mean anything unless you put actionRead… Read more »
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has designated the Northeast Corridor a federally-recognized high-speed rail corridor, clearing the way for these states and Amtrack to apply for federal high-speed rail grant funding. Specifically, this recognition will allow the Northeast Corridor to apply for Florida’s recently rejected $2.4 billion in high-speed rail funding. As CivSourceRead… Read more »
On Thursday last week, LinkedIn launched a brand new service called “LinkedIn today.” Liz Reaves Walker on the LI blog made the announcement. She wrote, Staying on top of industry news is something we think matters for any professional whose success depends on being well informed. With all the news websites, blogs, tweets and newslettersRead… Read more »
SLA’s Division of Government Information is sponsoring (or co-sponsoring) the following programs and events at SLA’s 2011 Annual Conference in Philadelphia this summer. This is a great slate of programs that includes three SPOTLIGHT programs and a NEED TO KNOW program, as well as an unconference session. For more detailed DGI program and event information,Read… Read more »
Professor Marianne Winslett, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Advanced Digital Sciences Center, Singapore talked today in the famous room N101 at the Australian National University in Canberra, on “Records Retention: Addressing Insider Threats to Data Integrity”. She contrasted the run on the banks during the 1930s stock market crash with the recent stability ofRead… Read more »
Have you noticed images like the one to the right sprouting up at every turn? I have. That, my dear readers, is a QR code, and it’s one trendy, useful piece of technology. These 2-dimensional codes were developed by Denso Wave, a manufacturer of automatic data capture technology, and released to the market in 1994.Read… Read more »
This is something I was thinking about yesterday on my way back from a meeting. Most people, when they start a startup, or go into any new idea, go about it in this order: 1. They come up with an idea. 2. They evaluate whether the timing is right. 3. They set about building aRead… Read more »
Delaware is looking at a proposal that would reward companies that make new hires. The measure is designed to attract new business to the state as well as rewarding companies already in Delaware that add new workers. Sponsors of the bill say they have been working with businesses directly on crafting the measure, to ensureRead… Read more »
Using iPads in government meetings is not a new idea, however, it’s one that many agencies are grappling with. How do you justify this purchase? How can they be used to actually promote productivity while saving tax payer dollars? Granicus wanted to develop an app to reduce governments dependency on paper in the legislative processRead… Read more »
Last week, I had the opportunity to host GovLoop’s web-based training session entitled, “Common Mobile Challenges and How to Overcome,” which featured insight from State Department’s Gary Galloway and Microsoft’s Steve White. We’re hosting the second in the series this Thursday: Register for Part 2: “Go Mobile, Be Secure, Improve Performance” During last week’s training,Read… Read more »