Ownership. It’s a beautiful word in government. “Ownership” exudes control over technology in a sector where control is often hard to come by. There are always new laws, new elected officials, new mandates and new needs. While technology is often purchased to address these needs, sometimes the technology isn’t able to be controlled by theRead… Read more »
The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO), has issued a “Data Centre as a Service Discussion Paper” and invited industry comment. The Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS) facility would provide a shared data centre for smaller agencies (5o spend less than $2M a year on ICT). It is planned to have the service availableRead… Read more »
Tom Le Veque is all kinds of awesome. Awesome public servant, really intelligent, and making a big difference in his community. I caught up with him at Gov2.0LA (where he lives). He has been a Police Sergeant at City of Arcadia in California for the past 20 years and is making great strides using WebRead… Read more »
In an announcement last week, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz highlighted twenty-three technology initiatives that his administration will implement within the next six to eighteen months. The nearly two dozen projects include citizen-facing solutions, such as a constituent service portal, and internal tools that will help modernize the county’s business processes. Upon entering office, CountyRead… Read more »
A summary of the ABA Conference on Public Understanding of the Courts in the Age of New Media, held 18 February 2011 at The University of Arizona School of Law’s Rehnquist Center, has been posted by Tim Eigo, Esq., of Arizona Attorney magazine. The summary includes a selection of Twitter tweets about the conference, markedRead… Read more »
General Alexander is keeping busy at NSA/CYBERCOM Last week, General Alexander (director of NSA and commander, USCYBERCOM) spoke at the RSA conference in San Francisco. He pointed out the the explosion of technology over the past 10 years. That users went from an average of 250MB of personal files, to over 128GB. The fact thatRead… Read more »
Check out 10 cool toolbar extensions for government! Watch the video below for Kristy’s take on why these extensions rock, and find quick download links at the bottom. Get your own valid XHTML YouTube embed code Quick links to download the toolbar extensions on this page: http://www.govgirl.com/2011/02/10-toolbar-extensions-for-gov/
Been a while since I’ve done one of these. A surprising amount of reading getting done in my life despite a hectic schedule. In addition to the articles below, I recently finished Shirky’s Cognitive Surplus (solid read) and am almost done Kevin Kelly’s What Technology Wants, which, is blowing my mind. More on both soon,Read… Read more »
Columnist Joseph Rose recounts a frustrating day for TriMet (OR) commuters when the agency’s Twitter updates were not keeping pace with widespread delays. Original post
Note: this is a HTML version of Submission 017 to the Inquiry into the role and potential of the National Broadband Network, received by the Australian House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications, 14 February 2011. Broadband for a Broad Land: The role and potential benefits of the National Broadband Network the forRead… Read more »