Public Sector Web Network events

Just a quick pimp of some of the great events we’ve got lined up in September through the Public Sector Web Network: Tuesday 6th: Digital Engagement Workshop – Wales. Find out more. Monday 12th: Digital Engagement Workshop – Birmingham. Find out more. Thursday 22nd: Social Media for Emergency Planning & Resilience – Leeds. Find outRead… Read more »

Broken ticket machines lead to fines for some

When the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NY) introduced Select Bus Service in the Bronx and Manhattan, the agency implemented off-board fare payment to speed up service. Passengers swipe a MetroCard through a vending machine at the bus stop and receive a ticket as proof of payment. But NY1 reports that some riders are encountering broken ticketRead… Read more »

What is blogging?

Haven’t published one of these in a while, so here’s a quick guide about blogging. PDF over on the Kind of Digital site if you can’t see the embed below. Enjoy! What is blogging? View more documents from Kind of Digital Possibly related posts: Bookmarks for October 3rd through October 19th Bookmarks for March 21stRead… Read more »

BART’s computer failure reveals system flaws

Monday’s computer glitch, which forced Bay Area Rapid Transit (CA) to shut down service for more than two hours, highlighted the need for modernizing the 40-year-old system. The cause of the failure — which occurred when two routers failed to communicate with each other — is still under investigation but the San Francisco Chronicle suggestsRead… Read more »

Proposed new lobbying rules, wooing donors, a CEO donation, and more political law links

ABA PROPOSES NEW LOBBYING RULES. Roll Call. “The American Bar Association has urged Congress to require the registration of more lobbyists, compel the disclosure of lobbying activities in more detail and narrow the types of contributions federally registered lobbyists can make to lawmakers running for re-election.” PITCHING WOO TO DONORS. Politico. “They’re the kind ofRead… Read more »

Small Business Outreach from the Department of Energy

Save the Date for this DOE outreach event! Small businesses are invited to join the EPA on Tuesday, August 23, 2011, for a U.S. Department of Energy small business outreach session at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Congressman James E. Clyburn, Assistant Democratic Leader, U.S. House of Representatives,Read… Read more »

Band-aids on symptoms in the UK

The ridiculous proposition from the UK government overnight that access to social media for those participating in social unrest (and, yes, blatant criminality) beggars belief. The problems currently in the UK are, undoubtedly, symptomatic of a wide and deep set of infernally complex circumstances in that nation for which the seeds were sewn many yearsRead… Read more »