Nevada, New Jersey work to increase transparency

Tweet Nevada and New Jersey are moving forward on transparency. Nevada Governor Bill Sandoval signed a package of laws on Friday designed to increase transparency around hospital quality statewide. The new laws are designed to make more information available to the public about the quality of patient care, incident of infection and patient readmissions. NewRead… Read more »

Change Trains Without Stopping at the Station

Transportation experts often site train travel’s efficiency as one of the main reasons it is a “green” transportation option. Now it seems that Priestmangoode, a design company from the UK, has a plan to make train travel even more efficient, both in terms of energy and travel time. Their idea is the moving platform, aRead… Read more »

SharePoint as a Service Catalog

SharePoint as a Service Catalog SharePoint can be used as a repository for the definition of services. This same repository can be published to potential and existing customers to enable them to understand services available to them, how to order, service to be expected, know which services they’ve purchased as well as introduce new servicesRead… Read more »

Publicyte, a Digital Magazine About Innovation for Civic Good

This past Tuesday, I launched Publicyte, a digital magazine published by Microsoft about the people, places, and technologies driving civic innovation. I’ll be the editor-in-chief of the publication, and we’ll have writers from all kinds of interesting backgrounds, from both inside and outside of Microsoft. It’s part of my work at our new Office ofRead… Read more »

Political law links for today

LOOKING FOR MCCOMISH V. BENNETT? Check SCOTUSBlog around 10 a.m. today. QUESTIONS ON PRESIDENT’S TRIPS. The Post. MICRODONOR STRATEGY 2012. Bloomberg. “Donors who pledge $75,800 to the Obama Victory Fund will be named ‘Presidential Partners’ and will be invited to quarterly campaign briefings that are sometimes attended by the president, said a Democratic official whoRead… Read more »

Apps contests for non-programmers

In a welcome twist for people with good ideas but no programming skills, two U.S. cities are trying a new take on the latest trend in applications development — the competition. In New York City, the NYC BigAppsIdea challenge is asking the public to share the apps they want for residents, businesses, and visitors.To enterRead… Read more »

Delhi lost-and-found goes online

Delhi Metro passengers who leave something on the train can now look for their lost items online. Articles will be held for 24 hours at the station where they were found; after that, all lost belongings will be consolidated at the Kashmere Gate station, where 1,000 items currently site unclaimed. A recent check of lostRead… Read more »