James E. McMillan of the National Center for State Courts has published two new posts about judicial e-filing systems: Trust and E-Filing, Court Technology Bulletin, 7 May 2011; E-Filing / E-Reader Notes, Court Technology Bulletin, 14 May 2011. Mr. McMillan’s post, E-Filing / E-Reader Notes, cites a recent article on e-briefs in Texas state appellateRead… Read more »
AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management) is now taking the bold step of introducing a new information management certification for IT and information professionals, and I have below tried to describe the objectives of this new certification. Market Trends A number of trends are converging to dramatically change Enterprise IT: Social – The spreadRead… Read more »
Phil McKinney, VP and CTO for HP’s Personal systems group, recently gave a fascinating presentation on the future of technology at the DoD Enterprise Architecture conference. You can see the video of his full presentation on DodEA’s website via this link: http://afei.kzoplatform.com/swf/player/767/chapter:1 . It’s a little on the long side (over an hour) so IRead… Read more »
INPUT Analyst Krisin Howe reports. The Federal Communications Commission’s Emergency Alert System (EAS) is most commonly identified by the phrase “This is a test …” and a series of loud beeps. However, beginning in 2012, the EAS will take on a new form. Currently, the EAS provides alerts through television and radio, but has noRead… Read more »
I chatted with a few people on the streets on Cincinnati, Ohio, a couple of days ago about their thoughts on the Digital Divide. Whether or not they knew the term, it still affected them in some way. Get your own valid XHTML YouTube embed code I learned a lot creating this video (like ifRead… Read more »
We’re redoing Connected Councillors: a guide to using social media for local leadership. And a big part of being a local politician is campaigning. Of course, there’s campaigning for office, but there’s also campaigning on local issues. Over the last year I’ve been gathering some examples of campaigning, but we’re looking for more! We’re lookingRead… Read more »
In my last blog I mentioned an episode with our learned GSA counsel over donuts. That was not my only conflict with Sweet Caroline, Esq. over donuts. Yes, these events really happened. Caroline devoted much of her career to assuring that no government employee ever violated any ethical standards, no matter how much this policyRead… Read more »
Massachusetts is investing nearly $1 billion in road and bridge projects statewide. The initiative kicked off last week in time for the summer construction season and will have an immediate job creation impact in the state. The funding will go to nearly 450 projects that are a mix of new and on-going construction work andRead… Read more »
Photo: Space shuttle Endeavor launches on the STS-134 mission to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA——————- This might have been the last launch of Space Shuttle Endeavor, but it wasn’t the first time that NASA has used online video to broadcast a space shuttle launch to the world. NASA streams video of NASA TVRead… Read more »
My most recent post at WhoRunsGov: Social media is here to stay, and most, if not all, of the Hill leadership is aware of its ever-increasing presence. In the House, the GOP leadership has not only recognized its importance, but has come up with a pretty creative way of encouraging its members to increase theirRead… Read more »