Saturday, the SF City Attorney’s Office was out in the City’s District 6 with the Department of Public Works Clean Team to kick off the volunteerism portion of the Let’s Do It SF! campaign, which aims to use geotagging to fight illegal dumping and graffiti. Find out more about the initiative at LetsDoItSF.org Photos byRead… Read more »
This quote by management guru Peter Drucker is very relevant today. Citizens’ expectations of government have been ratcheted up significantly and utilizing the previously deployed approaches to address constituent’s concerns may no longer be successful. By now you are familiar with the different types of resistors and the strategies that they typically deploy. In theRead… Read more »
INPUT Analyst Evan Halperin reports on the new budget and its impact on grants. In February, INPUT reported on President Obama’s fiscal year 2012 budget proposal, specifically state and local public safety programs. Based on the FY 2012 budget proposal, approximately $7.57 billion would be set aside for grants out of the Department of HomelandRead… Read more »
Cities often face difficulties when determining which outlets they will utilize to broadcast information. Ideally, a city’s information would be broadcast directly from one spot – or “hub” to the source. In most cases, however, cities maintain several entities on the Web such as social networking sites and blogs. Cities must execute a successful strategyRead… Read more »
The Government Man is just back from a most enjoyable visit to the Federal Senior Management Conference in Cambridge, MD. I thank the sponsors for the invitation. First a little self promo. My book, Confessions of a Government Man, is now available in all e-book formats as well as paperback. Now for today’s blog, whichRead… Read more »
Does anyone have any thoughts on sleeping air traffic controllers?
I’ve adopted a new practice I want to share with you, because it’s making a real difference in my own life, and maybe it could in yours, too. You know the bumper sticker, “Practice random acts of kindness and senseless beauty?” The one some people sneer at? Well, the people who made and display thatRead… Read more »
In October 2009, MSU engineers received $2.9 million to develop a bench scale version of an advanced hybrid engine. Today, they have completed that task and are now ready to develop a full-scale version of their engine. What makes their design better than other engines? Greater efficiency and fewer emissions. Electric vehicle engines today useRead… Read more »
Photo Credit: Kuuan For the past several weeks I have been working on a few things to freshen up the Pulse + Signal blog and make things easier as well as effective for you all. I realize this is my base of operations and want to make sure that my readers/audience/fellow changemakers get what theyRead… Read more »
Since I didn’t want to post three new (short) posts in succession, I figured I would lump these together. Anyway most of you are probably either in DC already or in various stages of arrival, so I want to keep this brief and to the point. First, of course, there is the job fair. ARead… Read more »