There are dozens of applications as to how GIS can be used to improve the public sector, everything from improving service delivery, gaining efficiency, and monitoring and assessing government programs. One emerging area of GIS is the use of GIS to help plan and optimize facilities. Public sector organizations operate and maintain thousands of facilities,Read… Read more »
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Make The Most of CTOvision and CTOlabs
By Bob Gourley We have just optimized our software and cloud infrastructure at CTOvision and at our research site CTOlabs. The sites will now load even faster, thanks to the new 4GB of RAM on our dedicated virtual server at Media Temple. Here are some other features optimized in recent designs: Our Podcasts are nowRead… Read more »
HUD Say It Will Furlough All Workers For A Week – Plus the DorobekINSIDER’s 7 Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: The Government Accountability Office has looked at the growing number of cybersecurity threats facing our nation. And it’s no small number. The GAO says the increase in cyber attack reported to CERT in the last 6 years has grown by 782%. There were 5,500 incidents in 2006, last year there wereRead… Read more »
Usability Testing for .Govs: It’s the Law
The movement to assess and improve the usability of federal government websites is small, vocal, and growing. GSA’s First Fridays program makes free usability testing available to federal agencies, and a wide range of agencies have undertaken their own regular assessments of their sites and applications. Slowly but surely, the archaic mindset that a .govRead… Read more »
Immigration in the Age of #Social: Engaging at Home and Abroad
Good Morning GovLoop!! This next in the series of blog posts by Deloitte’s Immigration Community of Interest (iCOIN) makes the case for why going social would make immigration and citizen services more effective. A key point is the need for Federal agencies going social to interact with citizens, immigrants, and visitors: not just broadcast toRead… Read more »
Should I Accept Every Request to Connect on LinkedIn?
A current graduate student just told me that he and his friends have a question that keeps emerging. Here’s the scenario he presented – to which you might relate: I receive a lot of random requests to connect on LinkedIn. I know that it actually recommends people to you who are in your potential sphereRead… Read more »
03.12.13 Your Morning Buzz
Judge Cans Soda Ban Welcome Newest Members Individual Member: Katya Reyna, University of Oregon, RARE Corporate Member: Johnson Controls delivers products, services and solutions that increase energy efficiency and lower operating costs in buildings for more than one million customers. Upcoming Forums March 15 Webinar: Creating and Getting Assistant City Manager Positions with Alex McIntyre,Read… Read more »
Organizations using web crawlers, DARPA will no longer support CFT, VMware’s Horizon Mirage 4.0
By Marcus Williams More Cyber News we are tracking: Several organizations around the country have been collecting and selling PII, DARPA will no longer support CFT, VMware’s Horizon Mirage 4.0, and more Who’s keeping track of Who? After reading this article it made me reconsider how I shop or pay bills online. Several organizations aroundRead… Read more »
Crowdsourcing Solutions, One Competition at a Time: TopCoder Profiled – 2
Last week we told you about TopCoder. (You can access the entire interview here). But basically TopCoder is member based group of more than 460,000 coders from around the world, that harnesses the power of crowd-sourcing to achieve goals. It seems fairly straightforward right? But, Mike Lydon, the Chief Technology Officer, told Chris Dorobek onRead… Read more »
Co-Delivery: Beyond Traditional Citizen Engagement
Citizen engagement has traditionally been viewed as citizens participating in community activities such as testifying on policy proposals, budgets, and strategic plans. But government does more than policy and budget. And citizens want to do more than testify or volunteer at the local food bank. How can governments at all levels engage their citizens inRead… Read more »