By RyanKamauff Everyone’s favorite search engine is starting to really make some money Here are today’s top news and stories. Google’s (GOOG) stock price has been steadily growing for the past 3 months. Their current market cap is $248B, second only to Apple. Google’s Android is the leading mobile operating system for all smartphones, andRead… Read more »
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The Tax Man Cometh: Philadelphia Narrows it Tax Gap with the Suburbs
By Tess Mullen, Associate Consultant When I worked in Congress prior to coming to Fels, I quickly learned that debates over taxes dominate the House and Senate floor on a near weekly basis. As such, I came to graduate school with a desire to dig into the details of how different tax policies actually playRead… Read more »
Measuring the Efficiency of Government Portals
By David Lengacher About a decade ago, researchers began to study the performance of e-government portals in order to identify best practices. Studies have also focused on identifying the factors that influence the information quality these portals offer to the public. Most of these studies consider only portal outputs, but ignore the resources (or inputs)Read… Read more »
The Old Informs the New
The other day, a coworker and I had a discussion about how it’s nearly impossible to create something completely “original.” As a designer, this should make me want to close my laptop, go grab a bite and call it a day. But alas, if you dig a little deeper, even the most innovative artists’ magnificentRead… Read more »
CIA Releases Its Maps, DHS Secretary Doesn’t Use Email, and More
By AlexOlesker Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano admitted to avoiding most online services including email, commenting that “Some would call me a Luddite.” More here. Of 27 government agencies reviewed by the Government Accountability Office, only 11 had fully or partially established metrics for assessing theirRead… Read more »
Tackling cybersecurity issues plus your Weekend Reads!
Welcome to GovLoop Insights Issue of the Week with Chris Dorobek… where each week, our goal is to find an issue — a person — an idea — then helped define the past 7-days… and we work to find an issue that will also will have an impact on the days, weeks and months ahead.Read… Read more »
Join GovLoop as We Celebrate National Customer Service Week
Post Highlights GovLoop is celebrating Customer Service Week October 1-5 Stay Tuned for GovLoop blogs, forums, discussions and our daily newsletter all Customer Service Related Blog post highlights some of GovLoop’s Customer Service Resources National Customer Service week is October 1-5. Every year, the first week in October National Customer Service Week is celebrated. SinceRead… Read more »
GAO Releases Report on Status of E-Government Act
Earlier this month, GAO released a report highlighting progress on the E-Government Act. The report provides on some insights about the history of the E-Government Act, and some useful information for agencies going forward. The E-Government Act was signed into law in 2002, with the intentions of making information more accessible for citizens on theRead… Read more »
Vicious Spyware on thousands of Rental PCs, New Nooks and more
By RyanKamauff Will the Nook HD (and HD+) be too little, too late? Only time will tell Here is yesterday’s top technology news and stories. Gizmodo has reported on PC Rental Agent on rent-to-own computers – PC rental agency has been reported to be on over 420,000 computers rented worldwide. The laundry list of crimesRead… Read more »
OMB Report Doesn’t Deliver on Sequestration Implementation
One of the more worrisome aspects of sequestration has been the lack of transparency in how these massive, across the board cuts will impact projects and programs throughout government. With the recent release of the Office of Management and Budget report, compiled in response to the Sequestration Transparency Act, some of the aggregate impact isRead… Read more »