Glenn McGovern On November 1, 2006, Former FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) Colonel Alexander Litvinenko left his residence around 11:00 A.M. He caught the bus to the East Finchley tube station where he then took the train for a twenty-minute ride into London. On his agenda was a meeting with former KGB colleague Andrei Lugovoi,Read… Read more »
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How To Own Your Project Management Career
Project Management Career questions frequent my inbox and comment notifications. I love them! The Question I received a great one from Biswa just recently: Recently joined in a organisation as a Project Coordinator which provides IT Services to government. I have completed my MBA & having BCA > would it be the right way forRead… Read more »
Looking for an easy way to access municipal services? There’s an app for that.
Online services are becoming available in an increasing number of cities and towns: from paying traffic tickets to researching zoning codes, you can probably do it from the municipal website of any forward-thinking community. However, as mobile devices continue to grow in popularity, many cities are examining options for taking online information to the nextRead… Read more »
Project of Week – Healthfinder.gov
I ran into healthfinder.gov a few months back and I thought it was a fascinating government-sponsored health site with a really innovative model of how it syndicates content. Thus, I reached out to here a little more about the project and here we go…Thanks to HHS team for taking the time to tell us theRead… Read more »
Growing One For The Team
If you have ever been in my office, either in my home district or in the State Capitol, the collection of photos, bobble heads and memorabilia has probably tipped you off to my love for the Pittsburgh Penguins. I have been a big-time fan since I was a child, and my season tickets, situated allRead… Read more »
Great resources for government websites best practices
I am working on a project of revamping our Court’s public website and we are making every attempt to ensure we do it right this time. We are soliciting feedback from our audiences and are doing a lot of research on best practices. I recently found a great government site which outlines many of theRead… Read more »
Defying Cultural Patterns and Predictions Engaging Stress and Crisis: The Stress Doc’s 3 “R”s for Discovering Your Responsible, Resilient & Risk-Taking Essence
When you get a thank you card at the end of a program signed by participants during the event either it’s a less than captivating workshop or the group was really motivated to give you feedback. Fortunately, it was the latter and the words inscribed were very positive and poignant – people felt “enlightened,” “inspired”Read… Read more »
How old government data could give rise to new service delivery models
I recently spent some time researching the proactive disclosure of federal grants and contributions in Canada; here are some of my key findings about how the data is presented: Each department publishes their own G&C data (i.e. there is no single repository) The actual path to the endpoint data varies considerably across the landscape DespiteRead… Read more »
Feds have questions for Apple
A day after two researchers reported that the iPhone tracks and stores data about user locations, members of Congress want answers. Original post
April 22: Workshop on Law and Computation @ University of Houston
A Workshop on Law and Computation will be held 22 April 2011 at the University of Houston Law Center in Houston, Texas, USA. The workshop is hosted by the Law Center’s Program on Law and Computation. According to the workshop announcement: The workshop will provide opportunities to show ways in which advanced computation can aidRead… Read more »