Now that is one sexy looking bus…. Yes, you agree? I attended an event with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, hosted at Microsoft’s New England Research and Development Center (NERD). The focus of the meeting was a review of the developer programs that has now been underway for a year, visiting both where the programRead… Read more »
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Top 5- Things New Feds Need to Know
Alright so I’m working on our N1 Summer Student Hire Program and I’m gearing up to hire TWELVE student temporary appointments. Anyone who is in HR can relate to the lengthy hiring process. But ladies and gentlemen, DONT KILL YOUR HR REP! We are here for YOU (and management). When you apply to any federalRead… Read more »
Freitas et al. on A New Usage for Semantic Technologies on eGovernment: Checking Official Documents’ Consistency
Dr. Fred Freitas of Universität Mannheim Zentrum für Wirtschaftsinformatik Knowledge Representation and Knowledge Management Research Group and Federal Universidade of Pernambuco Informatics Center, Zacharias Candeias Jr. of the Pernambuco Agência Estadual de Tecnologia da Informação, and Professor Dr. Heiner Stuckenschmidt of Universität Mannheim Zentrum für Wirtschaftsinformatik Knowledge Representation and Knowledge Management Research Group, will presentRead… Read more »
Library of Congress to Support Geospatial Data Preservation
The Library of Congress is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution that serves as the “research arm” for Congress. The Library’s mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. And, now theRead… Read more »
Free “Power of Pull” Book Launch Party this Friday (6/4) at L2 Lounge in Georgetown
Rub elbows with the author’s of “Power of Pull” this Friday evening at the free book launch party at L2 Lounge in Georgetown. “Power of Pull,” has won acclaim from readers like President Bill Clinton, Google’s Eric Schmidt, and “Megatrends” author John Naisbitt. Authors (and Deloitte Center for the Edge leaders) John Hagel and JohnRead… Read more »
Federal Agencies use Peer Panels to resolve workplace disputes
I was reading a back issue of the “Federal Times” recently, and it contained a story about peer review as an up and coming way for agencies to resolve workplace disputes. http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20091130/PERSONNEL03/911300302/-1/RSS Peer review is decribed by proponents as an efficient, fast way to resolve workplace conflicts. In addition, according to preliminary research, peer reviewRead… Read more »
Watch out…Here Comes the Next Generation of Government
Here Comes the Next Generation of Government…(Learn more 7/6-7/7) The next generation of government is coming. And it’s coming fast. I’ve been following these changes since I came to work to the federal government in 2004 fresh out of University of Pennsylvania on a Department of Homeland Security fellowship. As the son of a careerRead… Read more »
Visualizing Legislation: Software Tools
A number of software applications and platforms are now available for creating visualizations (i.e., graphical depictions) of legislation. Here are some of them: Compendium — an argument mapping application, distributed free-of-charge — has been applied to legislation (see pages 129-132) by participants in the EU’s LEX-IS Project. (See the description in Loukis et al., UsingRead… Read more »
Government Social Media: If You Don’t Want to Engage, Don’t Bother
There has been an unquestionable explosion of government social media use in the last year. Last week, GovTwit, the Twitter directory of government agencies and officials reported 44.9 million followers for the 3,000 IDs it tracks, after starting in 2009 with just a handful of accounts. Still, towns, agencies and leaders not using social mediaRead… Read more »
Vivek Kundra – State of Public Sector Cloud Computing
Last week Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra release his report on the “State of Public Sector Cloud Computing”. The report not only details Federal budget guidance issued to agencies to foster the adoption of cloud computing, but it also describes 30 illustrative case studies at the Federal, state and local government level. As statedRead… Read more »