Readers of my blog will be familiar Kuali – the coalition of universities that co-create a suite software core to their operations – as I’ve blogged about several times and argued that it is a powerful model for local governments interested in rethinking how they procure (or really, co-create) their software. For some time nowRead… Read more »
For those of you that haven’t noticed, we’ve been busy across the pond: How did it come to this, that the government has one of the most exciting start-ups in the UK?! — Rev Dan Catt (@revdancatt) January 31, 2012 Last night saw the release of the beta version of .GOV.UK which as Francis Maude,Read… Read more »
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: The Department of Education Released it’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness Forms and Instructions Today!!! Find it here! If you have student loans and you work for the government, non-profit, hospital, attorney, teacher etc…You will want this info. Full info below and at http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/PSF.jsp#Q9Downloads – Public Sector Loan Forgiveness Form – Employment Certification WhatRead… Read more »
In the United States we have witnessed in recent years a growing interest among leaders at all levels of government in employing online tools for deliberation and collaboration. These tools certainly do not offer all the benefits of face to face dialogue, and substantial sectors of any given community face significant obstacles to interacting online.Read… Read more »
One of the new and improved features of USAJOBS 3.0 is the ability to make your UPLOADED résumé searchable! This means your résumé saved as a Word document, or PDF, uploaded from your computer under the “Résumé” tab, is now searchable. However, just because you upload your résumé in Word, or a PDF, does notRead… Read more »
The New York Times reports that in two years New York City Comptroller John C. Liu has handed out more than 760 official commendations to individuals and groups. The Times reports that nearly one-quarter of the recipients of the commendations are connected to Liu’s political campaign. Official commendations have been provided to: “A Liu donorRead… Read more »
After a rough bought of food poisoning… I’m back. For some random reasons I got a PR notice from the people at APEX communications in Toronto who Google insights to see which of the two Superbowl NFL teams Canadians were searching for more. So… okay, just Canadians searched more for the Patriots doesn’t mean thatRead… Read more »
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The deadline for presidential super PACs like Restore Our Future and Winning Our Future–supporting, respectively, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich–and other committees to file their disclosures with the Federal Election Commission is 11:59 P.M. Sunlight’s Reporting Group will be combing through the filings, looking to see who’s writing six- and seven-figure checks to the superRead… Read more »
Possibly not of global relevance (yet), but since it is my home town I thought I’d give it a quick shout-out: Earlier today, Offenes Köln (Open Cologne) was officially announced. It’s a grassroots project by Marian Steinbach in Cologne, Germany that aims to make information, documents and data related to local government available (and accessible)Read… Read more »