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Recovering the Recovery Funds

September 29, 2009 by Social Government
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<!--break--> It’s the end of September…do you know where your Recovery funds are? If not, you can easily track them using the newly re-launched Recovery.gov. The site, which aims to track funds allocated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, now boasts interactive maps, detailed graphs and charts and an easy-to-use... [read more]

Introducing the new Recovery.gov

September 28, 2009 by Richard Fahey
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<!--break--> A relaunched Recovery.gov, went live earlier today with a host of new features designed to improve transparency of data and prevent and stop potential waste and fraud. The really important stuff, the recipient data, however, will not be available until Oct 15. Nevertheless there is some great new features including:... [read more]

FY 2011 Budget: Place-Based Policies

August 14, 2009 by admin
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<!--break--> “All politics is local,” goes the saying.  And that is particularly true when the government says the population will increase by 140 million by 2050.  Where will they all live, work, shop, and play? The White House is developing a plan.  A little-noticed memo on place-based policies for the Fiscal Year... [read more]

Financing options emerge as part of vendors’ Recovery Act tool kit

May 28, 2009 by Jeff Smith
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<!--break--> Top government contractors are chomping at the bit to help recipients cash-in on the stimulus package. Industry heavyweights like Accenture, EDS and IBM, are focusing efforts on multiple areas such as smart electricity grids, intelligent transportation, health IT, tax administration and state welfare initiatives. Other... [read more]

Super-sites: Let's Not Forget the Basics

May 27, 2009 by Candi Harrison
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<!--break--> Like many Americans who are interested in government transparency, I looked forward to seeing Data.gov, one of the new "super-sites" being developed to carry out and monitor the President's initiatives. Not much there, for now; but I know they have big plans. Kudos on that!But wait a minute. As I looked closer, I... [read more]

Fine print in Recovery Act gets smaller for state and local governments

May 20, 2009 by Jeff Smith
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<!--break--> A new OMB memo regarding administrative costs has been issued ahead of more substantive guidance due in June. But according to state and local officials, the price for transparency and accountability will be a complex number to figure. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 set forth to provide monetary... [read more]

Has RSS Peaked?

May 18, 2009 by Gwynne Kostin
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<!--break--> Forrester Research published a report a few months back on the state of RSS feeds [see below for info on RSS feeds]. Forrester thinks that the numbers of users of this technology has topped out. According to Steve Rubel, blogging at Micro Persuasion[T]he research entitled "What's Holding RSS Back?," says that... [read more]

Accountability in government, post-stimulus: A conversation with Microsoft’s Josh Rice

May 6, 2009 by Jeff Smith
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<!--break--> This week Microsoft released Stimulus360, a SharePoint-based solution designed to help public sector agencies track, measure and share information about stimulus-funded projects. Josh Rice, Director of Microsoft’s Public Sector Incubation Team, was at the forefront of this new solution. In an interview with CivSource, Mr... [read more]

Despite stimulus funds, budget gaps remain for public transit

May 4, 2009 by Jeff Smith
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<!--break--> The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) contained $8.4 billion in stimulus funding for public transit systems across the country. Yet transit agencies from New York to Atlanta, Madison to San Francisco are facing massive layoffs and service cutbacks to cover widening budget gaps. A quick skim of the nation’s... [read more]

Editorial: National ‘IT Dialogue’ at midway point

April 30, 2009 by Jeff Smith
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<!--break--> It has been nearly a full seventy-two hours since President Barack Obama and his team of celebrated techies opened the doors of Recovery.gov for improvements. The crowdsourceing experiment is nearly half-finished (or half-full for all you optimists out there) and so a quick recap is in order. The Recovery.gov Dialogue on... [read more]

Applying Health 2.0 Lessons to the Constituent/Representative Relationship

April 29, 2009 by Justin Herman
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<!--break--> Provisions in the The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the economic stimulus package signed by President Obama Feb. 17, include 19.2 billion dollars in incentive funds for physicians to abandon piecemeal paper-based health records for an electronic systems that will allow for greater efficiency and more... [read more]

Recovery Dialogue: IT Solutions

April 27, 2009 by Gwynne Kostin
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<!--break--> Announced on the Recovery.Gov Website:Starting...April 27, The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and the Office of Management and Budget in partnership with the National Academy of Public Administration, will host a national online dialogue to engage leading information technology (IT) vendors, thinkers, and... [read more]