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Hawaii is hoping to expand its broadband access statewide with the support of a new law that exempts broadband providers from state and county permitting requirements for installation, construction and development of broadband infrastructure. The bill will go into effect on July 1 and last for five years before sunsetting. ... [read more]
In March, Google announced that it had chosen Kansas City, Kansas to be its first high speed fiber community. Now, thanks to successful lobbying efforts by the community an additional agreement with Kansas City Power & Light and Great Plains Energy, the companies will install fiber-optic lines along existing electrical infrastructure... [read more]
Google has agreed to an independent review of its privacy procedures once every two years and to ask it users to give “affirmative consent” before it changes how it shares their personal information. The agreement raises the bar for the way that companies handle user privacy in the digital age. Alma Whitten, director of privacy, product... [read more]
In a new video interview from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Google’s Internet evangelist, Vint Cerf talks with CFR’s Hagit Bachrach about the future of the Internet and what that could mean for international development and foreign policy. He spoke about the importance of an “Internet without borders” last year. Earlier... [read more]
Many people consider Google as a search engine, or maybe as a search and email system, with a few extra frills like maps. However with over 1 billion searches a day, Google is not only aggregating the world's knowledge, it is learning about the world's citizens, what interests them, how they think and feel - even how well they... [read more]
Voting is now open for who you think should win Google’s Project 10^100 Prize. Google launched the program a year ago and is committed to awarding $10 million in prizes. More than 150,000 ideas have been submitted in 25 languages. These have been grouped into 16 overall themes, and now they’ve turned to crowdsourcing, as a mechanism to... [read more]
I had an enjoyable time on Thursday of this week, with the rest of the Learning Pool crew, customers and friends, at the Learning Pool networking event / third birthday party. Some good pals were there, and I got to meet plenty of new people too. Some photos are here. I did my usual turn, with one or two additions. Here are the slides:... [read more]
Microsoft’s products are ubiquitous in government offices but here comes their number one rival with Google for the Public Sector. You’ll know of the tools already and probably use them daily as part of your council work. Analytics has been a winner for me, and who doesn’t love playing with the maps? Gmail is also widely used, although... [read more]
On Tuesday Google announced a new dedicated cloud for government computing that is due to become operational next year. The company is also working towards US FISMA certification. The full story is here but a key section from the post is also pasted below. We’re hoping to have a spokesperson from Google at G2010 to... [read more]
Scribd, SlideShare and 19 other social media tools are featured on Apps.gov, the General Services Administration’s new government cloud computing Web site that launched today. U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra announced the site, writing in a post on the White House Blog: Apps.gov is an online storefront for federal agencies to... [read more]
Twitpic Ross L GrantGoogle UK launched it's local government division on Friday August 8 with a day-long event held at their London offices and attended by around 65 people.As I have been talking and writing about their stuff (aka promoting!) for a few years now this day was pretty exciting for me.I wondered how many actual local... [read more]
Everybody who’s ever touched a computer has used a Google product, right? In the UK, the vast majority of searches are performed via Google. Eighty percent of Internet users in the UK have either a Google or a Yahoo ID to use free email or access other online services. Google maps are used to find local businesses.... [read more]
The much talked about Google Wave will be available later this year and the preview demonstrated at Google I/O event has got me thinking and after watching the video (below) there are a number of opportunities for the public sector, here are three areas where i feel we could gain real benefit, with this type of new functionality.... [read more]
I applaud Victoria Police for their latest foray into online engagement, MyPlace.As highlighted in Victoria's eGovernment Resource Centre, the Victorian Police have launched MyPlace as, An interactive mapping service provide by Victoria Police which is updated every three months so you can see what is happening in your suburbs and hear... [read more]
Dean Halstead is a Lead Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton and serves on the Advisory Board for the SmartBrief on Social Media. More »
John Kamensky is a Senior Fellow with the IBM Center for The Business of Government. More »
Steve Radick is a Lead Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton and serves on the Advisory Board for the SmartBrief on Social Media. More »
I understand that there's always a need to experiment for new design to make it better but they also keep in mind that the more they add details, the more they make it complicated. The CFPB, which opened up for business last summer, said Wednesday that it will next be going after loan providers ...
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Talking about transparency and actually doing it are two different things. It ...