http://www.governing.com/authors/rss/rss/?a=90143712 Zachary Tumin is the Associate Director for Programs in Technology, Networks and Governance at the Ash Institute of Harvard Universitty's John F. Kennedy School of Government. http://www.governing.com/blogs/bfc/Municipal-Data-Explosion.html Government leaders are seeing a nice uptake and adoption of the DC Apps for Democracy paradigm - inviting developers to grab hold of city data... http://www.governing.com/blogs/bfc/Open-Gov-Implementation-Hits.html Just when you thought it was safe to go in the open gov waters, suddenly there are a couple of sharks swimming in the implementation... http://www.governing.com/blogs/bfc/Breaking-Down-the-Barriers.html NIEM is making its move. The National Information Exchange Model is fast emerging as a key to the domain of cross-boundary information sharing. Having gained... http://www.governing.com/blogs/bfc/Visualizing-Food-Safety-Seeing.html "Light at the mouth of the cave," a senior state food safety executive murmured. He was watching Tim Wormus, an evangelist for Tibco/Spotfire's visualization... http://www.governing.com/blogs/bfc/New-Yorks-HHS-Connect-IT.html New York's HHS-Connect: IT Crosses Boundaries in a Shared-Mission World A new initiative is underway in New York City that will boldly, literally, go where... http://www.governing.com/blogs/bfc/The-411-on-311.html 311 is growing up fast. We caught glimpses of 311's powerful future last year in a Harvard report called "311: The Next Wave." 311 stood at the intersection... http://www.governing.com/blogs/bfc/Technology-Transformation-Public-Service-Delivery.html Technical innovation is no longer only about efficiency enhancements. It is about realizing the potential for transformative disruptive shifts.