• New York's HHS-Connect: IT Crosses Boundaries in a Shared-Mission World
• Posted By: Zachary Tumin |   August 24, 2009
• 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...
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• Digital Crime Fighting
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   August 17, 2009
• It was William Bratton who brought criminal justice into the information age, launching New York City's CompStat under Mayor Rudy Giuliani. He's stepping down now...
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• Fighting Crime with Zeroes and Ones:
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   August 17, 2009
• When you say "infrastructure" most people think roads, bridges, and tunnels. That's fine. But these conduits of physical goods were more crucial to the economy...
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• Taking Reservations at the Jail
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   August 12, 2009
• The Santa Clara County Department of Correction had a problem. The system couldn't handle the daily onslaught of those coming to visit the more than 4,500...
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• Data to the People - A Tour of DC
• Posted By: Robert Knisely |   August 7, 2009
• The District of Columbia's Apps for Democracy initiative is turning government inside out and upside down. As a long-time resident of the DC area, I...
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• $2 Million Worth of Software for $50,000
• Posted By: John O'Leary |   August 5, 2009
• Vivek Kundra, the former Chief Technology Officer for the District of Columbia, decided to turn everything on its head. Instead of waiting for a FOIA (...
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• 311 Systems Just Scratching the Surface
• Posted By: Stephen Goldsmith |   August 4, 2009
• Municipal "311" systems have transformed the way cities hear about problems like broken street lights and car crunching potholes. But a column by Zach Tumin of...
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• The 411 on 311: Every Citizen a Sensor
• Posted By: Zachary Tumin |   August 4, 2009
• 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...
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• The Pension Time Bomb -- Part I
• Posted By: William D. Eggers |   July 20, 2009
• In April 2005, San Diego mayor Dick Murphy stepped before a hastily as­sembled crowd of news reporters and announced his resignation. Murphy, elected just five...
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