Day archives: February 18th, 2012

Justice Department Wins Rosemary Award for Worst Open Government Performance in 2011

News release: “”The Department of Justice – which is responsible for enforcing FOIA government-wide – was supposed to be the change agent and role model for President Obama’s FOIA reforms,” said Nate Jones, the Archive’s Freedom of Information Act Coordinator. “But, despite the president’s clear instructions, the DOJ has embraced a ‘FOIA-as-usual mindset’ that has …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Government Documents

A Comprehensive Guide for Best Practices in Cloud Computing for State and Local Governments

A Comprehensive Guide for Best Practices in Cloud Computing for State and Local Governments, February 2012 “Sensing the convergence of these business and technology trends, in September 2011 the TechAmerica Foundation formed a group of experts to develop guidance for helping state and local governments evaluate, adopt and implement cloud computing. This State and Local …

Subjects: E-Government

Air Force Special Operations Command Buys iPads and Deploys Russian software for charts

NextGov: “When the Air Force Special Operations Command decided to buy 2,861 made-in-China Apple iPad tablet computers in January to provide flight crews with electronic navigation charts and technical manuals, it specified mission security software developed, maintained and updated in Russia. The command followed in the path of Alaska Airlines, which in May 2011 became …

Subjects: E-Government

Inside a Bubble and Crash: Evidence from the Valuation of Amenities

Inside a Bubble and Crash: Evidence from the Valuation of Amenities, Ronan C. Lyons, February 18, 2012 “Using a rich dataset of one million property listings in Ireland, 2006-2011, this paper examines four issues related to understanding housing markets and their cycles. Firstly, it finds that five broad categories of location-specific amenities are reflected in …

Subjects: Government Documents