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Sunlight Foundation Blog, by Matthew Rumsey: March 7, 2013, “Representatives Leonard Lance (R-NJ) and Mike Quigley (D-IL) reintroduced legislation that will make it easier for the public, the media, and government employees to better understand the important policy matters facing Congress. The bipartisan “Public Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Resolution of 2013” would ensure …
“Social media is transforming how government engages with citizens, allowing agencies to share information and deliver services more quickly and effectively than ever before. As social content, data, and platforms become more diverse, agencies have a responsibility to ensure these digital services are accessible to all citizens, including people with disabilities. To address this need, …
“About 8.1 percent of U.S. workers have commutes of 60 minutes or longer, 4.3 percent work from home, and nearly 600,000 full-time workers had “megacommutes” of at least 90 minutes and 50 miles. [See the report – Mega Commuting in the U.S.] The average one-way daily commute for workers across the country is 25.5 minutes, …
Combating Autism Act – HHS Agencies Responded with New and Continuing Activities, Including Oversight, GAO-13-232, Feb 27, 2013 Electronic Health Records – Long History of Management Challenges Raises Concerns about VA’s and DOD’s New Approach to Sharing Health Information, GAO-13-413T, Feb 27, 2013 Federal Real Property – High-Risk Designation Remains due to Persistent Management Challenges, …
“FedFlix is a joint venture with the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) in cooperation with other government agencies including the National Archives. They send us government videotapes, we upload them to the Internet Archive, YouTube, and our own public domain stock footage video library then we send the government back their videotapes and a …
Deloitte University Press – Gov on the Go, Boosting Public Sector Productivity by Going Mobile “Mobile technology, a very powerful productivity booster, offers the public sector a chance to hit the reset button. It can not only improve internal communications and access to information within public agencies, but also enable the government to fully redesign …
News release: “Big Data” and other analytical tools have great potential to make governments more efficient and improve citizens lives, particularly in health and public safety sectors. A new study [and the related Infographic] released by the TechAmerica Foundation and commissioned by SAP AG, revealed that 87 percent of federal IT officials and 75 percent …
“This documentation describes methods to use the Social Media Registry API to access the contents of the Social Media Registry. The Social Media Registry is an official source of information about social media accounts that represent official U.S. federal government agencies, elected officials, or members of the Presidents Cabinet. If you work for the federal …
“Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program is the Nation’s primary source of Federally funded revolutionary breakthroughs in advanced information technologies such as computing, networking, and software…The NITRD Program provides a framework in which many Federal agencies come together to coordinate their networking and information technology (IT) research and development (R&D) efforts. The …
“The video focuses on utilizing the FDsys Advanced Search function, using metadata to return precise results, and ways to further improve search results. The video is available on the beta Web site for FDLP.gov and on gpo.gov. Please note options for closed captioning, enlarging the video, and volume control from the menu in the bottom …
“Browse Topics is a resource designed to be the pathway to any publicly-accessible, Government information. Maintained by volunteer librarians, Browse Topics helps the public locate data, conduct research, and learn about various government Web sites.”
“During the last 50 years, the foreign-born population of the United States has undergone dramatic changes in size, origins and geographic distribution. How do we know about America’s foreign-born? This new infographic provides a statistical snapshot of our foreign-born population from the American Community Survey and the decennial censuses.”
