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“The Department of Justice announces a new resource the National Girls Institute website to better meet the needs of at-risk and delinquent girls, their families and the agencies and organizations that serve them. The institute is supported by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) through a grant from the Departments Office …
“CDW-‘s new Federal Mobility Report examines how Federal employees use mobile devices today, the challenges they face and the benefits they enjoy. More than half of Federal employees use at least one mobile device at work, according to CDW-G’s research, and many are using personal devices. The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend is likely …
EPA launches improved website for beach advisories and closures : “The website, called BEACON, has the capability to update as frequently as every two hours based on new data provided by states, territories and tribes. Users will have access to mapped location data for beaches and water monitoring stations, monitoring results for various pollutants such …
European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA) – “The ESMA has set up a central repository (CEREP) for publishing the rating performance activity statistics of credit rating agencies. The CEREP allows users to search, filter, download and print statistics for individual CRAs for time periods of varying lengths and different rating types. About the CEREP – …
Digitizing Federal Public Records, By David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States: “Thank you for signing a petition asking the Obama Administration to digitize all public records. The Obama Administration believes increasing access to our collections by digitizing our records is a great idea. Our most recent efforts to do this ourselves as part of …
News release: “For the first time, comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) data reported directly from large facilities and suppliers across the country are now easily accessible to the public through EPAs GHG Reporting Program. The 2010 GHG data released today includes public information from facilities in nine industry groups that directly emit large quantities of GHGs, …
Programmable Web Services Directory of over 100 government [local, state and federal] APIs released in 2011. Over 2,000 APIs Added in 2011: Social, Telephony, Open Government See also How the Internet of Things Is Turning Cities Into Living Organisms – “When city services can autonomously go online and digest information from the cloud, they can …
UK Government Web Archive – “The National Archives is preserving government information published on the web by archiving UK Central Government Websites..The UK Government Web Archive has received more than a billion hits since it was launched by The National Archives in 2003 and is now one of the most-visited websites in government.”
The Gov Doc Kids Group and Free Government Information – Tom Adamich, Martha Childers, Katy Davis, John H. Faria and Antoinette W. Satterfield. The IFLA World Library and Information Congress “Free government information fuels innovation among all the world’s children and has the potential to enhance every aspect of their lives. Join us as members …
FY 2011 GSA OCSIT Annual Report: “We are leading the Obama Administrations charge to make government more open, transparent, and effective for the citizens it serves. We led several key initiatives this year to reform federal IT, facilitate using new technologies to improve government operations and citizen engagement, and help agencies enhance customer experience across …
Via DC Apps – Users may Browse Categories: Education, Public Safety, Economic Development, Infrastructure, Government Operations, Health and Human Services, About DC. Also includes links to Best applications built by individuals/companies. Apps include: DC Police Crime Mapping, Where is my Bus?, DC Wi-Fi Hot Spot Map, AreYouSafe DC, find a metro dc, DC Multimodal Crime …
News release: “…we are launching code.nasa.gov, the latest member of the open NASA web family. Through this website, we will continue, unify, and expand NASAs open source activities. The site will serve to surface existing projects, provide a forum for discussing projects and processes, and guide internal and external groups in open development, release, and …
