http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/ LNW Blog OpenACS 5.0 Wed, 21 May 2008 02:06:35 GMT http://www.lnwprogram.org/rss-support/images/openacs_logo_rss.gif http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/ 126 48 http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=421234 http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=421234 Brooks Patterson and Phil Bertolini of Oakland County Michigan -- the County Executive and Deputy County Executive -- have a piece below that explores what appears to be an all-too-rare form of cross-jurisdictional cooperation. To repeat their question: what do you think?  ============================================ Shared System Investments: How Can We Capture the Benefits? L. Brooks Patterson ? County Executive, Oakland County, Michigan Phil Bertolini ? Deputy County... Wed, 21 May 2008 02:06:35 GMT http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=401417 http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=401417 I hope this is of interest. The Leadership for a Networked World program will run a small online research seminar from April 14 to approximately the end of June. The group will use wiki and other technology and will focus on: What CIOs need to know and do, especially in settings where IT-enabled change is or should be a strategic concern to the organization's senior leaders. The extent to which wiki-enabled collaboration could generate cost-effective improvements in the disseminat... Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:10:22 GMT http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=399490 http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=399490 A recent DOJ decision looks to have completely ignored the long-term impacts of digital data infrastructure on energy conservation and the global climate. I'm speaking of narrowly focusing on music distribution in allowing the merger to proceed between XM and Sirius satellite radio. According to a recent post of Philip Greenspun -- a friend of my former deputy Cesar Brea -- the new XM/Sirius monopoly will jump the price of satellite data (doubling it or more). This will limit the benefits o... Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:43:15 GMT http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=397332 http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=397332 Imagine we're talking with a visitor from outer space, one sent to help us assess our situation and what's required for the future. Our guest asks first about the big picture: Over time, what has most changed the human condition? In exploring this, we soon agree that the big changes started with new knowledge. We learned about -- and then took advantage of -- bronze, coal, steel, antibiotics, hybrid corn, atomic energy, the net (TCP/IP) and the web (html). Early learning was about how... Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:54:09 GMT http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=394430 http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=394430 Among my first "real world" assignments after graduate school was trying to improve productivity in the Sanitation Department of Mayor John V. Lindsay of New York City. At that time, the typical garbage collection crew loaded 6 tons into their collection truck, then did something else as the truck traveled to the dump and back. They then continued loading for an average of one additional ton per crew. But wait. Trucks were available that held 8 tons. We tested them to see if they were to... Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:22:16 GMT http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=388412 http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=388412 We had a great session with him last week. OK, so Al Gore didn't really invent the Internet. But TBL DID invent the web. As he said, it was "simply" a way to marry hypertext to the Internet, to save people a lot of hassle finding documents. I recommend Cesar Brea's engaging summary of the session HERE Skim to view the big picture or knock yourself out following some of the links (especially to the Hans Rosling presentation). The Semantic web claims it will do for data what the ... Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:21:09 GMT http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=378045 http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=378045 I've got a chance tomorrow to work with Steve Jennings, HPG Member and CIO of Harris County, Texas; Dan Mintz, CIO of the U.S. Department of Transportation; and Jon Kost, worldwide head of public sector work for Gartner now, and formerly CIO of Michigan. We'll talk about the role of IT as a tool for innovation in government, and how governments and leaders in government can keep up the challenges and make sensible decisions. I think it's important for governments to sense accurately ... Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:03:03 GMT http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=346398 http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=346398 If you're able to get to the Kennedy School tomorrow -- Friday December 7 @ 11:30 - 1:00 in Littauer 130 -- we'll have food plus interesting discussion with one of the winners of the Ash Institute Awards this year -- the Access Florida program. This group has addressed what I believe is perhaps THE prototypical problem of next wave IT-enabled change in government -- cross-boundary integration. They have not merely delivered information or services program-by-program over the web. The... Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:17:25 GMT http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=344253 http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=344253 CAN you drink from a fire hose? Not really. At least, not directly. You need to slow the water down, capture it, taste it, digest it. I'm at Heathrow Airport now, on the way back from a packed 3-day training session with one of our sponsors, focusing on how to "think like a public sector leader" on issues of technology-enabled change. It gathered a huge group of people, Powerpoints, and ideas -- many that seemed right on. (The days were so packed I regrettably missed the evening tour of t... Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:13:15 GMT http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=341539 http://www.lnwprogram.org/blog/one-entry?entry%5fid=341539 The younger generation -- and perhaps soon all of us -- are paying more attention to video than text. The California Department of Motor Vehicles is thus turning to YouTube and MySpace to improve traffic safety as described by the NY Times today HERE.  I've done some work over the years for the CA DMV, but this approach was not available a few years ago when I was out there. Looks worth exploring to me. I wonder if they've captured usage data to assess the efficiency of this mode of ... Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:47:58 GMT