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Building E-Government to serve community
better:official
Building E-Government to serve community
better:official
06/14/2004 09:54 AMXinhua News Agency Jun 14 2004 12:56PM GMT
"Serve Your Community and the Nation"
"Serve Your Community and the Nation"
11/05/2003 04:10 AMBuilding a community
Building a community
04/23/2004 05:38 PMGareth Simpson: Objectively speaking, if I downloaded FeedThing in its
current state, I’d not bother with it again (I know this by the
pile of dead aggregators in my recycle bin). ...
Technology for community-building in
America
Technology for community-building in
America
06/12/2004 08:16 PMJust back from a workshop at MIT on technology for
community-building in America. The focus turned out to be poor
communities. Apparently the middle class don't need community
because they can enjoy their suburban comforts. I reflected that
technology has so far mostly harmed the poor in the U.S. In the
old days when telecommunications and transportation were expensive
there was a real need in our economy for the labor of the lowest
economic class. Maybe they'd work in a factory or do some kind
of clerical job. In 2004, however, our businesses can get all of
the unskilled labor that they want in China or India. Fear of
crime was once a motivator for trying to improve poor
neighborhoods. But improved management techniques, universal
cell phones for calling 911, innovations like the gated community and
security cameras everywhere, and pure technology such as the fancy
alarm system have lessened this fear.
The elephant in the room that nobody wanted to talk about was
education. The non-profit world likes to think about affordable
housing, leadership development, better health care, specialized
training, etc. If everyone in a poor neighborhood were educated
to the standard of the average Harvard graduate all of the other
problems would be solved. Someone who is really well educated
probably has a good job and makes a lot of money and can afford
whatever housing is out there. Someone who is really well
educated may find that others naturally want to follow him or her so
leadership development isn't that important. Someone who is
really well educated will probably have better habits and won't need
as much health care (it is the college grads who wear seat
belts). Someone who is really well educated can read and For
Dummies book and learn how to use some computer application.
Schools for poor people are government schools. Everyone who
works there is either a bureaucrat or a union member. None of
these people incurs any kind of pay loss or risk of firing if the kids
remain totally ignorant. All attempts at reform over the past 40
years have failed. So people give up. One community
organizing expert sitting next to me responded to my observation that
if everyone had a first class education the other stuff would fix
itself with "that's just not realistic".
Working from the assumption that most people in a poor community
are doomed to a third-rate education, what can we do for them with
technology? It turns out that the answer is "not much".
Foundations fund thousands of small groups nationwide and they spend
$billions on IT (i.e., indirectly the foundations are spending
$billions every year on IT). None, however, has a large enough
budget to do more than buy packaged software or write some
half-working half-documented custom software. All the groups
complain that there is no packaged software that actually serves their
needs and that they can't afford to develop full custom apps.
Although their IT needs are fairly similar none of them have a large
enough budget to attract commercial software companies except for
fundraising management software.
You'd think that the open source revolution would have attracted
some notice. Programmers who weren't paid a dime generated a
tremendous amount of social benefits worldwide. What more
effective use of grant money than to pay some programmers to develop
open-source software products and toolkits for common non-profit
organization requirements? Yet nobody at the conference had ever
heard of a foundation funding an open-source software project.
One bright spot... a handful of folks had set up free wireless
Internet access blankets over struggling neighborhoods in various
parts of the country. All of the academic papers written about
the "Digital Divide" turned out to be nonsense. As soon as a
poor person had an opportunity to get broadband without being reamed
out for $50/month by the local telco or cable monopoly the poor person
was able to leap right over the exotic language and cultural barriers
that sociologists had posited. I.e., it turned out that these
folks were poor, not stupid.
Open Source Community Building
Open Source Community Building
03/24/2005 05:27 AMOpen Source Community Building by Matthias
Stürmerhttp://opensource.
mit.edu/papers/sturmer.pdfAbstractBuilding an active and helpful community around an open source
project is a complex task for its leaders. Therefore investigations in
this work are intended to define the optimum starting position of an
open source project and to identify recommendable promoting actions by
project leaders to enlarge community size in a healthy way. For this
paper eight interviews with committed representatives of successful
open source projects have led to over 12 hours of conversation about
community building. Analysing the statements of these experienced
community members exposed helpful activities that led to the presently
prospering communities of their projects. Summarizing the conclusions
of this qualitative research a table with conditions for successful
open source project initialisation and a subject-level promotion
matrix of community building could be created. They include
suggestions oÂn how to start a new open source project and how to
improve and increase the community of an already advanced open source
project.
Building Websites with the ASP.NET
Community Starter Kit
Building Websites with the ASP.NET
Community Starter Kit
09/24/2004 07:43 AMCodeguru.com - Fri Sep 24, 10:50 am GMT
Red Hat building open source community
in India
Red Hat building open source community
in India
01/24/2004 12:09 AMBANGALORE, INDIA - Linux vendor Red Hat is investing in India to build
an open source community in the country, with educational institutions
likely to be a key focus, according to the company's top executive.
AIDS.ORG: Educating - Raising Awareness
- Building Community
AIDS.ORG: Educating - Raising Awareness
- Building Community
12/02/2003 07:39 AMJohns Hopkins AIDS Service .. plague .. Aids, .. kills ..
AIDS
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FOAF : Using Open Standards To Support
Community Building
FOAF : Using Open Standards To Support
Community Building
05/07/2004 06:15 AMFOAF : Using Open Standards To Support Community Building by
Brain Kellyhttp://www.ariadne.
ac.uk/issue39/web-focus/Brian Kelly takes a look at
the FOAF Semantic Web application and suggests it is time to start
evaluating this technology. The term
FOAF stands for Friend of a
Friend. As might be deduced from this phrase one of the key
applications of FOAF is to provide a mechanism for creating links to
one's friends. From the links to one's immediate circle of friends
automated software can be used to process links from your friends,
which can provide a visualisation of 'friends of a friend'. FOAF is a
Semantic Web application which can be used to provide personal
information in a form suitable for automated processing. On a page
created in HTML Web authors often provide personal information, such
as contact details, interests, etc. Such information is ideally suited
for reading but cannot easily be repurposed by automated tools. FOAF
was designed to enable such information to be provided in a form which
could not only be displayed as conventional Web page content but also
to be used for automated processing. The FOAF Semantic Web application
has been added to the Semantic Web Research section of
Deep Web Research Subject
Tracer™ Information Blog. It also has been added to my posting
on
Online Social Networks.
New Community of Practice Dedicated to
Building the Drug Safety Body of
Knowledge
New Community of Practice Dedicated to
Building the Drug Safety Body of
Knowledge
03/22/2005 03:39 PMDouglas Connect announces the formation of a Community of Practice
(CoP) for Drug Safety Knowledge Management. Dedicated to creating a
Drug Safety Body of Knowledge, the CoP will hold its first InterAction
meetings in Philadelphia, PA (April 25-26) and Basel, Switzerland (May
30-31), supported by ongoing collaboration through InnovationWell™, a
broader-based CoP initiated in 2003 for integrating knowledge
management across the pharmaceutical, life science and healthcare
industries. [PRWEB Mar 21, 2005]
The Government Is Even Inefficient In
Building Search Engines
The Government Is Even Inefficient In
Building Search Engines
05/17/2004 02:53 PMA few weeks ago we wrote about how Medicare was now letting recipients
compari
son shop for pharmacies online. The system would let them put in
info about where they were and what drugs they had been prescribed and
get info. When it launched, there we a bunch of problems as people
noticed that the supposed "discount" they got was no discount at all.
Meanwhile, a new article points out that the way they handle the user
interface for this comparison shopping engine
probably makes it useless to many users. Users have
to go through a series of pages answering unnecessary questions before
they can actually search - and the results are presented in a complex
and difficult to read grid. The writer suggests that they take a
lesson from the travel booking websites like Orbitz or Travelocity,
and set up a quick form for search and easy to read, easy to
understand results. The spokesperson from Medicare had a typical
government response, instead, saying that if they can't understand the
site they should just call Medicare to get the info. Of course, it
sounds like there are a lot of people who can't navigate the site and
are doing just that, because the spokesperson immediately pointed out
that people should call in the evenings since the phonelines are
overwhelmed right now.
Government IT contracts can make you
cry: official
Government IT contracts can make you
cry: official
04/12/2005 07:35 AMEDS and CSA bring a tear to the eye
Another Iraqi Government Official Killed
(AP)
Another Iraqi Government Official Killed
(AP)
06/13/2004 02:45 AMAP - Gunmen killed the Education Ministry's cultural affairs officer
Sunday, the second attack on an Iraqi official in as many days,
authorities said. Kamal al-Jarah, 63, was ambushed outside his home as
he was leaving for work at about 7:30 a.m. The attack happened in a
predominantly Sunni Muslim neighborhood of northwest Baghdad where
support for Saddam Hussein's regime had been strong.
ADVISORY/Trusted Computing Group
Community to Demonstrate Key Building
Blocks and Applications at Intel Develo
ADVISORY/Trusted Computing Group
Community to Demonstrate Key Building
Blocks and Applications at Intel Develo
04/07/2005 03:26 AMBusiness Wire India via Hindustan Times Apr 7 2005 8:05AM GMT
Bruneis E-Government Plan Is Going Fine
Says Top Official
Bruneis E-Government Plan Is Going Fine
Says Top Official
05/20/2004 05:38 PMBruDirect May 20 2004 9:24PM GMT
Companies, Government and Community
Fiber Rollouts
Companies, Government and Community
Fiber Rollouts
09/13/2004 09:19 AMLinux in Government: Neglecting the
Community, a Commentary
Linux in Government: Neglecting the
Community, a Commentary
09/10/2004 05:10 AMLinux vendors get failing grades in Linux community relations.
First strategic meeting of digital
community, e-government held
First strategic meeting of digital
community, e-government held
03/14/2005 06:00 PMTimes of Oman Mar 12 2005 9:34PM GMT
First strategic meeting of digital
community, e-government held - Oman
First strategic meeting of digital
community, e-government held - Oman
03/14/2005 06:00 PMMENAFN Mar 13 2005 2:02AM GMT
Martha Stewart stock jumps on report of
charges against government official
Martha Stewart stock jumps on report of
charges against government official
05/21/2004 02:17 PMSan Jose Mercury News May 21 2004 6:04PM GMT
Datamatixs 10th GCC E-Gov and Telecom
Forum focuses on e-government agencies
in building national informati
Datamatixs 10th GCC E-Gov and Telecom
Forum focuses on e-government agencies
in building national informati
05/12/2004 03:57 AMAME Info May 12 2004 8:09AM GMT
Datamatix's '10th GCC E-Gov and Telecom
Forum' focuses on e-government agencies
in building national informati
Datamatix's '10th GCC E-Gov and Telecom
Forum' focuses on e-government agencies
in building national informati
05/12/2004 05:44 AMAME Info May 12 2004 9:04AM GMT
Future of the Mozilla Application Suite:
No Official Mozilla 1.8, Community
Transition Plan Unveiled
Future of the Mozilla Application Suite:
No Official Mozilla 1.8, Community
Transition Plan Unveiled
03/14/2005 06:05 PMA federal appeals court on Friday
rejected Nevada's arguments against
building a nuclear waste site in the
state, but ordered the government to
develop a new plan to protect the public
against radiation releases beyond the
proposed 10,000 years....While
A federal appeals court on Friday
rejected Nevada's arguments against
building a nuclear waste site in the
state, but ordered the government to
develop a new plan to protect the public
against radiation releases beyond the
proposed 10,000 years....While
07/11/2004 06:34 AMwashingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38751-2004Jul9.html
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Newbury Street community network
possibly only commercial/community
freenet
Newbury Street community network
possibly only commercial/community
freenet
03/13/2003 10:15 AMNewbury
Street community network possibly only commercial/community
freenet: Leander Kahney of Wired News writes about Michael
Oh's efforts to offer to free wireless networks across an increasing
area of Boston's Newbury Street to promote his business while doing
good. Oh seems to have a single backhaul, which radically reduces his
cost in offering this kind of service.
SERVE
SERVE
01/27/2004 04:06 PM A security analysis of
the Pentagon's experimental Internet voting system,
SERVE, says it's
too vulnerable to be used. An
incident in
Canada last year highlights the risks. But the Pentagon is
standing behind the system, and
seven states have signed on.
[Via Black Box Notes.] At least they'll know what to serve it
with
At least they'll know what to serve it
with
02/01/2005 09:59 PM
China's Latest Innovation: Fish Wine
The
French used
grapes,
Russians fermented potatoes, Koreans put
ginseng
in their
drink and Mexicans distilled
cactus plants
to make
fiery tequila.
Now China has made wine out of fish.
Dubai School of Government launches
first Executive Education Program on
E-Government Leadership
Dubai School of Government launches
first Executive Education Program on
E-Government Leadership
02/07/2005 01:08 AMAME Info Feb 6 2005 9:47AM GMT
Government of Egypt hosts Microsoft's
Government Leadership Forum for the
region
Government of Egypt hosts Microsoft's
Government Leadership Forum for the
region
01/25/2004 01:52 AMAME Info Jan 25 2004 5:33AM GMT
74% of government services e-enabled
says Cabinet Office e-Government Unit
74% of government services e-enabled
says Cabinet Office e-Government Unit
08/05/2004 08:47 AMPublicTechnology.net Aug 5 2004 1:01PM GMT
Red Hat to serve Java
Red Hat to serve Java
07/29/2004 01:34 PMRed Hat next week will offer support services for an open-source Java
application server.
Shut Up and Serve Me
Shut Up and Serve Me
02/10/2004 09:19 AMTruth Hurts offers advice to all Starbucks employees and any other
talkative wage slaves: "The coffee would taste a hell of a lot better
if you'd just shut the fuck up." (02-10)
Red Hat set to serve Java
Red Hat set to serve Java
07/29/2004 02:55 PMZDNet Jul 29 2004 6:26PM GMT
Microsoft: May We Serve You?
Microsoft: May We Serve You?
05/14/2004 08:59 PM
The company's Windows Server Roadmap could ease customers' upgrade
confusion. Somewhat.
A different mission to serve
A different mission to serve
04/03/2005 12:21 PM
A Different Mission to Serve. The Washington Post (
reg.
required) is running a short series of mini-video documentaries of
Sgt. Brett Parson, the head of the DC Police Department's Gay and
Lesbian Liaison Unit.
SERVE Analysis
SERVE Analysis
01/22/2004 11:06 PMSERVE Analysis .. critique .. panel
servesecurityreport.org
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Shut Up and Serve Ads
Shut Up and Serve Ads
10/28/2003 11:08 PMRussell Beattie points out that Google's terms of service requires
that you not publicly discuss AdSense. Jason Kottke points out this
"seems to fly in the face of Sergey Brin's Google rule #1: 'Don't be
evil'." Cory Doctorow agrees saying "Google shouldn't ask all its
users to submit to an unreasonable restriction on their speech in
order to contain the spread of negative information about its
service." Meanwhile, other annoying provisions are that you can't:
have multiple accounts (which is useful when you want to keep separate
statistics for separate sites), talk to advertisers about their ads,
disclose any results, get paid for anything Google considers
"fradulent clicks", find out why they're considered "fraudulent
clicks", pass on payments to anyone. And Google can cancel you
whenever without a reason. Erik Thauvin and Derek Powazek, both
well-respected web writers, got their accounts and payments canceled
for "fraudulent clicks", even though they didn't try to cheat. They
ran ads for Google and now Google refuses to show them any evidence of
wrongdoing or pay them for their space. Some suggest that Google
simply cancels accounts when they payouts get too high to avoid
paying. *Update:* We previously reported that the
don't-talk-about-AdSense provision was recently added. Several
sources, including a Google employee, have said this is a mistake.
We've corrected the story above and apologize for the error....
InformationWeek > E-Government >
Canada Is Still No. 1 In E-Government
Rankings > May 6, 2004
InformationWeek > E-Government >
Canada Is Still No. 1 In E-Government
Rankings > May 6, 2004
05/09/2004 12:19 AMCanada Is Still No. 1 In
E-GovernmentRanking
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Linux in Government: The Government Open
Code Collaborative
Linux in Government: The Government Open
Code Collaborative
12/19/2004 03:17 PMCan a 'gated Open Source community' really work?
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