AWS Management Console now available for AWS GovCloud (US)
aws.amazon.com
on 04/22/2013
Excerpt: When you sign in using the AWS GovCloud (US) specific login page, the console provides access to your AWS GovCloud (US) resources and is completely isolated from other AWS regions. The console provides an easy-to-use graphical interface to manage your AWS GovCloud (US) resources. Consoles available today are Amazon EC2, Amazon VPC, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon SQS and Amazon SNS. The Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon EMR and Amazon SWF consoles will be coming soon. Instructions on how to access the console are available in our Users Guide.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, City Government, Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage, Federal Government, Government, State Government
Computerworld Honors Census Bureau for Open Data API
www.census.gov
on 04/07/2013
Excerpt:... read the full post.
Tags: Alerts, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Application, Census, Federal Government, Google, Googlereader, Government, Ifttt, Interface, Programming
2020 Census will be done by Internet
www.washingtonpost.com
on 03/29/2013
Excerpt: New Android Smartphone Is Said to Favor Facebook — Facebook will introduce a special version of Google's Android software system next week that is modified to put the social network front and center on a smartphone. The software will debut on a handset made by HTC, said a Facebook employee who was briefed on the product. More: Digits, The Register, johnsherrod. net, The Verge, PhoneArena, Droid Life, MobileSyrup. com, AndroidHeadlines. com, AndroidGuys, Business Insider, IntoMobile, Engadget, nbcnews. com and BGR
Facebook To Reveal “Home On Android” Sources Say Is A Modified OS On HTC At 4/4 Event — Facebook just invited press to an event at its headquarters on April 4th to “Come See Our New Home On Android”.... read the full post.
Tags: Census, Googlereader, Government, Ifttt, Techmeme
Contest on Making Government Work: Is There An App for That?
blog.programmableweb.com
on 03/25/2013
Excerpt: Challengepost is hosting a contest for apps that can end partisan gridlock in the US. Whether there’s an app for that depends on… you. The contest opened March 20 and submissions must be in by June 19, 2013 at 5 PM EST. There are two top prizes of $1,000 each with a total pool of $5,000. Judging criteria include: quality of the idea, implementation of the idea and UX, and potential impact. We assume APIs will be a big part of the event. Pulling data together in new ways has got to figure big in almost any app solution. Got an idea? Your country needs you–bad!... read the full post.
Tags: Government
What mobile health app developers need to know about looming government regulation
gigaom.com
on 03/24/2013
Excerpt: Summary: This week, Congress held three days of hearings on regulating mobile health. The FDA hasn’t yet released its final guidance, but here are a few details on how it views the market so far. The booming mobile app economy is quickly expanding into health care — by 2017, market research firm Research2Guidance estimates the mobile health market will be worth $26 billion. But one specter hanging over the industry has been uncertainty around regulation. In July 2011, the Food And Drug Administration issued draft guidance on the regulation of mobile apps. But since then, developers and health entrepreneurs have been waiting for the agency’s final word.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Voice, Government, Healthcare, Mobile, Regulation
Lean government? How HHS is following Silicon Valley’s lead
gigaom.com
on 03/09/2013
Excerpt: Summary: Government agencies will never be as nimble as a Silicon Valley startup, but, at SXSW, Bryan Sivak, CTO of the Dept. of Health and Human Services, describes how the tech world is influencing his agency. Government agencies aren’t known for their efficiency, inspiring work spaces or willingness to experiment. (If you’ve ever lived in Washington, DC, you know they can be the exact opposite. )
But, last year, Bryan Sivak, the CTO and entrepreneur-in-residence at the Department of Health and Human Services, was tapped to bring more Silicon Valley spirit to the massive department. (Prior to working in government, he founded a company that was acquired by Oracle).... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Government, Silicon Valley
How Open Data Is Changing The Way Vancouver Shelters Its Homeless
techpresident.com
on 03/09/2013
Excerpt: Last month, seemingly out of nowhere, the Province of British Columbia announced it would spend $1 million (in Canadian dollars) to address health and safety violations in a number of the single resident occupancy (SRO) buildings it owns in Vancouver. The reason. Open data. Indeed, what follows is a wonderful example of how data and transparency can drive policy and encourage governments to fulfill commitments that help those most at risk.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Federal Government, Government, opendata, Showcase, Story
Open Data community hacks D.C. and global issues
blogs.worldbank.org
on 03/07/2013
Excerpt: Marking the second annual International Open Data Day, Washington D. C. was one of more than 100 cities worldwide on February 23 to host a hackathon. Data enthusiasts gathered at the World Bank to show support for and encourage the adoption of transparent policies by the world's local, regional, and national governments. If you missed Open Data Day DC or want to explore more open data, register for the World Bank's upcoming Data Dive with DataKind on March 15-17. More than 150 data enthusiasts gathered at the World Bank for the second annual International Open Data Day on a rainy Saturday afternoon to celebrate, explore, and solve problems with data.... read the full post.
Tags: Civic, Data, Government, Hackathon
Budgetstories.md - using open budget data to create meaningful stories
openspending.org
on 03/03/2013
Excerpt: Today Expert-Grup, an independent think tank based in Chișinău, Moldova, launched BudgetStories. md. BudgetStories. md is an open budget website, which includes infographics, budget data visualizations and analysis of the use of public money in Moldova across sectors such as: the public administration, agriculture, education and health. In recent years Moldovan government has become more transparent regarding budget data as well as other types of data. The Ministry of Finance used the World Bank’s BOOST tool, to release detailed and disaggregated data on public expenditures. Since mid 2012, we’ve however worked to make sense and meaning in the huge sets of data.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Government, Hacker Storytelling, Open
Italian government ditches transparency and open data
blog.okfn.org
on 03/02/2013
Excerpt: This post is a translation of Il nostro contributo per salvare gli #OpenData originally published by Ernesto Belisario on Agorà Digitale. Most links point to documents and websites in Italian. In the past few weeks I have been very involved with transparency (and therefore, open data) together with the friends of Agorà Digitale. Right when we were all busy with the Settimana della Trasparenza (Transparency Week), verifying if and how much the expenditure data from local and central Italian government is open (the resulting data is here), the cabinet accelerated the passage of a decree reorganizing all norms concerning transparency (decreto unico di riordino delle norme in materia di trasparenza).... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, City, Data, Government, Open Data
Excerpt:... read the full post.
Tags: Alerts, API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Application, Census, Federal Government, Google, Googlereader, Government, Ifttt, Interface, Programming
2020 Census will be done by Internet
www.washingtonpost.com
on 03/29/2013
Excerpt: New Android Smartphone Is Said to Favor Facebook — Facebook will introduce a special version of Google's Android software system next week that is modified to put the social network front and center on a smartphone. The software will debut on a handset made by HTC, said a Facebook employee who was briefed on the product. More: Digits, The Register, johnsherrod. net, The Verge, PhoneArena, Droid Life, MobileSyrup. com, AndroidHeadlines. com, AndroidGuys, Business Insider, IntoMobile, Engadget, nbcnews. com and BGR
Facebook To Reveal “Home On Android” Sources Say Is A Modified OS On HTC At 4/4 Event — Facebook just invited press to an event at its headquarters on April 4th to “Come See Our New Home On Android”.... read the full post.
Tags: Census, Googlereader, Government, Ifttt, Techmeme
Contest on Making Government Work: Is There An App for That?
blog.programmableweb.com
on 03/25/2013
Excerpt: Challengepost is hosting a contest for apps that can end partisan gridlock in the US. Whether there’s an app for that depends on… you. The contest opened March 20 and submissions must be in by June 19, 2013 at 5 PM EST. There are two top prizes of $1,000 each with a total pool of $5,000. Judging criteria include: quality of the idea, implementation of the idea and UX, and potential impact. We assume APIs will be a big part of the event. Pulling data together in new ways has got to figure big in almost any app solution. Got an idea? Your country needs you–bad!... read the full post.
Tags: Government
What mobile health app developers need to know about looming government regulation
gigaom.com
on 03/24/2013
Excerpt: Summary: This week, Congress held three days of hearings on regulating mobile health. The FDA hasn’t yet released its final guidance, but here are a few details on how it views the market so far. The booming mobile app economy is quickly expanding into health care — by 2017, market research firm Research2Guidance estimates the mobile health market will be worth $26 billion. But one specter hanging over the industry has been uncertainty around regulation. In July 2011, the Food And Drug Administration issued draft guidance on the regulation of mobile apps. But since then, developers and health entrepreneurs have been waiting for the agency’s final word.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Voice, Government, Healthcare, Mobile, Regulation
Lean government? How HHS is following Silicon Valley’s lead
gigaom.com
on 03/09/2013
Excerpt: Summary: Government agencies will never be as nimble as a Silicon Valley startup, but, at SXSW, Bryan Sivak, CTO of the Dept. of Health and Human Services, describes how the tech world is influencing his agency. Government agencies aren’t known for their efficiency, inspiring work spaces or willingness to experiment. (If you’ve ever lived in Washington, DC, you know they can be the exact opposite. )
But, last year, Bryan Sivak, the CTO and entrepreneur-in-residence at the Department of Health and Human Services, was tapped to bring more Silicon Valley spirit to the massive department. (Prior to working in government, he founded a company that was acquired by Oracle).... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Government, Silicon Valley
How Open Data Is Changing The Way Vancouver Shelters Its Homeless
techpresident.com
on 03/09/2013
Excerpt: Last month, seemingly out of nowhere, the Province of British Columbia announced it would spend $1 million (in Canadian dollars) to address health and safety violations in a number of the single resident occupancy (SRO) buildings it owns in Vancouver. The reason. Open data. Indeed, what follows is a wonderful example of how data and transparency can drive policy and encourage governments to fulfill commitments that help those most at risk.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Federal Government, Government, opendata, Showcase, Story
Open Data community hacks D.C. and global issues
blogs.worldbank.org
on 03/07/2013
Excerpt: Marking the second annual International Open Data Day, Washington D. C. was one of more than 100 cities worldwide on February 23 to host a hackathon. Data enthusiasts gathered at the World Bank to show support for and encourage the adoption of transparent policies by the world's local, regional, and national governments. If you missed Open Data Day DC or want to explore more open data, register for the World Bank's upcoming Data Dive with DataKind on March 15-17. More than 150 data enthusiasts gathered at the World Bank for the second annual International Open Data Day on a rainy Saturday afternoon to celebrate, explore, and solve problems with data.... read the full post.
Tags: Civic, Data, Government, Hackathon
Budgetstories.md - using open budget data to create meaningful stories
openspending.org
on 03/03/2013
Excerpt: Today Expert-Grup, an independent think tank based in Chișinău, Moldova, launched BudgetStories. md. BudgetStories. md is an open budget website, which includes infographics, budget data visualizations and analysis of the use of public money in Moldova across sectors such as: the public administration, agriculture, education and health. In recent years Moldovan government has become more transparent regarding budget data as well as other types of data. The Ministry of Finance used the World Bank’s BOOST tool, to release detailed and disaggregated data on public expenditures. Since mid 2012, we’ve however worked to make sense and meaning in the huge sets of data.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Government, Hacker Storytelling, Open
Italian government ditches transparency and open data
blog.okfn.org
on 03/02/2013
Excerpt: This post is a translation of Il nostro contributo per salvare gli #OpenData originally published by Ernesto Belisario on Agorà Digitale. Most links point to documents and websites in Italian. In the past few weeks I have been very involved with transparency (and therefore, open data) together with the friends of Agorà Digitale. Right when we were all busy with the Settimana della Trasparenza (Transparency Week), verifying if and how much the expenditure data from local and central Italian government is open (the resulting data is here), the cabinet accelerated the passage of a decree reorganizing all norms concerning transparency (decreto unico di riordino delle norme in materia di trasparenza).... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, City, Data, Government, Open Data
Excerpt: Challengepost is hosting a contest for apps that can end partisan gridlock in the US. Whether there’s an app for that depends on… you. The contest opened March 20 and submissions must be in by June 19, 2013 at 5 PM EST. There are two top prizes of $1,000 each with a total pool of $5,000. Judging criteria include: quality of the idea, implementation of the idea and UX, and potential impact. We assume APIs will be a big part of the event. Pulling data together in new ways has got to figure big in almost any app solution. Got an idea? Your country needs you–bad!... read the full post.
Tags: Government
What mobile health app developers need to know about looming government regulation
gigaom.com
on 03/24/2013
Excerpt: Summary: This week, Congress held three days of hearings on regulating mobile health. The FDA hasn’t yet released its final guidance, but here are a few details on how it views the market so far. The booming mobile app economy is quickly expanding into health care — by 2017, market research firm Research2Guidance estimates the mobile health market will be worth $26 billion. But one specter hanging over the industry has been uncertainty around regulation. In July 2011, the Food And Drug Administration issued draft guidance on the regulation of mobile apps. But since then, developers and health entrepreneurs have been waiting for the agency’s final word.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Voice, Government, Healthcare, Mobile, Regulation
Lean government? How HHS is following Silicon Valley’s lead
gigaom.com
on 03/09/2013
Excerpt: Summary: Government agencies will never be as nimble as a Silicon Valley startup, but, at SXSW, Bryan Sivak, CTO of the Dept. of Health and Human Services, describes how the tech world is influencing his agency. Government agencies aren’t known for their efficiency, inspiring work spaces or willingness to experiment. (If you’ve ever lived in Washington, DC, you know they can be the exact opposite. )
But, last year, Bryan Sivak, the CTO and entrepreneur-in-residence at the Department of Health and Human Services, was tapped to bring more Silicon Valley spirit to the massive department. (Prior to working in government, he founded a company that was acquired by Oracle).... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Government, Silicon Valley
How Open Data Is Changing The Way Vancouver Shelters Its Homeless
techpresident.com
on 03/09/2013
Excerpt: Last month, seemingly out of nowhere, the Province of British Columbia announced it would spend $1 million (in Canadian dollars) to address health and safety violations in a number of the single resident occupancy (SRO) buildings it owns in Vancouver. The reason. Open data. Indeed, what follows is a wonderful example of how data and transparency can drive policy and encourage governments to fulfill commitments that help those most at risk.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Federal Government, Government, opendata, Showcase, Story
Open Data community hacks D.C. and global issues
blogs.worldbank.org
on 03/07/2013
Excerpt: Marking the second annual International Open Data Day, Washington D. C. was one of more than 100 cities worldwide on February 23 to host a hackathon. Data enthusiasts gathered at the World Bank to show support for and encourage the adoption of transparent policies by the world's local, regional, and national governments. If you missed Open Data Day DC or want to explore more open data, register for the World Bank's upcoming Data Dive with DataKind on March 15-17. More than 150 data enthusiasts gathered at the World Bank for the second annual International Open Data Day on a rainy Saturday afternoon to celebrate, explore, and solve problems with data.... read the full post.
Tags: Civic, Data, Government, Hackathon
Budgetstories.md - using open budget data to create meaningful stories
openspending.org
on 03/03/2013
Excerpt: Today Expert-Grup, an independent think tank based in Chișinău, Moldova, launched BudgetStories. md. BudgetStories. md is an open budget website, which includes infographics, budget data visualizations and analysis of the use of public money in Moldova across sectors such as: the public administration, agriculture, education and health. In recent years Moldovan government has become more transparent regarding budget data as well as other types of data. The Ministry of Finance used the World Bank’s BOOST tool, to release detailed and disaggregated data on public expenditures. Since mid 2012, we’ve however worked to make sense and meaning in the huge sets of data.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Government, Hacker Storytelling, Open
Italian government ditches transparency and open data
blog.okfn.org
on 03/02/2013
Excerpt: This post is a translation of Il nostro contributo per salvare gli #OpenData originally published by Ernesto Belisario on Agorà Digitale. Most links point to documents and websites in Italian. In the past few weeks I have been very involved with transparency (and therefore, open data) together with the friends of Agorà Digitale. Right when we were all busy with the Settimana della Trasparenza (Transparency Week), verifying if and how much the expenditure data from local and central Italian government is open (the resulting data is here), the cabinet accelerated the passage of a decree reorganizing all norms concerning transparency (decreto unico di riordino delle norme in materia di trasparenza).... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, City, Data, Government, Open Data
Excerpt: Summary: Government agencies will never be as nimble as a Silicon Valley startup, but, at SXSW, Bryan Sivak, CTO of the Dept. of Health and Human Services, describes how the tech world is influencing his agency. Government agencies aren’t known for their efficiency, inspiring work spaces or willingness to experiment. (If you’ve ever lived in Washington, DC, you know they can be the exact opposite. ) But, last year, Bryan Sivak, the CTO and entrepreneur-in-residence at the Department of Health and Human Services, was tapped to bring more Silicon Valley spirit to the massive department. (Prior to working in government, he founded a company that was acquired by Oracle).... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Government, Silicon Valley
How Open Data Is Changing The Way Vancouver Shelters Its Homeless
techpresident.com
on 03/09/2013
Excerpt: Last month, seemingly out of nowhere, the Province of British Columbia announced it would spend $1 million (in Canadian dollars) to address health and safety violations in a number of the single resident occupancy (SRO) buildings it owns in Vancouver. The reason. Open data. Indeed, what follows is a wonderful example of how data and transparency can drive policy and encourage governments to fulfill commitments that help those most at risk.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Federal Government, Government, opendata, Showcase, Story
Open Data community hacks D.C. and global issues
blogs.worldbank.org
on 03/07/2013
Excerpt: Marking the second annual International Open Data Day, Washington D. C. was one of more than 100 cities worldwide on February 23 to host a hackathon. Data enthusiasts gathered at the World Bank to show support for and encourage the adoption of transparent policies by the world's local, regional, and national governments. If you missed Open Data Day DC or want to explore more open data, register for the World Bank's upcoming Data Dive with DataKind on March 15-17. More than 150 data enthusiasts gathered at the World Bank for the second annual International Open Data Day on a rainy Saturday afternoon to celebrate, explore, and solve problems with data.... read the full post.
Tags: Civic, Data, Government, Hackathon
Budgetstories.md - using open budget data to create meaningful stories
openspending.org
on 03/03/2013
Excerpt: Today Expert-Grup, an independent think tank based in Chișinău, Moldova, launched BudgetStories. md. BudgetStories. md is an open budget website, which includes infographics, budget data visualizations and analysis of the use of public money in Moldova across sectors such as: the public administration, agriculture, education and health. In recent years Moldovan government has become more transparent regarding budget data as well as other types of data. The Ministry of Finance used the World Bank’s BOOST tool, to release detailed and disaggregated data on public expenditures. Since mid 2012, we’ve however worked to make sense and meaning in the huge sets of data.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Government, Hacker Storytelling, Open
Italian government ditches transparency and open data
blog.okfn.org
on 03/02/2013
Excerpt: This post is a translation of Il nostro contributo per salvare gli #OpenData originally published by Ernesto Belisario on Agorà Digitale. Most links point to documents and websites in Italian. In the past few weeks I have been very involved with transparency (and therefore, open data) together with the friends of Agorà Digitale. Right when we were all busy with the Settimana della Trasparenza (Transparency Week), verifying if and how much the expenditure data from local and central Italian government is open (the resulting data is here), the cabinet accelerated the passage of a decree reorganizing all norms concerning transparency (decreto unico di riordino delle norme in materia di trasparenza).... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, City, Data, Government, Open Data
Excerpt: Marking the second annual International Open Data Day, Washington D. C. was one of more than 100 cities worldwide on February 23 to host a hackathon. Data enthusiasts gathered at the World Bank to show support for and encourage the adoption of transparent policies by the world's local, regional, and national governments. If you missed Open Data Day DC or want to explore more open data, register for the World Bank's upcoming Data Dive with DataKind on March 15-17. More than 150 data enthusiasts gathered at the World Bank for the second annual International Open Data Day on a rainy Saturday afternoon to celebrate, explore, and solve problems with data.... read the full post.
Tags: Civic, Data, Government, Hackathon
Budgetstories.md - using open budget data to create meaningful stories
openspending.org
on 03/03/2013
Excerpt: Today Expert-Grup, an independent think tank based in Chișinău, Moldova, launched BudgetStories. md. BudgetStories. md is an open budget website, which includes infographics, budget data visualizations and analysis of the use of public money in Moldova across sectors such as: the public administration, agriculture, education and health. In recent years Moldovan government has become more transparent regarding budget data as well as other types of data. The Ministry of Finance used the World Bank’s BOOST tool, to release detailed and disaggregated data on public expenditures. Since mid 2012, we’ve however worked to make sense and meaning in the huge sets of data.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Voice, Data, Government, Hacker Storytelling, Open
Italian government ditches transparency and open data
blog.okfn.org
on 03/02/2013
Excerpt: This post is a translation of Il nostro contributo per salvare gli #OpenData originally published by Ernesto Belisario on Agorà Digitale. Most links point to documents and websites in Italian. In the past few weeks I have been very involved with transparency (and therefore, open data) together with the friends of Agorà Digitale. Right when we were all busy with the Settimana della Trasparenza (Transparency Week), verifying if and how much the expenditure data from local and central Italian government is open (the resulting data is here), the cabinet accelerated the passage of a decree reorganizing all norms concerning transparency (decreto unico di riordino delle norme in materia di trasparenza).... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, City, Data, Government, Open Data
Excerpt: This post is a translation of Il nostro contributo per salvare gli #OpenData originally published by Ernesto Belisario on Agorà Digitale. Most links point to documents and websites in Italian. In the past few weeks I have been very involved with transparency (and therefore, open data) together with the friends of Agorà Digitale. Right when we were all busy with the Settimana della Trasparenza (Transparency Week), verifying if and how much the expenditure data from local and central Italian government is open (the resulting data is here), the cabinet accelerated the passage of a decree reorganizing all norms concerning transparency (decreto unico di riordino delle norme in materia di trasparenza).... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, City, Data, Government, Open Data
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