Tag Archives: transparency
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The New Era of Public Commenting – Opening up and Streamlining Feedback
11.30.2011 | Jeff WhitewayPublic commenting from a federal government perspective gives U.S. citizens and community members an opportunity to provide feedback on proposed changes to items such as land use, structures, facilities, environmental planning etc. so that the federal government can understand all viewpoints before taking action.
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SharePoint as an Enterprise Asset
09.21.2011 | Mark PietrasantaSharePoint has gained a lot of notoriety for its enterprise potential, and it continues to show up almost everywhere. But the truth is that many organizations are limiting the benefits that could be gained from this comprehensive platform and treating it more like an Intranet for simple document management. SharePoint, particularly SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint Online through Office 365, should really be considered an enterprise-wide…
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The Truth About Open Source
07.13.2011 | Nathan GibbOpen source has gotten a bad rap. It reminds me of the McDonald’s strawberry lemonade commercial. In a deep, “good guy” voice the lemon complains that his kind have unfairly become synonymous with “dud, reject, flop, failure, bust, fiasco.” It seems that a lot of organizations have a similarly not so high opinion of open source, justified or not. But like the lemon, which redeems…
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Open Government within the Acquisition Lifecycle
03.16.2011 | Mike DeutschSo, I eat at Chipotle. A lot… And one thing that constantly impresses me is the speed and efficiency of their order preparation and payment operations. On most days, I’m looking at less than 60-75 seconds from the time I reach the top of the line to the time they hand me my to-go order and receipt.
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