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GovTech: 7 Ideas for Local Government

Adam — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 16:18:19 +0000

I found this list from Government Technology particularly inspiring. Click here for the original article. -Adam – The Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge and the Knight News Challenge are two great contests that have provided hundreds of ideas of what Gov2020 might look like. Both struck a chord with innovators as the Mayors Challenge had more [...]

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Globe: Why public sector gets technology wrong

Adam — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 04:13:17 +0000

Melissa Threadgill, former aide to State Senator Jamie Eldridge, has written my manifesto. Click here for the original article. “I AM happy with the launch.” That’s what Massachusetts Labor Secretary Joanne Goldstein had to say about the state’s new online unemployment system, which erroneously cut benefits and continues to cause problems for hundreds of unemployed workers. The system, [...]

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Government Technology Horror Stories

Adam — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 19:55:47 +0000

This post will provide a regularly-updated running list of publicly-funded technology contracts gone awry, in which taxpayers spend millions of dollars for poor-quality software. Something is clearly wrong with public sector procurement and/or project management. Massachusetts Child Care Financial Assistance System, 11/20/2015 Computer woes delay child-care subsidies About 1,600 low-income children remain stuck on a [...]

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Press Release: Every Election at Your Fingertips

Adam — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:40:17 +0000

Secretary of the Commonwealth teams up with local web developer to “liberate” 40 years of elections and ballot questions Boston, MA – As Beacon Hill considers passage of a major election modernization bill, Massachusetts Secretary William Galvin has been quietly making upgrades of his own. With little fanfare, Galvin’s Elections Division recently launched a searchable [...]

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Globe: Fixing welfare fraud requires technology reform

Adam — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:48:20 +0000

Responding to the uproar over the state auditor’s findings of fraudulent welfare payouts, Former Massachusetts State Senate aide Melissa Threadgill nails the government technology problem to the wall. It is not a pretty picture. From the Boston Globe. - Adam Fixing welfare fraud requires technology reform By Melissa Threadgill IF YOU were surprised to learn that [...]

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Announcing PD43+: 40 years of Massachusetts election statistics

Adam — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:03:08 +0000

I have an exciting announcement. Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin and I have partnered to release PD43+: an elegant, searchable database of election, ballot question, and candidate data for the past 40 years of Massachusetts politics. The information is based on several editions of Public Document 43, Massachusetts’ official report of voter registration, turnout, [...]

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I work in IT: what recession?

Adam — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:01:43 +0000

Out of a job with time on your hands? Learn IT. From web design, web development and mobile app development; to system administration and networking: these jobs are fascinating, challenging, and will continue to be in top demand for decades to come. A scarcity of skilled techs are driving employers to lure new recruits with [...]

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