Data, polls, surveys, contests, and Facebook pages are some of the new open government initiatives popping up across the Internet horizon since President Barack Obama's first executive action for Openness and Transparency was issued last year as a memo. It's no surprise that less than a year after the president's memo, an open government directive was announced to foster the values of transparency, participation, and collaboration into the culture of every agency. The two tech-savvy federal IT leaders, CIO Vivek Kundra and CTO Aneesh Chopdra, are leading the charge with initiatives such as Data.gov, which grew from 47 to more than 168,000 data sets in less than a year; the Office of Management and Budget's IT Dashboard, which exposes federal IT spending and progress on major investments...
Cost-cutting and operational efficiencies are requirements in most industries, regardless of economic conditions. Yet, given constant budget constraints and taxpayer push back, there are arguably few sectors that have quite as strong a mandate for the implementation of such initiatives as in the government sector. However, neither companies nor government bodies can run so lean that work can't get done. Additionally, infrastructure such as content management systems must be kept up-to-date to handle a growing vast amount of content. As a result of technological and economic requirements, open source technology -- which allows source code to be publicly available -- has quietly become the solution of choice for government entities at the national, state, and local level. In this current ...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- FREEBIRDS World Burrito, known for offering "way more choices" to custom-build rockin' burritos, salads, nachos, tacos and more, announced it will partner with two local charities, The Art of Elysium and the Union Rescue Mission, as the company opens its new restaurant across from the University of Southern California campus at 3335 S Figueroa Street, Los Angeles on Thursday, January 13, 2011. Opening day will be celebrated with a pop up street party and numerous activities for FREEBIRDS Fanatics. In the days leading up to the opening of the new USC restaurant, FREEBIRDS and its charitable arm, FREEBIRDS World Works with its mission to inspire team members and guests to give back to the community, will conduct the following pre-opening events th...
Chick-fil-A is going to tear down the former Famous Dave's restaurant building at Southridge Centre and erect a stand-alone Chick-fil-A restaurant on the site. I believe it will be our first free-standing restaurant in Charleston," said Chick-fil-A spokeswoman Brenda Morrow. "We're excited about it. We've signed the contract. We'll probably break ground in late May. We're hoping to open early in the fourth quarter, which means October or November.
NEW YORK - The plot of land known for a decade as "the pile," "the pit" and "Ground Zero" opened to the public Monday for the first time since that terrible morning in 2001, transformed into a memorial consisting of two serene reflecting pools ringed by the chiseled-in-bronze names of the nearly 3,000 souls lost. The 9/11 memorial plaza opened its gates at 10 a.m. under tight, airport-style security. Visitors walked among hundreds of white oak trees on the eight-acre site and gazed at the water on the exact spots where the World Trade Center's twin towers stood.
First Community Bank of Galena will host its grand opening and open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 19. The event is open to the public and will feature tours of the new facility on the corner of U.S. 20 and Franklin Street. In anticipation of crowds, a shuttle service will be available from Galena middle school and high school parking lots.
NORWAYNE DISTRICT -- The first day of school in the district will be Aug. 22. Staff will meet in the Norwayne High School cafeteria Aug. 18 at 8 a.m. for the first district meeting, with building staff meetings to follow. Students should be registered before the opening day of school. Principals are in their offices daily for conferences and consultation. The registrar's office is located in the lower level at the former Creston Middle School, and the phone number is 330- 435-6382, Ext. 10004.
Although 2010 presented plenty of economic challenges for small startups, many new owners forged ahead anyway in hopes they could gain at least a toehold in a difficult marketplace. Photo by Don Shrubshell
S. Women's Open officials, with an eye on walk-up ticket sales, were hoping Michelle Wie would be among the tournament leaders over the weekend.
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