Innovation in government: Brazil - McKinsey Quarterly - Public Sector - Management
Historically, Brazilians had no visibility into government spending—which areas got funding, how efficiently public money was being used, or whether fraudulent activity was occurring. Over the past few decades, many high-profile incidents of flagrant corruption have sorely tested the public’s trust, hurt Brazil’s image in the corporate sector, and hampered economic growth. In the World Bank and IFC Enterprise Surveys 2009, 70 percent of global and domestic companies responding said they viewed corruption as a “major constraint to doing business” in Brazil. An investigation by the Federation of the Industries of the State of São Paulo found that, in 2008 alone, corruption cost the country some $40 billion (2.3 percent of GDP)—equivalent to about half its education budget. Although CGU encountered resistance from government officials when it first launched the portal, it remained committed to full disclosure. The CGU’s regular budget covers the portal’s relatively low maintenance costs.
Cloud Platform
Blogger 13 hours ago Backflip Studios scales mobile games with Google Cloud Platform Today’s guest blog comes from Dale Thoms, co-founder and CTO of Backflip Studios, the mobile game development studio. The company is behind popular titles such as DragonVale, Paper Toss and Ninjump, and has grown from three to over 100 employees... Read more on Blogger
The City of Portland, Oregon
Welcome to the main page for the City of Portland Corporate GIS (CGIS) team. Here you can stay up-to-date on our major projects, find examples of maps and applications that use our enterprise data, and provide feedback on our products and services. Maps Produced by our Partner Bureaus Find examples of cool, informative maps produced using CGIS enterprise data CivicApps.org Open Data
Ontario Becomes Latest Province to Launch Open Data Portal
Ontario residents are getting a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the place they call home. This month, Ontario became the latest province to launch an open data portal. Currently, the database contains 63 files on various topics, including roadwork, geology, and tourism in the province.
Online Learning – Google for Entrepreneurs
Between UX, UI, and IA, there are many acronyms floating around in the tech and design world. Learn the basics on UX, what a UX designer does, and how you can adopt a UX mindset to make your product better. Class led by Julie Blitzer. [8:21]
Open Data Platform - City of Sacramento
Skip to Left Navigation / Tab to View Content Open Data Platform With a click of a button, citizens can now access meaningful city data on one webpage, create reports and download information including building permit activity, crime reports, budget information, and land-use data. This open data website, aimed to promote government transparency and openness, gives residents, visitors and businesses access to a growing number of datasets. Municipalities across the nation are providing web access to important public data. Sacramento is the first in the region to provide this data in a one-stop-shop format.
Green.sba.gov - API's for Apps for Entrepreneurs Challenge
The Socrata Open Data API (SODA) allows software developers to access data hosted in Socrata data sites programmatically. Developers can create applications that use the SODA APIs to visualize and “mash-up” Socrata datasets in new and exciting ways. Create an iPhone application that visualizes government spending in your area, a web application that allows citizens to look up potential government benefits they'd overlooked, or a service that automatically emails you when new earmarks are added to bills that you wish to track. To start accessing this dataset programmatically, use the API endpoint provided below.
Top Things to do After Installing Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail
Ubuntu 15.04 final beta is already out couple of weeks before. The final version of Ubuntu 15.04 will be released on coming April 23, 2015. Check the release notes for more details. Ubuntu 15.04 Final Beta, And It’s Official Flavours Are available For Download This comprehensive tutorial describes how can we enhance Ubuntu 15.04, and other older versions such as Ubuntu 14.10/14.04/13.10/13.04/12.10/12.04 etc., further for day to day activities.
