Thursday, October 13, 2011
Articles from across the Web that we found interesting, the week of October 10, 2011
Articles from across the Web that we found interesting, the week of October 10, 2011

Gadi Ben-Yehuda

  • Department of Labor Lauches Stats App.  The Department of Labor has released a new application for iPhones and Android devices that gives users the most-up-to-date information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Employment and Training Administration (ETA).  
  • App Helps Government Deploy Labor. Jason Hibbets interviews SeeClickFix CEO Ben Berkowitz about his application and its relationship to "open government," and how it helps citizens spur government to fix infrastructure.
  • Wait, do apps even matter?  Per Alex Howard, Clay Johnson doesn't seem to think so.

 

Dan Chenok

 

 

  • Congressional differences lower chances for cyber bills.
  • Federal data center closures to accelerate, says OMB.
  • Data.gov, Performance.Gov, USAspending.gov to continue under E-Gov Fund.

 

 

John Kamensky

 

The Business of Government Radio Show: Dr. Paul Anastas, Assistant Administrator, EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD)

The Business of Government Hour features a conversation about management with a government executive who is changing the way government does business. The executives discuss their careers and the management challenges facing their organizations.

The show airs fives times a week on two radio stations in the DC Metro Area.

Paul Anastas, Ph.D. is known widely as the "Father of Green Chemistry" for his groundbreaking research on the design, manufacture, and use of minimally-toxic, environmentally-friendly chemicals..

Broadcast Schedule: Saturday, October 15 at 9:00 a.m & Friday, October 14 at 2:00 p.m on  CBS Radio 1580AM on   For those outside of the Washington, D.C. area, you can listen to our live webstream on CBS Radio 1580AM. Monday, October 17 at 11 a.m., Wednesday, October 19 at Noon, and Thursday, October 20 at Noon on Federal News Radio 1500AM WFED

If you can't wait, though, you can listen to it or download our interview with Beth and all our interviews at businessofgovernment.org and by searching our audio archives.