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What's on our radar.
Tennessee's new logo
There is a lot of shortsighted chatter around the state of Tennessee's new branding efforts and, while I don't have a strong opinion on the logo aesthetics, which has received criticism for its $46,000 price tag, it's important to commend the holistic approach to uniformity and why this will benefit residents (and taxpayers) in the future.
San Francisco publishes year two plan, continues to lead on open data
San Francisco’s DataSF team continues to quietly and effectively demonstrate what an efficient, holistic and personable approach to open data looks like with the announcement of its year two plan and retrospective of the past year.
5 a16z podcast episodes for government
I recently discovered Silicon Valley venture capital firm a16z's podcast series, and it's a sign of the times that a VC is leveraging media in a way that not just promotes their portfolio companies, but also addresses the government and regulatory affairs issues Silicon Valley, startups and technology companies increasingly face.
Feds publish guide to setting up an open source project
18F has published a guide that helps federal government workers standardize GitHub use and better leverage the social coding platform when setting up open source projects.
USPTO's tech strategy is a blueprint for all government IT
I just discovered the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office strategic IT plan, which should serve as a blueprint for all government agency technology efforts.
GovDelivery expands government communications offering with Textizen acquisition
Government communications platform GovDelivery announced today it has acquired the civic engagement text messaging service Textizen to "promote citizen action, engagement, and behavior change."