Minnesota's Proposed "State Webmaster" is Giving Microsoft Agita
BY Nancy Scola | Thursday, March 11 2010
Out in the great state of Minnesota, the forward-thinking legislature there is attempting, by statute, to create an official position of state webmaster, so that there's one single point person who is responsible for ... Read More
The Tea Party Could Benefit from Some Data Standardization
BY Nancy Scola | Monday, March 8 2010
After Years of Pushing, Senate Finally Releases a Custom XML Blend of Roll Call Votes
BY Nancy Scola | Wednesday, May 6 2009
It's ask and ye shall receive XML, it seems. After years of pushing by open government advocates, it took just a "Dear Colleague" from South Carolina Republican Jim DeMint and a gang of bipartisan senators to ... Read More
Obama: Champion of Interoperability
BY Nancy Scola | Friday, April 10 2009
Obama has been making big news today for calling for something rather geeky: interoperability between the Defense Department's electronic health records system and the Department of Veterans Affairs' much praised VistA ... Read More
What's In a (Standardized) Name
BY Nancy Scola | Monday, December 22 2008
Down in DC a few weeks ago, a friend of mine had the gall to say, "you know, you're not only a politics geek, you're a real geek geek." The nerve of the guy. This post isn't going to lessen my geek rep one ... Read More