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Information technology

Metro issues challenge to app developers

August 11, 2010

Staff from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (DC) met with local developers on Monday to preview the Transparent Data Sets API, which will allow developers to create applications using Metro bus and rail data

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Florida extends archiving rules to social media

August 6, 2010

The State of Florida issued updated record-keeping requirements that account for the growing use of social media, text messaging, and other forms of electronic communications.

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UK “hacker” delegation visits India

August 2, 2010

When British Prime Minister David Cameron led a delegation to India, he included some of the UK’s top data experts. Blogger David McCandless was among them and recapped the visit in the Guardian.

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Manchester releases transit data

August 1, 2010

GMPTE, the transit agency serving Greater Manchester (UK), released full route and timetable data for its bus services.

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GAO issues report on social media challenges

July 25, 2010

The Government Accountability Office issued a report that summarized current use of Web 2.0 technologies by federal agencies and identified key challenges. As of July 2010, GAO determined, 22 of 24 major federal agencies had a presence on Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube. Concerns fell into two broad categories: Privacy and security Records management and Freedom [...]

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TriMet previews details of open source trip planner

July 22, 2010

TriMet (OR) recently shared details of its open source multi-modal trip planner project with about three dozen Portland-area transportation and data experts.

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Transit CIOs form consortium

July 22, 2010

Chief information officers from more than 30 U.S. transit agencies have formed the Transit CIO Consortium.

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Top 10 threats for social networking

July 14, 2010

Just when you thought it was safe to jump into social networking, Network World published a list of 10 threats and vulnerabilities.

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A virtual second life for Edmonton

July 14, 2010

Edmonton (AB) is going virtual. The city is replicating itself — geography, terrain, and major landmarks — on the Second Life platform.

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Metro will release rail data to developers next month

July 9, 2010

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (DC) will offer third-party developers access to Metrorail data starting on August 11.

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