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May 24

Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel released the Digital Government Strategy today.

According to the document, the Digital Government Strategy will:

· Enable the American people and an increasingly mobile workforce to access high-quality digital government information and services anywhere, anytime, on any device.

Operationalizing an information-centric model, we can architect our systems for interoperability and openness, modernize our content publication model, and deliver better, device-agnostic digital services at a lower cost.

· Ensure that as the government adjusts to this new digital world, we seize the opportunity to procure and manage devices, applications, and data in smart, secure and affordable ways.

Learning from the previous transition of moving information and services online, we now have an opportunity to break free from the inefficient, costly, and fragmented practices of the past, build a sound governance structure for digital services, and do mobile “right” from the beginning.

· Unlock the power of government data to spur innovation across our Nation and improve the quality of services for the American people.

We must enable the public, entrepreneurs, and our own government programs to better leverage the rich wealth of federal data to pour into applications and services by ensuring that data is open and machine-readable by default.

There is an aggressive timetable for implementation.

Here are key links:

VanRoekel’s blog post: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/05/23/roadmap-digital-government
President Obama’s Directive: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/2012digital_mem_rel.pdf
The HTML5 version of the Digital Strategy: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/egov/digital-government/digital-government.html#conclusion

Fire activity is moving east.. In New Mexico the Whitewater and Baldy fires have burned together and according to the Southwest Coordination Center Sciacca’s Type 1 Incident Management Team (IMT) has been ordered to that incident.

Apr 22

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Mar 24

Wal-Mart bypasses federal regulators to ban controversial flame retardant -

See what we may have in store for us on a fire in wal-mart or other big box store. While most of the clothes are made from synthetics, all have had additives in the material to reduce the chances of flashing and burning. While this is a good thing depending on your view, when these chemicals are involved in a fire, what gasses do they emit? On the other hand we may see more fire instead of smouldering in a clothes store, but who knows…..

Also, we may see more people burned from clothing catching on fire, but as I read into it you just have to take your chances no matter how you go….. Slow poisoning or up in a flash….

Just something to think about…

Jan 31

Eric I Am: Should I Port My Number to Google Voice? -

ericiam:

The one last barrier for you using Google Voice full time—number porting—just got knocked down. But should you use Google Voice? Almost certainly yes.

To quickly summarize, Google Voice is like a layer inbetween your regular cellphone/landline and the outside world. It can block…

Jan 24

Firefighter deaths down again this year. Very good news. Read these stats: -

(Source: whatkristhinks)

“Interview with a Social Media “Master Performer”

ericiam:

Burning Issues:Fire and Social Media: Managing for Multiple Objectives: 2010 Social Media

Nov 26

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Nov 19

Forest restoration proves positive for wildlife. -

BY SHARON VILLEGAS | http://futureforest.info

Many people are aware of the benefits forest restoration provides for wildfire prevention, forest health and even for the local…

Nov 11

Social Media on Incidents – Some Lessons Learned -

Download Social Media – Lessons Learned here

March, 2010

Introduction

Social media is content created by people using highly accessible Internet based publishing technologies….

Flickr Groups in Disasters: Using Flickr Groups to Solicit Event Photos from the public. -

Flickr Groups: This is a great way to publicly solicit photos of your fire, incident or event. Or have other trusted incident personnel or agencies submit photos for your collection.

Picasa VS Flickr -

by David K. Israel
Picasa is Google’s photo sharing site, enabling you to upload and share photos like Snapfish or Ophoto, etc. You can also buy prints through a third party (like…

Incident Social Media Manual – Being Revised -

This is my attempt at a brain-dump of my hands-on real life use of Social Media on large incidents. This is a fluid document and will be revised often.