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CTOs for Good: White Paper

NTEN

In 2011, NTEN, with support from the Knight Foundation , convened the CTOs for Good forum and conducted follow-up interviews with the participants in order to document and share the group’s experiences and challenges. A deliberate, cautious, phased approach to migrating applications and data to the cloud.

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Data Digest: Open Data for Africa Platform, Silent Data Revolution in MENA and Data Strategies

Tech Soup

There is some great insight into the need for the Open Data movement to be more inclusive as well as explanations of why big data gathering should be more strategic. Open Source data NetSquared big data' Some examples of NGOs using data visualization to tell important stories are also given.

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The First Global Martus Users Group Meeting

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Martus is Benetech's free and open source software package designed for human rights activists to collect stories and data about human rights abuses. Guest Beneblog by Vijaya Tripathi The first ever Martus users group meeting took place earlier this month in Chiang Mai, the capital of Northern Thailand.

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This Month at TechSoup: Sharpen Your Website

Tech Soup

We'll discuss some of the major phases of a design project, some of the lingo and jargon you'll encounter, and the tools and skill sets you'll need to set your sights on a great, new site. Joomla for Nonprofits Is the popular open-source solution to create and edit website content for non-technical users right for you?

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Lessons Learned from the HealthCare.gov Rollout

Connection Cafe

The contract for development of the site was awarded in December 2011, but ” the government was so slow in issuing specifications that the firm did not start writing software code until this spring (of 2013).” Were mission-critical items prioritized, with “nice to have” items phased in over time?

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