Directions Magazine has just published an article about three proposals recommending that the development of a national spatial data infrastructure (NSDI) be part of a US economic stimulus package . I’ve mentioned two of them […]
Over the past two years I have attended Military Open Source Conferences in Washington DC to talk about geospatial open source software. I was impressed by the degree to which open source software has penetrated […]
Scott McNealy, Chairman and a co-founder of Sun Microsystems, has told the BBC that he has been asked by President Obama to prepare a paper on open source for the new administration. McNealy told the […]
The 2009 federal budget tabled yesterday by the Government which will be voted on this evening allocates C$12 billion in federal funds to infrastructure over the next two years. The federal contribution, however, requires matching […]
A number of folks from diverse backgrounds have prepared an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan that is designed to not only create jobs and foster economic growth and competitiveness, but with a long term focus […]
The American Society for Civil Engineers just released their updated 2009 Report Card. The ASCE issued report cards in 2003 and 2005. Since the last Report Card in 2005, the grades have not improved. US […]
In 2005, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the governor of California, asked for a waiver from federal guidelines for emission standards, so that California could mandate higher standards on automobile CO2 emission. The federal government regulates automobile emission […]
Infrastructure Monday the Transport Minister of the Government of Canada announced plans to spend at least $7 billion on new infrastructure projects including roads, bridges, water and sewer systems, as well as transit, as part […]