http://tomdoepker.com Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:29:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is not the next Great Depression; it’s the next great opportunity. There is a lot of concern that the current economic crisis is the next Great Depression. It’s hard to not hear references and people are already running to the banks to pull out all of their money, presumably to ... http://tomdoepker.com/2008/11/04/the-case-for-being-proactive/ “So what can a website do to make your life easier?” That question is not always readily answered, but when I met with the Probate / Juvenile Court team, their immediate response was, “We need to get our forms online”. With no central repository, they found themselves filling each request as ... http://tomdoepker.com/2008/10/29/knowing-the-answer/ With all the coverage of the current financial crisis, I was surprised to find out that Neel Kashkari’s conference call with some of those in line to receive funds from the $700B bailout has been posted to YouTube. This was barely a blip in the news! Whether it’s giving us a ... http://tomdoepker.com/2008/10/13/transparency-in-a-time-of-crisis/ Immediately after their release in the Content Management System, the aftermath of 2008’s Hurricane Ike knocked out the power in Clermont County for several days and a state of emergency was declared. More than ever before, the County portal and Commissioners’ sites became the best way to communicate to the ... http://tomdoepker.com/2008/09/26/weathering-the-storm/ There was a good deal of overlap between the Permit Central and the Building Inspection departments. Both were trying to make it easier for citizens to get the paperwork they would need for projects and to make their information more readily available to the public. So then it occurred to them, ... http://tomdoepker.com/2008/08/20/re-thinking-their-approach/