When Citizens Bypass Government

I contributed an article to the VOICES section of Governing. The article highlights how citizens are bypassing local governments to solve problems within their communities. Local governments are facing new realities. Citizens’ trust in government has declined, and financial constraints do not allow local governments to deliver all of the services their communities would like. In […]

The Perils of Petascale IT Projects

I have an article published in the current issue of FCW: The Business of Federal Technology on petascale IT projects. Good news: We no longer have to talk about megascale IT projects. Large-scale ventures that typically cost $1 billion or more, megaprojects used to be all the rage, but they are quickly being superseded by petascale […]

Technology-Enabled Participatory Platforms for Civic Engagement

Akshay Bhagwatwar (Doctoral Candidate, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University) and I have a paper accepted in Journal of Urban Technology. Technology-Enabled Participatory Platforms for Civic Engagement: The Case of US Cities Technology-enabled participatory platforms are proving to be valuable canvases for engaging citizens in solving public good challenges. Citizens are playing a more active role […]

Collective Intelligence 2014

Rashmi Krishnamurthy and I will be presenting on Challenge.gov at the Collective Intelligence 2014 Conference at MIT next week. You might also find my paper on Challenge.gov, with Ines Mergel, in Public Administration Review of interest.

Herbert A. Simon Best Paper Award

Kena Fedorschak, Srivatsav Kandala, Rashmi Krishnamurthy, and I won the Herbert A. Simon Best Paper Award at the Ninth International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology. The paper, Data Analytics and Human Trafficking, highlights our efforts toward building IT solutions to combat human trafficking at the ASU Decision Theater.  To read more about paper, please click here. […]

Human Trafficking Solutions at DESRIST 2014 Conference

Kena Fedorschak, Srivatsav Kandala, Rashmi Krishnamurthy, and I have a paper accepted at the Ninth International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology. The paper, Data Analytics and Human Trafficking, highlights our efforts toward building IT solutions to combat human trafficking at the ASU Decision Theater. Human trafficking is recognized internationally as an extreme form […]

Belarus Authorities’ Counter-Revolutionary ICTs Tactics: 2001-2010

Volodymyr Lysenko (University of Washington) and I have a paper accepted in Europe-Asia Studies. Belarus authorities’ counter-revolutionary tactics related to information and communication technologies in 2001-2010: lessons learned Information and communication technology (ICT)-enabled revolutionary tactics play an important role in uprisings against non-democratic regimes worldwide. Up to now, a critical understanding of how authorities in those […]

Our Fragile Emerging Megacities: A Focus on Resilience

I recently authored an article for Planetizen. Unless you have been hibernating, you have heard about urbanization trends and have spent time reflecting on what this might hold for the future of communities, cities, nations, and the planet as a whole. The world’s total urban area is expected to triple between 2000 and 2030—urban populations are […]

Realizing the Promise of Big Data – IBM Center for the Business of Government

Realizing the Promise of Big Data: Implementing Big Data Projects was published today by the IBM Center for the Business of Government. Big data is a new frontier for the public sector. It has captured the attention of public managers across the globe. Agencies realize that their datasets represent critical resources that need to be managed and […]