Comments on: Nutter proposes “unprecedented” $120 million IT budget, moves toward paperless

By: What is Chief Technology Officer Allan Frank’s City of Philadelphia legacy? — Technically Philly

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:40:02 +0000

[...] served the city for two and a half years. He welcomed in an ‘unprecedented’ five-year, $120 million IT budget that is now being funded and oversaw the beginning of city IT consolidation, network infrastructure [...]

By: Technically Philly » Philadelphia CTO Allan Frank to focus on city wifi, paperless government [Video] | Covering the Community of People Who Use Technology in Philadelphia.

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:52:17 +0000

[...] rich public safety, field workforce and commercial-level core fiber networks. That move is part of the Nutter administration’s $120 million, five-year investment in the city’s IT [...]

By: Technically Philly » Event Highlights for March 8-14, 2010 | Covering the Community of People Who Use Technology in Philadelphia.

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:39:12 +0000

[...] them a visit at the group’s next Fishbowl. Normally that would be a big deal, but now that the city has gone all techie on us? Huuuuuge deal. So go kick back some cold ones and plot how the [...]

By: Technically Philly » Are the Mayor’s technology firm tax incentives not enough? | Covering the Community of People Who Use Technology in Philadelphia.

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:34:31 +0000

[...] Along with the tech tax pilot, Nutter announced in his Budget Address early this month that a significant $120 million investment would be made into city I.T., to improve online city services and address aging infrastructure, signs that technology is a [...]

By: Technically Philly » Mayor Nutter on government transparency, city CTO and business retention | Covering the Community of People Who Use Technology in Philadelphia.

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:06:37 +0000

[...] government at an unprecedented level will be making upwards of $120 million in IT investment over the next few years. Some of that transformation has already started with the upcoming capital [...]

By: Justin Mosebach

Justin Mosebach — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:03:42 +0000

They should consider putting their public meeting videos online. Chester and Lancaster County Commissioners do: http://www.makeamotion.net/chesco and http://www.makeamotion.net/lanco

Our company in Lancaster does it for them.

By: Deb Adams

Deb Adams — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:02:22 +0000

I can't believe governments spending so much in technology when low cost commodities "software as a service" are arising quickly (I mean, services like govoffice.com or town2web.com) These seems the only chance to small cities that can't spend 120 million... Deb

By: Streetsmart

Streetsmart — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:13:04 +0000

Can I just say that for the past several days L&I online permitting system has been inoperable, walking you step by step through the process but then indefinitely hanging. City needs to believe in IT + make sure their systems work, cause right now – sadly – even where investments are being made, they’re being insufficiently supported, so it’s a sad joke.

By: Alex Hillman

Alex Hillman — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:30:18 +0000

Bill Green is one of the best things going for this city, and not just in terms of a technology agenda. He’s on the front lines, interacting, and communicates like a human being.

I hope more people realize he’s an advocate and not only support his efforts, but find creative ways to include him in the grassroots efforts going on every day.

I wish Bill had been able to get out more than 6 words at IgnitePhilly. That room was primed to hear what he has to say, far and beyond the Google Fiber initiative.