Category: Legal

  • Reference: In Re: Pacer

    The work of Smart Chicago was referenced today in Carl Malamud’s “In Re: Pacer“, a “National Strategy of Litigation, Supplication, and Agitation” RED, WHITE, & BLUE TEAMS: Metaphors Working for a Better AmericaMAY 1 —“LawDay”—Proposed as a National Day of PACER Protest Snip: My hope is that groups will gather together and focus on a…

  • Independent Government Observers Task Force

    I helped organize and participated in the Independent Government Observers Task Force Municipal Governments (Working Group Chair: Daniel X. O’Neil). This group will focus on issues involved in citizens attempting to build interfaces around municipal government data. Technical issues such as harvesting techniques and presentation techniques will be covered, as will social issues such as…

  • Business Ethics Consulting Website

    First website for a timely new company, Business Ethics Consulting Group LLC. It’s a nifty fresh little site that gets all things done you’d expect to see– about them, why you need them, how to contact them, and other things. It also has a news section based on TypePad. David Montgomery uses the easy TypePad…

  • Chicago Fire Department Application

    Created the online application form for the City of Chicago Fire Department. Led the requirements gathering process, working with the City’s Human Resources, Fire, and technology departments. Based on BEA WebLogic and utilizes the City’s payment processing engine User-friendly form done completely in CSS Error checking for age requirements Composed most of the copy for…

  • Document Management System Research and Consulting

    Led a large requirements gathering, industry/ tool research, and process consulting engagement for the Law Department of a large Midwestern city. The mission was to discover the document management needs of the Department, match those needs to features of existing enterprise document management vendors, and make a final recommendation. The process went like this: Interview…