A Tribute to Steve Jobs: Remember to "Think Different"

I wanted to pay tribute to Steve Jobs today. He leaves behind an incredible legacy that has shaped our generation. As the NY Times stated, he helped “usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation.” His products have touched the lives of pretty much everyone I know.

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A Coordinated Strategy to Improve Legislative Management: 4 Vital Tips

When thinking about legislative management, it is important to think beyond the agenda. An agenda doesn’t drive a meeting or turn into legislation, the elements of the agenda do, and each of those elements has a complete lifecycle of its own. Granicus had that very thought in mind with it's recent addition of a new product to the Legislative Management Suite: Legistar®, the premier legislative workflow solution currently being used by over 100 government agencies across the country. In this article, we’ll look at four vital points for constructing a more effective legislative management strategy.

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Gov 2.0 Radio Interviews Granicus: The Evolution of Open Gov

Listen to an enlightening discussion about how open government has transformed over the past decade—from simply making information accessible online in documents to making it more rich, meaningful, and interactive.

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Granicus Releases Advanced Search to Simplify Public Access

We’re excited to announce a significant update to one of the core components of any Granicus solution: the search engine. As a government agency, it doesn’t matter how much useful content you generate if none of it can be found! Granicus' new advanced search engine provides your end-users with faster and more reliable results, enabling them to get to the content they’re looking for.

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Granicus Moves to HTML5 with its New Streaming Architecture

As web content giants—Google, YouTube, Apple, and Facebook—shift to HTML5 to ride the next wave of growth in the mobile industry, Granicus is following suit to ensure government content is not left behind. We’re making mobile devices a top priority this year—especially as device sales are expected to surge in 2011, according to research released by Gartner in January.

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Momentum Builds in the Open Government Market

We just reported our fourth quarter 2010 performance, Granicus Continues Rapid Growth in the Open Government Market. It calls attention to some exciting momentum that’s building in the open government market and accelerating the growth of our new cloud platform and product suites.   

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Discover the Next Generation of Open Government for Federal Advisory Committees: 6 Essential Tips

Yesterday, we hosted a very successful webinar to showcase how federal advisory committees are increasing the transparency, accessibility, and openness of their public meetings with the latest technologies from Granicus.

Nearly 70 managers were able to participate and see best practices from federal agencies like the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, National Institute of Standards of Technology, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and others that have implemented Granicus solutions.

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