MD Governor O'Malley on CityState and StateState

Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's presentation on CityStat and StateStat to the Management Performance conference last week in Austin is available on YouTube. Governing.com's 13th Floor blog features the embedded video today in an entry on the non-partisan aspects of the "stat" approach to managing government (Gov. O'Malley's "Omni-partisan" Approach).

The video is also worth watching for its glimpses of geospatial info in action as part of the "stat" approach. I was looking for Our Kenny in the shots of people gathered around stat-screens in conference rooms, but had no luck.

NSGIC Mid-Year Reports: Tuesday Morning Keynote Speaker

Tuesday Morning's Keynote Speaker at the NSGIC Mid-Year was Dr. Edward Papenfuse, the State Archivist in Maryland. He describes himself as having a passion for maps and spoke on a project to preserve historic maps of Maryland.

The Maryland State Archives has, over the years, published collections of maps of Maryland. He outlined the process of finding and writing about those maps.

He also spoke on the lessons that can be learned about the history of a place from the historic maps of that place. He explained how historic maps have been used to help settle a variety of boundary disputes with neighboring states.

Update (3/18/08): Presentation materials from this session are now available on-line.