With the wildfire growth of social media tools the buzz out there around any person/institution/company/product/etc is growing. Given this, the promotion ways of the past need to be reexamined. Simply pushing your company/product/institution/self out there without room for feedback, engagement, or participation doesn’t work as well as it did in years past when the publicRead… Read more »
The Interior Department’s inspector general has found widespread mishandling and tracking of highly valuable passports issued to department officials traveling overseas, alleging that in numerous instances employees violated federal privacy laws. Several expired passports could not be accounted for and inspectors also could not locate the passports once issued to Interior Secretary Gale Norton andRead… Read more »
We have to get involved in Web 2.0! Hurry, we have to start planning for our rollout strategy for Web 3.0, whatever the hell that is. Or maybe we have to stop and think about things a bit. Social networks are fun, conferring with our peers can be enlightening and informative. However a major questionRead… Read more »
By Teresa Carlson, Microsoft Vice President of U.S. Federal Government Sales From http://www.futurefed.com We know the President is taking the Open Government Initiative seriously. He is driving his team to find news ways to open the doors of government and let the people in. The most recent example of dedication to an open government hasRead… Read more »
We’ve all heard of the comedy “The Office” and how hilarious it is and how every office worker can relate to the quirky characters and the uncomfortable situations. When I heard that they were coming out with a new show about a public service “Parks and Rec” department, I got really excited. Finally something forRead… Read more »
Good morning. It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. Stocks or Bonds? The good news from last week was that after some late selling on Friday afternoon, the S&P 500 did manage to end the week up about 0.5%. The bad news was that it started the week with a +3% rally on Monday, butRead… Read more »
A couple of weeks ago I made the argument on my personal blog’Why .gov webbies need professional status‘. This is not a new idea, it’s been circulating in the UK for a couple of years. Problem is it hasn’t actually gone anywhere. Now the idea has some solidity through the efforts of myself and theRead… Read more »
At Socitm‘s Better Connected event 2 June in Birmingham, UK by far the hit of the day was this presentation: Inbc09 May19 Session5 John Steed View more OpenOffice presentations from paulcanning. John Steed from Cheltenham Council talked about how the massive flooding of the town a few years ago gave a kick-start to their socialRead… Read more »
It’s pretty amazing, but the Interior Department has not been keeping tabs on its laptops. According to an Inspector General’s report, the agency cannot find 20 percent of its laptops. And that’s a pretty bad report card for any agency and raises real questions about what information was stored on those laptops and why wasn’tRead… Read more »
Performance management and measurement have taken on a number of different meanings with regard to application in the public sector. In some cases it’s regarded strictly as data reporting and in others it takes on a more qualitative form. It may be useful to start a dialogue on coming up with an actionable, consolidated setRead… Read more »