I’ve been a political activist most of my life; researching the interaction between the Internet and social policy for a couple decades since I entered the computer field. So I’ve been trying to look beyond immediate tactical problems for fundamental dilemmas and decisions gov workers have to make. I’d love to get comments on thisRead… Read more »
Sometimes it seems like we, the public, are the long-suffering spouse whose partner is sitting in a bar somewhere telling friends that we just don’t understand how complex life is and what they have to deal with every day. Maybe we don’t. Maybe we can’t. And maybe they should try opening up to us aRead… Read more »
I find myself repeating the same basic concepts. Nothing wrong with that; most of the world hasn’t heard them (and certainly most of EPA hasn’t). Ideally, we on the Social Media Subcouncil want to know all of those concepts so we can share them with our government colleagues. So I have this idea to createRead… Read more »
This post also appeared on my primary blog, “Social Media Strategery.” When I first started “Social Media Strategery” six months ago, one of my inspirations was the TSA’s “Evolution of Security” blog. Along with Intellipedia, which showed me that IT security fears could be overcome, the Evolution of Security blog showed me that something evenRead… Read more »
Earth hour is this Saturday March 28th from 8:30 to 9:30. (Source: http://www.earthhour.org/home/) You can also register your city: http://www.voteearth2009.org/home/ Yea, USA is under repersented even though we use more lights. Turning off the lights, TV, etc for an hour to save energy. With any luck it will or should be dark. This is aRead… Read more »
This workshop was one that every student and new professional should never miss. This workshop really goes into the planning of how you, as a newly hired professional, will begin to work. The questions that many people usually have in their minds when they start a new job is how will I get all ofRead… Read more »
This workshop was of interest and relevance to students. This workshop touched on what I consider to be among the core concepts in any curriculum of public administration, management, public relations, and human resources management. This workshop provided an analysis of a real research study with a review and emphasis on the statistical analysis used,Read… Read more »
This was a great meeting. The group here was very inviting to everyone, including students. This group needs to address who does ASPA need to appeal to, what are its assets, what segments of the market are not reached out to, and how ways to creatively use our assets to increase and retain memberships. ThisRead… Read more »
For students, earning their MPAs, this event was fantastic. The research presented at this event really focused on the City Manager vs. The Executive Mayor. The major conclusion was that the smaller the population, budget, and problems are, the better a strong council oriented system would work. However, as the population, budget, and complexity ofRead… Read more »
Apologies for errors. Attempts to dedupe information, especially where those wily posters who use the same link but different descriptions. @meghan1018: Are you planning to call in to tomorrow’s #gov20 show w/guest @timoreilly? Please DM me the # your be calling from! http://bit.ly/41zgPP @adrielhampton: The revolution will be mashed up: http://bit.ly/17jAS8 #gov20 #govloop #opengov #CA10Read… Read more »