Yearly Archives: 2009

Usability and Usability.gov

I’m a big fan of the “Redesigning the Government” project over at Sunlight Labs, especially their latest mock-ups for the FCC. One particular part of their post rang true to me, as I’m frequently tasked with developing information architecture for government websites: “In many discussions that we’ve had with people who develop these sites, they’veRead… Read more »

Federal Eye: White House seeking green ideas from Feds

As if soliciting their cost-savings ideas wasn’t enough, the White House now wants federal employees to pitch proposals on how to make the federal government more environmentally sustainable. The GreenGov Challenge starts Monday and continues through Oct. 31. Run by the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the online contest asks federal workers to suggestRead… Read more »

The Lack of Specialized Professionals in Technology of the Information in the World.

The Computer is an Intelligent Donkey ! With this definition we will approach one of the principal problems for the progress of the Technology of the Information in the current days. For being one it conspires that it simply assists to programming commands, they become necessary Analysts, Programmers and an entire range of professionals thatRead… Read more »

Big News: Andy K. Joins as RockStar GovLoop Community Manager & GovLoop Hits 20k Members

I’ve been teasing everyone regarding the big GovLoop news for a couple weeks now. And I’m excited that it is official and I can share the good good news. Andrew Krzmarzick is officially joining the GovLoop team today and will become the official GovLoop Community Manager. This is another huge step in a march toRead… Read more »

Fantastic Thinking About Government 2.0

Go read this from Steve Radick: Gov 2.0 – We Need to Get Past the Honeymoon Stage of Our Relationship. Be sure to read every link he provides, too. In particular, read this bit of strategic thinking from Chris Brogan and this concept for an event focusing on the Shortfalls of Government 2.0. And thenRead… Read more »