A fellow member of the San Diego & Imperial District Export Council participated in the July 7 event hosted by President Obama, held to promote our National Export Initiative. Kim Benson is an international business leader based in San Diego and is also appointed to the Industry Trade Advisory Center, a unique private-public partnership thatRead… Read more »
From the Egyptian Government Blog (used auto-translate from the page, plus some of my own tidying). What do you think? Open government and government 2.0 issues are the same, wherever we live, eh? I bolded my favorite lines… **************************************************************************************** Dear Co-Reader, Like every new experience, blogging has been a different event for me. Although IRead… Read more »
The Center for American Progress (CAP) found that millennials, defined as Americans between the ages of 18 and 32, have far greater faith in and expectations of government than their older compatriots. This proved true regardless of political affiliation or ideological bent. Two graphs from the report, “The Generation Gap on Government,” drive home theRead… Read more »
I have put together a survey to determine how citizens feel about the efforts of their local and federal governments.The focus is on Government 2.0 communication and collaboration and can be found here: http://om.ly/pfXV In order to gain as large a set of responses as possible, on as global a scale as possible, I amRead… Read more »
International, visual: James Hutchinson: Gov 2.0, Web 2.0 clash over accessibility Eric Fischer: Overlay of San Francisco vehicle movements for all of June 2010 Joe Eskenazi: Republicans Following Porn on Twitter Felipe Estaban: Colombia 2.0 – The time is now John F. Moore: The Social Ecosystem – Developing Social Usage Guidelines David Forbes: Transparency isRead… Read more »
Australia’s Government Chief Information Officer, Ann Steward, urged civil servants to become Gov 2.0 activists at the FutureGov Forum Australia yesterday (Tuesday 27th July). She also had strong words for government agencies on the accessibility of their online services. From Asia/Pacific FutureGov. All very true and great stuff Ann. To get Gov 2.0 happening onRead… Read more »
The Law.gov Principles and Declaration — issuing from the Law.gov legal open government data project — are now available. The Principles and Declaration — which are also being referred to as The Law.gov Core Principles — begin by offering a definition of “primary legal materials.” The Principles and Declaration then set forth ten “principles [that]Read… Read more »
mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none””> Every year more than 32 000 people die by suicide in the mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none””>United States mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none””> mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none””>http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/suicide/suicidedatasheet.pdf mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none””> mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none””> Rates of presentation to ’emergency departments’ for suicide-related reasons increased almost 50% from 1992-2001 and show no sign of declining.(3) These figures reflect Emergency Medicine’s increasing burden of responsibility and care for suicidal patients. mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none””> mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none””>TheRead… Read more »
Aon Consulting’s Federal Practice is in the middle of its first radio campaign with WTOP. Aon is sponsoring the Human Capital Solutions Report. Are the topics helpful, informative? You may listen to all spots (mp3 files) and read collateral at www.aonfederal.com. Comments/feedback welcome at [email protected].