With the World Cup now at an end I wanted to learn more about the efforts, with regards to social organizational processes, of the United States in this area of the world. With this in mind I reached out to the US Embassy in Pretoria to ask a few questions. They were kind enough toRead… Read more »
Research 1. Pew Mobile Access 2010 (07/07/2010) – A new study by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project finds that 59% of American adults now go online wirelessly using either a laptop or cell phone, an increase over the 51% of Americans who did so at a similar point in 2009. http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Mobile-Access-2010.aspxRead… Read more »
An updated online version of the Federal Register, called Federal Register 2.0 (FR 2.0), will be introduced on 15 July 2010, at an event at the Office of the Federal Register, in Washington, DC, according to a 12 July 2010 press release issued by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. According to the pressRead… Read more »
This post originally appeared on my external blog, “Social Media Strategery.“ I recently came across this funny (and too true) post by Todd Heim on social media villains that piqued both my long-time interest in super-heroes and super-villains and all things Government 2.0 too. While we pump up the Gov 2.0 Heroes (and even hadRead… Read more »
My blog on the technology/society web site, O’Reilly Radar: http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/07/health-and-human-services-fina.html Summary: Meaningful use requires support for data sharing, patient access, structured formats, and decisionsupport.
The last thing you want to do is look for a job during the dog days of summer, right? Revisit your thinking and beat your competition while they are at the beach. Check out this new video to learn how you can get ahead of the game this summer.
Over the past decade, government has become very good at putting applications and services online. Visit any state web site and you’ll find hundreds available at your fingertips. However, if you look at the statistics of many applications, such as vehicle registration and driver’s license renewals, adoption rates are still incredibly low. There really isRead… Read more »
Government websites are mostly terrible, not because they lack a slick design, but because they are trying to be all things to all people. The goal of these steps is to maximize the chances that your visitors quickly find what they are looking for. 1) Avoid offering a menu of unrelated choices on your homeRead… Read more »
Sterling is an Acquisition Freak and keeps a blog at AllThingsSterling.Posterous.com. This touches on ontology (the study of existence), but it has a lot to do with government work. What is perfection? We normally think of it as ever-constant, singular, and unattainable. Whenever I think I’ve found the Perfect, and I’m perfectly calm and happy,Read… Read more »
From Cory Doctorow article in the UK Guardian Reports of blogging’s death have been greatly exaggerated Blogging is not on the way out – it’s just that other social media have taken over many of its functions A report last month in the Economist tells us that “blogging is dying” as more and more bloggersRead… Read more »