Live blogging…Michael Smith of Gartner at MISA Canada. The Value of IT -Productivity growth in U.S. economy – -Each year 2.5% increase in productivity from 2000-2007-IT Capital and Application of IT have biggest improvements on productivity (Non-IT capital and multifactor productivity, and labor composition also)-80% of U.S. productivity growth comes from IT IT Productivity Gap-ITRead… Read more »
Not a Govloop Member? 30 Secs & Free to Join for Great Info & Perks So there’s CSI and NCIS and 24 and Parks and Recreation and other government-related TV shows. But there should be more…Here’s my 5 ideas: Deadly Diseases – Think House but with a CDC twist. Responding to disease outbreaks all overRead… Read more »
Here’s something I’m working on. Comments welcomed. Measuring government websites If you can’t see the presentation embedded above, view it on slideshare. Modified from original post on: http://usability4government.wordpress.com/2010/06/08/performance-measurement-framework-for-government-sites-now-in-beta/
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) has a series called Animate using video communication tools to expand message. Thanks to Zach Yates for finding this video. Here is Dan Pink on Motivation in a new type of presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc&feature=player_embedded
This past week, while I was in Texas, I learned that the City of Austin has launched an innovative online tool for the public to provide comment about their 2010-2011 Budget. Community members will be able to vote on priorities for unmet service demands and potential service reductions as the City works toward formulating itsRead… Read more »
1- What was your path to the public service/current job? I left a major NHL Franchise during the height of their cup run to join the public service in 2007. (Yeah you read that right!) My career since then has been that of a journeyman. I won’t bore you with all of the details, sufficeRead… Read more »
My interview Government 2.0 in Russia: megabyte democracy – An interview with russian e-gov-expert Alena Popova was published this week. The author of the blog is Julia Talmazan. She lives in Vancouver and blogging about Russia, from the perspective of someone who was born in the USSR, but grew up in Canada. Thank you JulieRead… Read more »
View original post at the acidlabs blog. Bernard Keane has an especially interesting piece in Crikey entitled Twitter and the prosaic reality of Digital Democracy (registration required). It’s an insightful look at the emergence of Australian politicians into the world of social media and just how well (or not) they are doing. Of particular noteRead… Read more »
Nick Carr, who criticizes the Internet while reaping the benefits of having such a great platform to push his neo-Luddite views, has published a book warning us all that online links are destroying our brains. It takes a brave person to ignore the evidence that the Internet is actually good for our brains but CarrRead… Read more »
The Human Rights Commission (HRC) in San Francisco is committed to ensuring government contracts stimulate the local economy. To ensure compliance with San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 14B Local Business Enterprise and Non-Discrimination in Contracting Ordinance the HRC has teamed up with the Department of Technology’s Emerging Technologies team. They have been tasked with recommendingRead… Read more »