Bryan Sivak, Washington DC’s new CTO, in an interview recently about the outcomes of their Apps for Democracy contests (paraphrasing): Applications spun up by these contests tend to be more “cool” than useful to the average city resident. Designed for devices that aren’t necessarily used by the large populations that might need to interact withRead… Read more »
Our CEO, Tom Erickson, announced right around the time of Drupalcon, that Heather James was joining Acquia (the Commercial Drupal support company) to fulfill goal of ours for some time – to provide Drupal education on a scalable, global basis. We’re very excited to announce an offering that we’ve been working on for some timeRead… Read more »
GovLoop’s Top 5 categories can often get people responding enthusiastically. I recall that the top places to have a Government Job fired up personal responses. Recently some of us have been thinking of the reasons that people cite for not starting or buying into Open Government. So we thought that sharing some Top 5 ExcusesRead… Read more »
The Gulf Coast oil spill has become one of the greatest environmental disasters this country has ever faced, and many are already blaming our federal government and its leaders for a failed response. It’s appropriate to question our leaders — even in a crisis — but we should consider both facts and context before rushingRead… Read more »
WHO: AFGE National President John Gage WHAT: Will host a live Web chat to discuss TSA and AFGE’s involvement at the agency, including the union’s forward-thinking move to initiate an election at TSA WHERE: Online at www.tsaunion.net/townhall.cfm WHEN: Tuesday, June 8, 2010; 2-3 p.m. EDT On June 8, AFGE National President John Gage will holdRead… Read more »
Evan, I know you are busy but I wanted to congratulate you for recognizing the need for Twitter to make inroads in Washington, DC. Your new job posting, looking to hire a Government Liaison, will be someone’s dream job and give you a lot of bang for the buck. However, gaining traction at the governmentRead… Read more »
One year ago, I published a post entitled “Next Generation Government: Mobile, Measurable and Malleable.“ As the Next Generation of Government Summit fast approaches, I thought I’d dust off this blog post and play it again to spark discussion in advance of the event. I’m going to run it as a series – breaking itRead… Read more »
Originally published in Government Technology Jun 7, 2010, By Russell Nichols, Staff Writer The future leaders of government have a passion for public service and know how to navigate the Web to stay connected in ways that couldn’t be done a decade ago. That’s the philosophy of Steve Ressler, (pictured) founder and president of GovLoop,Read… Read more »
Let me introduce myself to GovLoop community. My name is Alena Popova. I’m developing the direction of Government 2.0 in Russia. I’ve created the project Duma 2.0 (in russian), which was established in December 2009 and operates on the principle of Citizen 2.0 Project Duma 2.0 is a social initiative aimed to improve the lawsRead… Read more »
Great Article by Matt Marshal at VentureBeat.com Russia is the sixth-largest economy in the world, but it’s also a country relatively untouched by foreign investors, especially investors in technology. Could Russia potentially be the home of the next massive tech boom? The short answer is: No way. At least not anytime soon. That’s the conclusionRead… Read more »