As a big advocate of global trade, here’s my pitch for readers everywhere to get involved in World Trade Month. Scan the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s excellent website for a calendar of nationwide events on building global trade, and get going! Boise … Cedar Rapids … Miami … The Big Apple … Northern Kentucky orRead… Read more »
Check out this C-SPAN3 Video featuring former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Former President Bill Clinton (right here). On April 28, 2010, they discussed reducing the federal deficit at the 2010 Fiscal Summit held at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. There is no bigger problem today… and it will take political courage to handle thisRead… Read more »
I’m on the side of NO GOV REGULATION of any more of our freedoms; but, you decide. Here are the arguements: OpposingViews.com AnswerBag.com Someone should do a poll on GovLoop about this. I would love to see the REAL answers, without worrying about having your name attached to it.
I haven’t always wanted to make a career in public administration. It’s been the furthest thing from my mind for most of my adult life, even. For most of my undergraduate schooling I had no clue as to what my future might hold. I knew I had a talent for communication in its various forms,Read… Read more »
Here’s my bold and terrifying prediction: 2010 will mark the point at which politicians ruined the Web. As mid-term election fervor launches in earnest over the next few weeks, political candidates will pummel us with updates, texts and tweets. Up and down the ballot and across party lines, challengers and incumbents alike will inundate usRead… Read more »
What’s the Social Media ROI? That’s a question that all social media practitioners get every day and it is important to build the case for selling social media projects internally. GovLoop has teamed up with Booz Allen Hamilton to conduct an investigation into the usage of social media by our government at the federal, state,Read… Read more »
Weekly TSP Wrap-up from TSP Talk Buying opportunity, or warning? The market was hit with a plethora of information this past week, including the Goldman Sachs hearing, the continuing debt concerns in Greece, Portugal, and now Spain, a slightly weaker than expected GDP report (economic growth), the ramifications of the oil spill in the GulfRead… Read more »
Research Reports 1. Government Online (04/27/2010) – New report from Pew Internet and American Life Project explores how Americans use government websites and online resources: did you know one third of online adults use social media to get government information? http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Government-Online.aspx 2. Collaboration and Emerging Technologies in Government (04/26/2010) Newsletter from GSA’s Office of CitizenRead… Read more »
Once upon a time, a state agency wanted a more nimble way to communicate with the citizens of its fair land. The agency believed that directly engaging in dialog and discourse would help them meet citizens’ needs. A blog, they thought, would facilitate that goal. But the Knights of the kingdom were cautious. They understoodRead… Read more »
From “The Director’s Blog” of the U.S. Census Today, I attended the Academy Awards. Not the Hollywood ones you’re familiar with, but they were special nonetheless. Over the past few months students at the Media Academy at Crenshaw High School in downtown Los Angeles created public service announcements for the 2010 Census. I had theRead… Read more »