Gadi Ben-Yehuda It Came from 2005: (Government Social Media activities, that is!) Here’s an interesting timeline of government social media activities. The Administration believes the problem of online trust has no government solution, reports Fierce Government IT. The CDC has published a social media toolkit. OSTP has created a committee on Internet and privacy policy.Read… Read more »
Last week, AfterCollege was asked to contribute and speak at the National Image Regional training seminar in Denver, Colorado. Roberto Angulo, CEO, joined Chad Boonsupa, Mgr. Government Programs, on an 11-speaker panel sharing their proven strategies to attract and recruit college grads. President Obama has tasked the Office of Personnel Management with simplifying the processRead… Read more »
As web-based technology platforms become more and more prevalent in the government, it’s important that agencies choose the one that’s going to give them the utmost flexibility. That’s why selecting one that has an open architecture and API is so important. This it allows agencies integrate systems and work between multiple workflows without redundancy. Also,Read… Read more »
Thanks to Montrese Hamilton, Librarian for the Society for Human Resource Management in Alexandria, Va., for sharing an update on the results from a series of listserv inquiries she made regarding Kindle lending programs in libraries. Read on… Recently, I wrote a summary of responses to my survey of three Special Libraries Association discussion listsRead… Read more »
Over the short life of my blog on the site of the UK’s Foreign Office, I’ve posted a number of times about the ways you can access our feeds , some more feeds and how Directgov’s Innovate team in the UK took up the challenge to build an API. The thought behind this remains consistentRead… Read more »
eBarWebPortalApplication.pdfAdvanced Software Systems, Inc (Assyst) has just implemented a complete web-based software application solution, specifically for State Board of Law Examiners. The solution of the bar exam application includes a full life cycle of the application and administration processing. It is an interactive and automated web-based system that processes the application for Law school graduateRead… Read more »
Well, if you are stay tuned. My recent post about getting a job as an 1102 evidently struck a cord. I received a lot of responses, almost too many to handle. So I have decided to host a WEBINAR on just this subject probably in two months from now. So, stay tuned, and keep lookingRead… Read more »
Reading these 3 articles one really has to wonder if they are talking about the same study! Now I know it is ONLY 17 million dollars and we are ONLY talking about ~300 life’s per year but really! From the Denver Post: The U.S. Army will spend $17 million over the next three years tryingRead… Read more »
The Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON) is taking place in Portland, Oregon, and I am watching as much as I can via the live feed. During the opening session one of the things that struck me was a comment that is becoming more commonplace. A comment by one of the CIOs that they were surprisedRead… Read more »
Andrea Di Maio recently wrote a post titled Gartner Symposium Does Not Paint a Pretty Picture for Government 2.0 that summarized his take aways from the Gartner Symposium. You should read it then return, I’ll be waiting…. The heart of my response to Andrea is that we continue to think of Government 2.0 as beingRead… Read more »