After being suitably inspired at June’s LocalGovCamp, the effervescent Nicky Getgood has been working away to get StoryCamp up and running. She describes it thus: StoryCamp is a time and picturesque space for storytellers (digital or otherwise), independent publishers, those in local government, hyperlocal-land and beyond to meet, share stories and ways and means ofRead… Read more »
The recent phone hacking scandal, where reporters from Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World were accused of illegally accessing the voicemails of thousands of people including politicians, members of the royal family, the families of soldiers killed in Afghanistan, and terror victims, has grown into a sordid, drawn-out affair resulting in the closure of theRead… Read more »
Great news! The new NIH publication, Principles of Community Engagement, 2nd Edition, that we blogged about recently is now available online at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/communityengagement/. Original post
Ohio residents will be allowed to vote for a measure that would create an amendment to the state constitution blocking federal health care reform in the state. The measure will be on the November 8 ballot after a successful petition drive by state residents who oppose health care reform. The proposed amendment would constitutionally prohibitRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Derek Johnson reports. Cloud computing applications and solutions continue to be one of the hottest trends in the public and private sector today. This should come as no surprise to anyone who has paid even marginal attention to the government contracting market over the past two years. Going to the cloud is oftenRead… Read more »
With all the talk and news about our National Debt Ceiling it’s not a bad idea to look at your own person debt ceiling and think about how you are managing your finances in today’s economy. The Dream Big Site is a cool site for you to find tips, tools, and resources to help youRead… Read more »
I wrote earlier that tomorrow is the last day to submit ideas to the NYC BigApps Ideas contest. And I suggested that anyone reading should click over and submit an idea or two. Why not, takes all of 30 seconds? So I decided I should follow my own advice and submit a few ideas myself,Read… Read more »
Yesterday, GSA finished migrating all 17,000 of their employees to cloud-based email. The federal agency is the first to make the switch to Google-powered email. The move is expected to cut IT costs and increase productivity for agency employees, according to Government Technology. Martha N. Johnson, administrator of GSA, said going to the cloud willRead… Read more »
The practice does have its advantages. Can you actually guarantee training results? Can you? The simple answer is “Yes, you can.” Of course, if you aren’t very good, it’ll be a financial disaster–not to mention the people who lost the benefit of good training. Or, maybe you aren’t so bad, but the client is ruthlessRead… Read more »
Yesterday, co-founder of Indy Hall Alex Hillman (@alexknowshtml) wrote up a terrific article about Code for America and its effect on Philadelphia on his blog dangerouslyawesome. Here’s an excerpt of “A Hall Pass for Bureaucracy – Code for America Philadelphia”: When I first heard about Code for America, what intrigued me the most was theRead… Read more »