Comparing the tweets of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (DC) with those of other agencies, Greater Greater Washington says that Metro has a lot to learn. The blog praised the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NY) for keeping riders in the loop after a recent derailment, and wrote: “Social media engagement isn’t simply about one’s successes;Read… Read more »
To help give transit a competitive advantage, EMBARQ released a report on transit marketing and branding. From Here to There is designed to help transit agencies achieve three goals: Attract new users from private transportation modes, including automobiles Retain existing public transport users Secure political and financial support The report offers sensible advice for agenciesRead… Read more »
http://www.citrixsynergy.com/I’m going to the learn latest and great about desktop virtualization tomorrow at Citrix Synergy. Are you going? Let me know what your think. Are you looking at VDI in your agency? What are the drivers? Key apps? Benefits? blog.cisco.com/government
Portfolio looks an interesting idea, coming out of Nottingham City Council. This, from an article at LGComms: We’re launching Portfolio, a web portal that allows public sector organisations to share marketing materials. Councils and other public authorities can sign up to it for free and save money by buying ready-made, proven marketing campaigns. It alsoRead… Read more »
Canada has a widely discussed “Innvation Gap” challenge. They’re scoring a ‘D for Innovation‘, and falling behind in global industry. Since 2001 the country has slipped from third to 13th on the Global Competitiveness Index, from second to 10th in the OECD’s broadband ranking, and from fourth to 13th in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s e-readinessRead… Read more »
My friends came up with these, so I can’t take credit. Still they’re just way too much fun not to post. Some of my favorites are… Nobody else can do what I do. I’ll call you in the morning. You are my first. That really is my number. Baby, we’re on a firm-fixed-price. AND That’sRead… Read more »
Neil has blogged some thoughts and slides on digital engagement that he worked on with Simon Dickson and me, on the fringes of the Alphagov project. (Literally the fringes, we were sat round a forlorn a set of pedestal drawers, brainstorming in the corner of a room at Alphagov towers): #bbpBox_73116962812735488 a { text-decoration:none; color:#2FC2EFRead… Read more »
Image by Lance Shields via Flickr A key theme for our upcoming webinar will be ‘Open Government Cyberinfrastructure’. This refers to the increasingly pervasive Internet infrastructure that continues to grow around us, from the underlying telco lines through to the new ‘Cloud’ software it is running. As more and more open source and open dataRead… Read more »
A few basic salary negotiation tips: 1. Let the employer give you a number first. Try not to answer questions about salary first—rather ask them what they had in mind. 2. Once an offer is on the table, sound grateful but don’t accept on the spot. Ask for time to think about it. Any reasonableRead… Read more »
The U.S. Census Bureau recently announced the “Center of Population” for the 2010 Census. What is the “Center of Population”? According to the Census Bureau, The mean center of population is determined as the place where an imaginary, flat, weightless and rigid map of the United States would balance perfectly if all residents were ofRead… Read more »