Yearly Archives: 2011

Suicides on College Campuses

I am a Civil Service retiree and a GovLoop subscriber who occasionally posts items online that deserve the awareness of the Federal Community. In this regard please check out a prominent article Preventing Suicide on College Campuses as well as a collection of relevant articles in the March-April 2011 issue of SAMHSA NEWS (Substance AbuseRead… Read more »

Exploratory committee websites take the next step with social media

I have a new post up on the Washington Post’s WhoRunsGov blog Beltwiki about social media use by Exploratory Committees. Here’s a blurb and a link to the article. Presidential Exploratory Committees. We’ve all heard of them, but not everyone knows why they’re used by nearly every presidential (and some lesser offices) aspirant before theyRead… Read more »

Gov 2.0 Roundup: Week of April 29

President Obama tells federal agencies it’s time for an upgrade, the Army makes plans to launch its own app store, a recent survey shows the benefits of good government websites, and the Department of Homeland Security outlines is plan to protect against cyberattacks, all in this week’s version of the Gov 2.0 Roundup. –In anRead… Read more »

Friday Fab Five: Chernobyl, SpongeBob, and the Side-Effects of Tech

Wait! Don’t take off for your big weekend plans just yet! You forgot to read the… Friday Fab 5! I know, I know, you wouldn’t actually have left without reading it first, right? In any case, it’s time to take a look back at this week on GovLoop and pay tribute to some great content.Read… Read more »

AIIM is Looking for a CMO

AIIM International Job Announcement – please send resumes and cover letters to [email protected] If you have previously submitted to this position, you have already been sent on to HR for review. Please be patient as we perform this extensive search. Position: Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Staff: OPEN Reports to: President Supervises: 3-4 professional staff FLSARead… Read more »

10 Public & Private Sector Examples Government Can Leverage NOW to Address Customer Service

The Federal government performs several key functions for our nation. It defends our strategic interests in the world, it regulates critical industries and aspects of our economy, and it promotes progress of science by issuing patents, and makes rules for the regulation of land and naval forces. But, at the core of every agency’s missionRead… Read more »

Start With Me

This past week I blogged about a “culture of text” that is growing more prevalent (at least in the US). I briefly touched on how simulation and simulacrum shape this culture and wrote a bit about latency and agency. Yesterday, I offered a way to avoid awkward moments presented by incoming messages. In this post,Read… Read more »

What do Tow Trucks, Contractors and the Royal Wedding have in common?

Authored by Anthony Critelli While the hoopla around the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton will not do much to help U.S. contractors battling shrinking government budgets, we have detailed the many opportunities existing for their British counterparts. It should be noted that the only major cost said to be borne by taxpayersRead… Read more »