It all began with a couple tweets from Jenn Gustetic: Well, we agreed and I quickly did some sleuthing and learned that it was a fairly easy process to add a blog via Kindle Publishing for Blogs. So we completed the simple process and — voila! — you can now get your GovLoop on Kindle:Read… Read more »
It’s that time again… Friday’s Fab Five! Every Friday, we’re summarizing the best of the week and highlighting five members or moments that were especially awesome. The Most Commented Blog of the Week goes to Good Project Management is Common Sense by Josh Nankivel. Josh always does an awesome job giving GovLoop the low downRead… Read more »
Government can have fun with Facebook! This video shares stories about communities that have connected with citizens by having a sense of humor on social media. Hear about the City of Reno, Nevada, Round Rock, Texas, and Multnomah County, Oregon. Get your own valid XHTML YouTube embed code One day, I’ll have an actual microphoneRead… Read more »
Hard Drive’s Joseph Rose puts TriMet’s (OR) customer communications in the spotlight again, following up on an earlier criticism of the agency’s alerts. Original post
When they consider using social media, some agencies worry about negative comments. Mass Transit magazine says the fear can be worse than the reality. Original post
One day following a two-week reprieve from a possible government shutdown, state legislative leaders are urging their federal counterparts to find permanent solutions for this current year’s budget. In a letter from the National Conference of State Legislatures, officials said they need clarity on the level of federal funds states can expect heading into theRead… Read more »
There are now 180 published submissions to the “Inquiry into the role and potential of the National Broadband Network” (including my submission) and one from Australian Computer Society I helped with). This is for the Austrlaian Parliament House Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications. I looked at the first 47 previously. The 133 latest submissionsRead… Read more »
Neither large nor small businesses are immune to governmentproposal mistakes that often lead to highly undesirable results.However, there are ways to avoid most of them and largely decrease the risk of losing the pursuit. This coming Wednesday, March 9, 2011 (1pm EST), I am hostingFREE 1-hour webinar “Top 10 Proposal Mistakes and How to AvoidRead… Read more »
Greetings from “Policy Form: Righting the Copyright Imbalance”, at the National Library of Australia, in Canberra.After “Orphan Works” Kim Weatherall, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Queensland summarised the day. One point she made was ensuring that everyone concerned was “in the room” for discussions on copyright and also that public policy could be developedRead… Read more »
Greetings from “Policy Form: Righting the Copyright Imbalance”, at the National Library of Australia, in Canberra. After “Educational Online Copying”, the last tpic for the day was orphan works. These are documents or other materials for which the copyright owner cannot be found.One of the quirks of current Austrlaian copyright law is that orphan worksRead… Read more »