Deltek Analyst Kristin Howe reports. Georgia Governor Nathan Deal released his proposed state budget for fiscal year (FY) 2013 on Jan. 11. Unlike the often dismal messages encompassing many budgets and state-of-the-state addresses last year, Governor Deal is “guardedly optimistic” about Georgia’s fiscal outlook. As the governor of one of only eight states to holdRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Amanda White reports. As promised, Deltek’s health care and social services team is kicking off a blog series centered on our recently released report, “Evolving Health Insurance Exchanges.” The report provides an in-depth analysis of states and their steps toward implementing these one-stop shops. It also provides high-level recommendations for vendors trying toRead… Read more »
Virtual Instruments offers novel approaches to preparing for FDCCI The Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) is dictating how federal decision makers plan and spend money now and for the next few years. Consolidating data centers offers opportunities for CIOs and CTOs to change IT strategy and implementations. The FDCCI should lead to improved federalRead… Read more »
With budget crunches for the foreseeable future, GSA Administrator Martha Johnson says “Tough budgets should trigger innovation, not fear.” And for many government leaders, innovation means transformation of their work and their agencies. The IBM Center has released a leader’s playbook for guiding transformation. The IBM Center report, “A Leader’s Guide to Transformation: Developing aRead… Read more »
Every year at this time, the president delivers his State of the Union address to a special joint session of Congress. President Obama will do so Tuesday night at 9:00 PM. The usual fanfare will accompany the event. Teevee talking heads will begin gushing and gossiping as early as 6:00. The U.S. Constitution divides ourRead… Read more »
People have tweeted in a lot of places, but who’d have thought that astronauts tweet from space? In 2010, NASA launched a new program in which they have astronauts tweet while they are circling the Earth. NASA also holds in-person tweetups (#NASATweetup) which help them gain media coverage, spread the word, diversify their audiences, andRead… Read more »
NCDD is part of an alliance called “CommunityMatters,” a project of the Orton Family Foundation. You’re invited to join in an informative one-hour conference call on Thursday (Jan 26th) at 4pm Eastern… Storytelling for Community Planning We all tell stories about ourselves, our histories, and our places. But how often do those stories play aRead… Read more »
Weiswasser from the Discovery Network pointed out that as people are watching television, they are blogging about it, tweeting about it, and mentioning it on every existing social networking outlet. Discovery encourages this, because it builds hype for their programs, similar to water cooler buzz driving people to see a certain movie or eat aRead… Read more »
State Freedom of Information laws are in the limelight again. This time from Minnesota. The state’s proposed revision’s on FOIA have bloggers writing about the importance of accessing government data before a crisis happens. Charles Leck offers his view on how the state’s proposal on what constitutes as public data may affect access to informationRead… Read more »
Katharine Zaleski of the Washington Post pointed out that around the 2008 election, visitor numbers to their website was stagnating. “Why was it stagnating?”, she asked. The problem was that the Post wasn’t utilizing social media to its fullest potential. After this realization, they began investing in social media. They found that viewers to theirRead… Read more »