Gadi Ben-Yehuda My contribution for this week is limited to a single item (yes, with three links) so that I can wish everyone a happy, safe, and meaningful holiday season. The end of December is a natural time for reflection and planning, what I’ve recently heard as “mirror/window” exercises. We look back, we look forward,Read… Read more »
Dan Chenok recently posted this article to the Business of Government’s blog. I thought it would be of interest to the GovLoop community! Federal CIO VanRoekel recently spoke about the Administration’s renewed focus on improving productivity within the federal government. One key to success is the strategic use of IT to improve how agencies manageRead… Read more »
Over at the Business of Government blog, Dan Chenok posted this article: Last week, the Office of Management and Budget rolled out their information technology (IT) initiatives for the coming year. Led by new Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) Steve VanRoekel, supported by his staff under Deputy Lisa Schlosser, the plans represent continuity of muchRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda You Can Take It with You. Two articles on Mobile Web this week: first, from Aaron Smith of Pew Internet Research, “Americans and Mobile Computing: Key Trends in Consumer Research” and Max Cacas writing in Signal interviews Gwynne Kostin about government use of the moblie Web. Take-away quote: “One of the biggest challengesRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda On December 07, GSA is presenting a Webinar on social media metrics that I will be moderating. Here are some of the articles that I’m likely to touch on: Make it like a game. As the Apps for Healthy Kids site can attest, people are more likely to do the things they shouldRead… Read more »
Social media in government has experienced an evolution in the past three years, since the administration’s Open Government Directive forced it into the mainstream of every agency’s operations. Each step in this evolution can be summed up by one word and one driving question, and each has had countless articles devoted first to exploring theRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Location, location, location. A lot of people moving to GovLoop–more than 50K at last count! One of those people, Lovisa Williams, asked how GovLoopers (especially federal government employees) were using Google+. Ines Mergle, writing at Gov in the Lab, shared an infographic that helps answer that question. Beyond “Go Slow to Go Fast.”Read… Read more »
I want to share a personal reflection on the significance of November 11. 93 years ago today, the antagonists in the deadliest conflict the world had ever witnessed signed an armistice, ending the First World War. In his book of that name, John Keegan’s first paragraph begins: The First World War was a tragic andRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Gov 2.0 in San Francisco. Jay Nath, whom you should be following on Twitter, has a piece in the National Civic Review titled “Reimagining Government in the Digital Age.” In it, he details what Gov 2.0 has meant for his city, San Francisco, and what it can mean in local governments around theRead… Read more »
Most government employyees and agencies protect their computers by installing and updating reliable anti-virus software. Managers, IT staff and front-line workers understand the threats posed by malicious software, and they know that they have to take steps to counter that threat. But as more agencies take advantage of social media, new risks emerge that mayRead… Read more »