I’ve been blogging a lot lately on GovLoop, but haven’t been blogging as much about the behind the scenes work going on the GovLoop side. It’s been really amazing. There have been a ton of great changes in the last 6 months including: – D.C. office space – located near the White House, where weRead… Read more »
I flew into Austin this morning for Manor.Govfresh and arrived just in time to hear Beth Noveck, White House Deputy CTO. Below are a few of the key ideas that I heard from Beth: – Open Government is not something nice to do; it’s something we MUST do. – Open Government is not about technology,Read… Read more »
I’m a big fan of Kevin Curry and the whole CityCamp movement….so thought I would reach out and hear a little a bit about the history of CityCamp and where it is going. 1 – What is CityCamp? CityCamp is an unconference focused on innovation for municipal governments and community organizations. Our tag line isRead… Read more »
So I noticed on Twitter that @andrewpwilson was part of a team that was doing a redesign of samsha.gov and I thought it would be a great project of week to hear the story about it. I reached out and here’s his responses. Shout out to team – First things first, Andrew wanted to makeRead… Read more »
David Sachs – Yammer -private, social network for just your company or organization -private Facebook or Twitter -web 2.0 company Intranet -not just small business, but large businesses too -U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife -using for Gulf oil space -NASA been using it -Snowmaggedon – lot of govt agencies using Yammer during snowmaggedonRead… Read more »
I know a lot of companies are looking for interesting way to improve employee morale and health but I would not have thought as gardening as way to do that. After reading this article creating a company garden has a lot of benefits in improving the quality of life in the workplace. Here’s the article,Read… Read more »
Interesting video on Howcast – looks like it’s from GSA. What do you think about it? How To Use Social Media Strategically in the Federal Government on Howcast Favorite
This is the 3rd part in my series of “Gov’t in the Wild” – where I see gov’t info in weird spots….Send me if you see one. Today – I was at Einstein bagels as I had no food at home. Was watching the Einstein bagel TV they have which shows stocks, some ads, andRead… Read more »
Alright GovLoopers this one is quick and easy. GovLoop has 3 free passes to the 2010 Government Talent Management Summit and since the event is next week there’s really no contest this time. The way we are giving these away is pretty much first come first serve. Just friend me and shoot me an e-mailRead… Read more »
*********************************************************************** Not a Govloop Member? 30 Secs & Free to Join for Great Info & Perks *********************************************************************** Top 5 Ways to Use “Use or Lose” Time So it’s end of the year and you have “use or lose” vacation time that you have to spend or it goes away. Here’s 5 ways to optimize theRead… Read more »