Research 1. Better web search needed on government sites (07/26/2010) – 2010 Harris Interactive study (pdf), finds citizens struggle to find what they need on government websites. 7 out of 10 surveyed believe search functionality on government websites need to be improved. http://www.rightnow.com/pdf/press/2010-open-government-report.pdf 2. Web 2.0 risks and rewards (07/22/2010) –GAO identified 22 of 24Read… Read more »
This post was originally published on the Intellitics blog on Thursday, August 5, 2010: The Ethics of Public Participation. Subscribe to our blog via RSS or follow us on Twitter. It seems the topic of ethics and integrity in public participation is coming up more often these days (see my comments here, here). Just forRead… Read more »
In my Agency, USDA , we are looking to develop an Agency wide policy to address individuals that are experiencing transgender reassignments and the impacts within in the Federal Workplace. I would like to open a dialog with representative of other Federal agencies as to their existing policies and the success of such policies. TheRead… Read more »
We have had a wonderful winning streak in the past year and a half winning literally every proposal we ran, but all of a sudden, our fortunes turned. A new client engaged us to help them prepare a proposal. They agreed to provide to us some key inputs such as subject matter expertise, raw pastRead… Read more »
Spreading our wings: Lovisa Williams: Failure is Not an Option Patrick Wintour: Coalition’s first crowdsourcing attempt fails to alter Whitehall line Andrea DiMaio: A Developer Corps Is a Brilliant Idea for Open Government Gautham Nagesh: Devaney – Stimulus tracking technology the model for government transparency Lt. Gen. Dave Deptula (on FedNewsRadio): Why the Air ForceRead… Read more »
The General Services Administration has recently launched a Carbon Footprint and Green Procurement Tool to assist agencies in managing their GHGs as required by Executive Order (EO) 13514 and recent energy laws. The tool can address a broad range of tasks including: Calculation of an agency’s GHG baseline, broken down by different scopes Assistance withRead… Read more »
Boo Halloween. Shove it Thanksgiving. Down with Christmas. It’s the best time of the year — Shark Week! Whether you’re freightened or terrified of these seagoing monsters, there’s no denying they’re amazing. Multiple rows of teeth. Sweet tails. Crazy-powerful jaws. (You should to see the Tiger Shark jaws haning in my apartment.) Good Lord they’reRead… Read more »
Government websites have been prevalent since 1995. Fifteen years. Yet agencies still have internal struggles over who should “own” the website and web team, and there is no commonly-accepted model for a web governance structure across government. Even agencies with seemingly strong “web governance” have seen it all fall apart when administrations changed. Governance seemsRead… Read more »
Available at http://www.missionep.com/news/press-release?id=21 Chairman Thibault, Chairman Shays, distinguished members of the Commission: I am honored to have the opportunity to represent Mission Essential Personnel, LLC (“MEP”) before you today. Our entire company appreciates the Commission’s hard work in reviewing U.S. Government contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I look forward to today’s specific discussion ofRead… Read more »
A North Olmsted firm has won an $18 million contract to build what NASA Glenn Research Center considers the flagship building in its effort to consolidate its campus. Northstar Contracting Inc. will build a centralized office building that will house 300 workers and include an auditorium with seating for 400. The three-story, 93,000-square-foot steel structureRead… Read more »