Happy Monday we are just days away from GovLoop’s Next Generation of Government Training Summit happening later this week. On today’s DorobekINSIDER The State Department is the federal government’s first agency, so you talk about a culture. But the State Department has been at the forefront of what is being called eDiplomacy or digital diplomacy.Read… Read more »
Did you ever have something that you wanted done in your community — but your elected leaders wouldn’t pay attention or kept saying that they don’t have the money. What if you could have like minded people come together to help fund those projects. The idea — the crowdfunding of civic projects — has someRead… Read more »
100 years ago the telegraph was thought of as a disruptive technology. “The importance of getting ahead of the technological curve is imperative. Otherwise you become irrelevant. Many wars could have been prevented if governments had adopted the telegraph quicker,” said Richard Boly the Director in the office of ediplomacy at the State Department. BolyRead… Read more »
When I grew up, Gaithersburg was the last outpost before entering the Maryland farm belt; and boasted the county fair as well as a State Roads Equipment Depot. It was a close community where people knew each other (if I got into minor mischief, my mother knew about it and would be waiting when IRead… Read more »
Have you ever noticed how the best way to learn is to watch people who are really screwing up? Call it the Tool Man Phenomenon. I’ve been reminded recently that if you really want to destroy your chances of success on a project, the best thing you can do is neglect communication. Specifically in thisRead… Read more »
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With hosts of new applications being created by the government, the Smithsonian has joined in with their new Google maps app. Now you can explore their 17 museums and the National Zoo on your smartphone, using Google maps technology to navigate from exhibit to exhibit. Each exhibit is clearly labeled, and navigation is made simpleRead… Read more »
I’ve never seen a situation where a large company’s problem was too much internal cooperation. Jeremy Leader Original post
Arundhati Parmar (Minneapolis, MN) – Cheap communications technologies have brought more muscle to the field of telemedicine, and organizations are looking to leverage these tools in innovative ways to provide care to patients at a distance. At Children’s Hospital Boston, several telemedicine pilots are currently underway to determine their viability. At the MedCity CONVERGE ConferenceRead… Read more »
It can be difficult to define the line at which organised responses to an online consultation or engagement change from being legitimate activity by an interest group to ‘gaming’ the system to influence the outcome. For that matter it can be just as difficult in a paper-based or face-to-face process. Just who does a lobbyRead… Read more »