So as my frequent flier points show, I went to a lot of conferences this year, speaking on a ton of great panels and even keynoting in front of 1,000 people (that’s insane). In fact, the whole GovLoop team did…as Community Manager Andy K. did a ton of traveling himself and Megan coordinated over aRead… Read more »
A recent article on Mashable about the predictions of how news media will change in 2011, got me thinking about how these sort of predictions might effect how government distributes it’s own news. Government is still very much in the process of pushing news out via news releases. It’s even pushing the same content out,Read… Read more »
I am currently a student at The Maxwell School at Syracuse University working towards my Masters in Public Administration. I use this blog to write about my experiences at Maxwell, especially related to social media use in the public sector. You can follow me on Twitter: @pjfiorenza and please feel free to leave some comments!Read… Read more »
Yes. You read that title right. Yes, airlines are not known for their customer responsiveness. Ask anyone whose been trapped on a plane on the tarmac for 14 hours. You know when Congress has to pass a customer bill of rights for your industry you’ve really dropped the ball. Air Canada, however, increasingly seems toRead… Read more »
Member of the Week: Natalie Fedie 1.) What was your path to public service? I was hired as the Marketing Director for the City of Saint Paul in 2003. I leveraged my private sector marketing and media relations experience to create and promote several high profile events for the City. I continued to work onRead… Read more »
Welcome to my first blog post. I’ve added comments to posts I’ve read and provided summaries of events I’ve attended the odd time, but this is the first time I’ve taken a crack at writing something on my own, so be gentle. As hard as it is to believe, I’ve passed the 15 year markRead… Read more »
money.cnn.com reports: NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled a proposed new framework for protecting consumers’ privacy online. The plan centers around a “Privacy Bill of Rights” that would encourage better transparency about data collection online, according to the Commerce Department’s report on its policy recommendations. It would promote “informed consent” forRead… Read more »
I am currently a student at The Maxwell School at Syracuse University working towards my Masters in Public Administration. I use this blog to write about my experiences at Maxwell, especially related to social media use in the public sector. You can follow me on Twitter: @pjfiorenza and please feel free to leave some comments!Read… Read more »
After a 15-year slumber, the Administrative Conference of the U.S. has returned. It held its first meeting last week since it was reconstituted earlier this year. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Scalia swore in the 100 new members of the Conference, noting “your job is to improve the administrative process throughout the government.” We were hereRead… Read more »
Bloggers are looking to get their message out. After creating a blog, the repeating tasks become posting new and attracting readers. There are many platforms that have already attracted the readers you covet. They probably want some content that will satisfy their current readers and attract more readers. I have watched new managers on previouslyRead… Read more »