NED is pleased to welcome Indeed’s, Sam Fitzroy, for an informative discussion about the world’s largest job search engine. Tune in to learn how to leverage Indeed’s unique, highly targeted, pay for performance job advertising services, a valuable alternative to traditional job advertising services. Sam will field questions about the problems Indeed is solving, theirRead… Read more »
The Intergovernmental Solutions Newsletter on Government by Collaboration is now available. This edition presents the views of 22 IT leaders of nations, states, federal agencies, and municipalities and thought leaders who are working to ensure openness in Government. Government by Collaboration is the third newsletter in a series highlighting each of the three areas inRead… Read more »
Throughout the year, GovLoop will be featuring projects and people from among our 2010 Partners. This week’s Project of the Week is brought to you by Microsoft, sponsors of our Cloud Computing Topics Page, making it easier for you to find content on that key subject. The also host a great group called “Microsoft ProductivityRead… Read more »
As we like to say at GovLoop, Amanda Blount is awesome. There’s just no other way to say it. That’s why I am proud to feature Amanda as GovLoop Member of the Week. She really is a GovLooper extraordinaire. You’ll see her commenting on blog posts and forums and groups and she greets new members…andRead… Read more »
Next week is Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) and GovLoop is teaming up with the Partnership for Public Service to promote PSRW by running a special series called “Meet the Government Mascot.” Each day we’ve been introducing you to a new mascot, then we’ll run a contest on May 6-8 where you can vote forRead… Read more »
Professor Peter Muhlberger of the Texas Tech University Center of Communications Research has organized a panel entitled Information Technology and Public Deliberation: Research on Improving Public Input into Government, to be held at dg.o 2010: The 11th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, to be held 17-20 May 2010 in Puebla, Mexico. The panelistsRead… Read more »
[Note: Cross posted from cpsrenewal.ca] When I tell people I blog about the public service they usually tell me I’m crazy. When I tell them that I’ve been doing it for two years without major incident they are skeptical. My contemporaries are told to stop or to take “great care in what they write”. IfRead… Read more »
Research Reports 1. Mobile Web Will Rule by 2015 (04/12/2010) – Morgan Stanley predicts the future of the Internet and highlights important online trends… http://mashable.com/2010/04/13/mobile-web-stats/ 2. New UK standards for measuring government websites (04/2010). http://www.coi.gov.uk/guidance.php?page=188. Highlights: Measuring Website Usage http://www.coi.gov.uk/guidance.php?page=229 Measuring Website Costs http://www.coi.gov.uk/guidance.php?page=223 Measuring Website Quality http://www.coi.gov.uk/guidance.php?page=138 3. Making the Most of Social Media:Read… Read more »
by Donna L. Quesinberry National Writing Examiner (NWE) The precursor to the “Consultant’s Proposal (CP)” is good capture management recognition. It is essential in the enablement of quality consulting to excel in communication. Before writing a CP, the Consultant should have a verbal and mental agreement in place already that is the result of buildingRead… Read more »
As an employee (commerical or public service), it can be really invigorating to discover that your employer is a trend-setting (or following) participant in Web 2.0 practices. Your employer may actually market this, its “Web 2.0 expertise”. This seems to suggest your employer is current, relevant, amenable to open standards generated by a global communityRead… Read more »