Government webinar featuring the City of Arcata. With the fast pace of technology, it’s possible to improve public access and engage citizens more effectively. The City of Arcata has adeptly accomplished this. Arcata recently launched the Granicus eComment system to make decision-making more collaborative. By integrating a transactional Web-form into their Granicus multimedia toolset, theRead… Read more »
AMAZING the Power of Web 2.0 (blogs/twitter) and then to throw into the mix good “ole fashion” email, newsletters and the results could even inspire the somewhat cynical of us… It is MY OPINION that these tools had at least SOME impact on the DOD policy of utilization of Web 2.0 tools From David Pogue’sRead… Read more »
I have listed five key ways to help you pay off your creditors. Who to Pay First The first step is to decide who to pay off first. Some top priorities to consider paying off would be: lenders, past due taxes, vendors, etc. Project Cash Flow The simplest method is to have a spreadsheet thatRead… Read more »
The Open Source community has a history of using the FOIA version of the VHA’s VistA/CPRS and making it accessible for use outside the VHA. The open source, Liberty Medical Software Foundation has now started an organization proposing collaboration with the VHA for further development and innovation of the VHA’s system. In this time ofRead… Read more »
The marketer has been racking up accolades in the digital and social media space – Elaine Wong Starbucks has been racking up accolades in the digital and social media space. As of July 23, the coffee chain surpassed Coca-Cola as the most popular brand on Facebook, with more than 3.6 million fans, per InsideFacebook.com, anRead… Read more »
NEW YORK Add direct mail to the list of analog media being crushed by the Great Recession. – Todd Wasserman The Direct Marketing Association originally predicted that direct mail volume would only fall 1 percent this year, but the organization has revised that to as much as 10 percent. “This was mainly driven by theRead… Read more »
GovLoopers may have noticed that today’s number 2 trending topic on Twitter is #welovetheNHS. GovLoopers may also wonder what’s brought this on! Today saw a series of articles in the UK press about the use of the NHS in the US health care debate. See: º America’s right turns its fire on the NHS, fromRead… Read more »
The release on August 5th on a Marine Corps memo “banning” Social Media was misinterpreted by AP and started a firestorm of coverage in the press. At present, a Yahoo news search reveals over 1300 articles mentioning “Marines Ban Social Media”. However, when the Marines issued a clarification the next day stating specifically that theRead… Read more »
OK, so yesterday I come back from my first true vacation in 9 years (Yay me!). My supervisor wants me to check out Roanoke County Governments web page for their Parks and Recreation. I’m thinking to myself “O boy, yet another thing that he wants to try and do”. So, I finish up my coffeeRead… Read more »
This post originally appeared on my blog, Talking Salmons. Ok. Today I will hash out the “trends versus platforms” speech. It’s something I speak to quite often. Hopefully we can increase awareness and keep ourselves from being wrapped around the axle on certain things. I feel that too often we become tangled up in argumentsRead… Read more »