Nicholas Gruen, leading the Australian Government 2.0 task force proposed a new theory of SPIN (Serial Professional Innovation Negation); the theory outlines the very strong political incentives against greater risk taking, which in turn holds up the adoption of Web 2.0 approaches – and indeed quite a few Web 1.0 approaches. I cross-post my commentRead… Read more »
ARTICLE: THE GOVERNMENT-IN-THE-SUNSHINE LAW THEN AND NOW: A MODEL FOR IMPLEMENTING NEW TECHNOLOGIES CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA’S POSITION AS A LEADER IN OPEN GOVERNMENT – 35 Fla. St. U.L. Rev. 245 (winter 2008) This article does not mention social media, facebook, myspace, twitter, gov 2.0, nor web 2.0.
What if you could run the White House? While becoming the President of the United States is a dream of both young and old, there are/were hundreds of millions of us and only 44 of them. But, what if you could run the White House? WhiteHouse2.org helps you to imagine how the White House mightRead… Read more »
This is some documentation that I am doing for work. Software as a Service(SaaS) is using an outside resource to provide a Software Packages to the city so we do not need to build and maintain every application. History The city of Richmond has been doing this for sometime with web application. Although I doRead… Read more »
Originally published as part of the FEDManager’s “Ask Young Government Leaders” series. @govloop: “The arbiters of cool are about to hit the stage.” #ogi In less than 140 characters, @GovLoop – also known as Steve Ressler, co-founder of Young Government Leaders (YGL) and creator of the “Facebook for Government” – used Twitter to announce theRead… Read more »
Seeking ideas concerning overcoming liability and time constraint issues in creating and moderating facebook for our city website. We are just beginning to discuss the possibility but are up against the difficulty in managing content and maintaining such a forum. Email ideas if you have suggestions or suggested reading / policies, etc. Thanks.
This wiki contains some useful information about Social Media and Local Elected Officials. http://citycouncilbloghandbook.wikispaces.com/Legal+Issues+and+Guidance
I was pretty excited when Helio Leite Teixeira joined GovLoop. I’m always interested to see how Gov 2.0 is being used in other countries and he sounded like he was doing great work with his blog and at his Commission. Helio graciously took the time out to answer a few questions for GovLoop Member ofRead… Read more »
It’s my understanding that next general election must be held by the first week of next June, and might be called sooner. This is a terrific opportunity to observe the voters, parties and government of a highly educated, bandwidth-rich nation as they engage with social media under election pressure. I won’t pretend to provide anythingRead… Read more »
I’m disappointed in govloop. I was hoping to find more information on the legal side of social media – complying with public record and open meeting laws. However, this site appears to be more federally oriented and businesses advertising their conferences. The business advertising is most annoying. With the economic conditions facing local goverments, theRead… Read more »