Jana, your passion for preserving and organizing historical records in Government is well known here on GovLoop. How did you come to first be interested in this mission? I’ve always been kind of a history fan and am interested in government policy. My first brush with records management was when I was a soldier assignedRead… Read more »
From OpenSF – The Gov 2.0 movement celebrated two great milestones at 111 Minna in downtown San Francisco last night: the birth of Gov 2.0 Club San Francisco, and the one-year anniversary of GovLoop, the “Facebook for Government.” Around 100 people from local and federal government and private sector tech, innovation and social media backgroundsRead… Read more »
The Open Government & Innovations Conference, “OGI” for short, is jam-packed with world-renowned speakers, cutting-edge research and real-life case studies (you can see the details in all of their glory here). Whether you work in the public or private sector, you’re going to learn a ton and make dozens of contacts. To make sure thatRead… Read more »
Terrific piece by Hilton Collins in GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY, “Emergency Managers and First Responders Use Twitter and Facebook to Update Communities.” Excellent examples of agencies embracing the Big Network, engaging with the public in the community space, practitioners. This is very very encouraging. Blogging on GovLoop about a piece I found on Twitter in a GovZineRead… Read more »
This is going to be a really complex piece about all the various cultural, legal, policy, and other issues surrounding how government employees use social media on the job. Ok, not really. Actually, I think it boils down to two simple directives: DO: use social media tools to serve your mission. DON’T: Be stupid. ItRead… Read more »
Because the various agencies of the Department of Defense were unable to come to agreement on the requirements and implementation of an updated Joint Command and Control capability, NECC has been canceled and funding directed towards the various Global Command and Control System silos. “Due to the unwillingness of the Services and others to agreeRead… Read more »
Wanted to share a new program. Feel free to share/pitch to others, etc. Over the years, I’ve heard some complaints about cultural diversity programs too often turning into prickly or preachy affairs. Of course, this is a sensitive topic. Thought it was time for a very different approach. Any comments are appreciated. Mark ————— BridgingRead… Read more »
Yes it’s that time of year again, income tax return time and the ATO have once again provided an eTax application. Today on twitter I discovered that a glaring issue which has been a fault of eTax since it’s inception and has not been addressed yet again, is that it only runs on the WindowsRead… Read more »
What happens when your boss wants to be your Facebook friend? Story Welcome any thoughts on the subject.
One of my long-term goals has been to create a set of basic webinars about each social media tool: blogs, wikis, photo sharing, social networking, etc. Our target audience is government staff who don’t know much about social media; these won’t be advanced webinars with a lot of implementation detail (maybe we’ll get to thatRead… Read more »