Timothy E. Wirth has been the president of the United Nations Foundation since its inception in 1998. Wirth began his political career as a White House Fellow under President Lyndon Johnson and was deputy assistant secretary for education in the Nixon Administration. He is a former U.S. senator from Colorado and was also a memberRead… Read more »
Since my last desperate begging funding drive, several companies and organisations have leapt to support LocalGovCamp, namely: Public-i Firmstep Talk About Local Global Crossing Arcus Global Many thanks to them. They join those who had already stuck their hands in their pockets: LGIU Podnosh The MoreOpen fund (where the cash comes indirectly from all theRead… Read more »
What can I say – – last night’s Federal Technology Spring Fling was one to remember. With 350+ attendees, tons of good conversations, overall fun, spirit, and no thunderstorms. The enthusiasm reminded me of last year’s Next Generation of Government Summit. I CAN’T WAIT for this again this July 28 – 29. Here’s a sneakRead… Read more »
The IBM Center for the Business of Government recently posted this article from Dan Chenok on its blog: On Monday, at an event with the Secretaries of State, Commerce, Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Obama Administration released its international strategy for cyberspace. The strategy, described in a postRead… Read more »
Let’s create a checklist of bad client attributes and behaviors, and see how this one stacks up: Consistently contradicts their own requests Changes priorities Gives conflicting requests from multiple people Bonus: conflicting requests from the same person Treats the “help” as second-class citizen Has a mountain of rules and regulations Does not follow any ofRead… Read more »
View post on BeltWiki Blog President Obama will give a major speech on the Middle East at 11 a.m. WashingtonPost.com’s 44 Blog has five questions that could be answered in his remarks. The “Arab Spring” has led to shifts in power on Obama’s foreign policy team. The Wall Street Journal’s Jay Solomon and Adam EntousRead… Read more »
Following a soft launch in March, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (CA) Nextrip real-time bus arrival information is now live. To support the service, LA Metro is upgrading its bus stop signs to display stop ID numbers and QR Codes. Link to full story in The Source. Original post
Providing A Hand Up Eliminating Child Poverty through Open Government Cloud Computing – I have just finished the description of our ‘Open Government Cloud Computing‘ best practice program, and one of the key ways we’ll be taking this forward is through a non-profit campaign: Campaign2020.us As the headline suggests the objective is to apply modernRead… Read more »
OpenRFP.net will function as a “Social Innovation Marketplace”. This means it will also help to incubate, launch and fast-track Social Enterprise organizations, achieving two key goals: Enabling Social Impact investing Pioneering Open Government Grantmaking best practices Enabling Social Impact investing As well as the Canadian Government RFPs from MERX, our other growth areas will includeRead… Read more »
This paper was delivered at the Regional Senior Leaders Seminar in Cairns, Australia on 19 May 2011. A referenced version suitable for printing is available. Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height.Read… Read more »