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Social Media Policy – Part 6 – Privacy
Most, if not all, social media websites provide options for what information a user makes available to the public. Facebook, for example, offers options for who can view status updates, removing a user’s name from search results, and limiting who can view pictures. According to a recent article published in the Vanderbilt Journal of EntertainmentRead… Read more »
Veterans Day 2009
Here we are again at Veterans Day 2009. I want to extend my best wishes to my fellow Veterans. I am very proud of my twenty years of selfless service, sacrifice and dedication as a soldier. I hope you other Veterans out in cyberspace feel the same way. I only allow myself to feel thisRead… Read more »
Sorry, Can’t Hear You… There’s an Elephant in the Room
A trade summit with China last week neglected to address the most pressing trade problem facing our two nations head on: how to resolve the conflict surrounding the US’ tariff on Chinese-manufactured car tires, which (of course) is linked to their hitting us with a similar tariff on chickens. There’s nothing to do but escalateRead… Read more »
National Homeland Defesne Foundation Symposium
Check out the photo stream from the symposium http://www.flickr.com/photos/nhdfoundation/?saved=1
GovReads! If We Can Put a Man on the Moon: Getting Big Things Done in Government
Back in late September, I was inspired by a great new book called “If We Can Put a Man on the Moon: Getting Big Things Done in Government.” It’s authored by William D. Eggers and John O’Leary. Eggers is a leading expert on government reform who currently serves as the global director for Deloitte ResearchRead… Read more »
Secretary Locke and Tim Brant Highlight Commerce’s CFC Kickoff
The U.S. Department of Commerce officially started their 2009 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) on November 2, with a kickoff in their Hoover Building. Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke, provided remarks that encouraged his fellow employees to support the CFC this year. “Due to the economy charitable giving is down, that’s why it is so criticalRead… Read more »
The Collaboration Project
Citizen’s Tools has a great post about making the case for 2.0 projects. Having just returned from the Enterprise 2.0 conference in San Francisco where the subject of defining and measuring ROI was all around, this post became more relevant to me. But, regardless of which of the E 2.0, Web 2.0 or Gov 2.0Read… Read more »
Aligning social networks with strategy
In a book by Rob Cross and Robert Thomas entitled “Driving Results Through Social Networks”, I thought the following challenge epitomizes what the government must address regarding social networking software. Work and innovation are inherently collaborative endeavors, but as the need for collaboration increases, the demands of people’s time rises. The answer is not moreRead… Read more »
Listening Less and Talking More
My natural state of being is to listen rather than talk. I’ve always been that annoying kid since age 2 asking questions – who, what, where, why, and when? It’s been an interesting transition as GovLoop has taken off as I’ve been asked to speak more which puts me a little out of my naturalRead… Read more »