Earlier, I pointed to legislation that signals broad acceptance of the renewable energy sector across all continents. Various countries are taking the initiative to invite capture and conversion of solar, wind, and thermal energy. (see 3 Aug blog) Heretofore not thought of as energy titans — i.e., no formidable oil or gas reserves — theseRead… Read more »
Yes, we’re bringing FOSE to a desktop near you! This time you don’t have to come to Washington, DC to experience the #1 rated Technology Show for Government. It’s available from the comfort of your office. For over 30 years, FOSE has been the one IT event known government-wide as the annual meeting place forRead… Read more »
Republished from eGov AU. Often those of us living in English-speaking countries focus on what is going on in other English-speaking nations, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, UK and so on. There’s a perfectly good reason for this, many of us don’t speak the languages used in other blogs around the world. However the impactRead… Read more »
It is easy to identify an existent and increasing disjunction between representation based on territorial constituencies and the preferences of citizens that, many times, are not circumscribed by any territory. In practice, such a fact leads to a representation deficit, where elected representatives fail to represent – or even to contemplate – preferences of constituents.Read… 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.
LIVE UPDATES 8:30 am In my efforts to live tweet this event, I had to resort to updating this blog. Government isn’t quite sold on the live tweet/updates argument, but I’ll do my best to keep you updated via blogs over the next few hours. I just got the call to come set up ourRead… Read more »
http://thegrantplant.blogspot.com/2009/08/federal-recovery-act-grants-information.html
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43316&dcn=e_gvet Interesting article & the spin the admin has is that they are “still saving/keeping jobs”. Of course, the small business owner is the one who feels the implications the most of the economy. Perhaps this is why the B2G contractor votes showed not in favor of the admin.
Good morning! It’s your weekly Monday morning dose ofTSP Talk. This market commentary is updated daily on www.tsptalk.com. Stocks ended the day mixed on Friday as the S&P 500 and small caps closed relatively flat, but the I-fund picked up 1.6% as the dollar plummeted. The F-fund was up an impressive 0.6%. For the week,Read… Read more »