Miscellaneous

Sweet Gov Conference Tweets – Open Government & Innovations Conference (#OGI) – Part 2

July 21, 2009 Continued 8:30 am jrick: Not sure where to focus attention: On speaker, on his PPT, on TwitterBerry, or on huge live-Tweet screens flanking speaker? #ogi #add 8:30 am civictec: RT @GovTwit: RT @mixtmedia: Transparency has tremendous impact on accountability #ogi 8:30 am salemonz: Chopra: by provisioning open API we could greatly helpRead… Read more »

Sweet Gov Conference Tweets – Open Government & Innovations Conference (#OGI) – Part 1

Facilitated by the Department of Defense, the Open Government & Innovations program featured real-world case studies and insights presented by the government leaders who, themselves, are leveraging social media tools and Web 2.0 technologies to define and create a more open and innovative United States government. Held at: The Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801Read… Read more »

Federal Eye: NASA’s Charlie Bolden Tears Up

Charlie Bolden likes to talk — and he’s also prone to choking up. Making his first major staff appearance as NASA administrator, Bolden spoke before agency employees Tuesday at Washington headquarters along with his deputy, Lori Garver. Over the course of 35 minutes of remarks — which he admitted should have lasted for about fiveRead… Read more »

Re-Branding, a Dangerous Strategy

A while ago, in the misty dawn of internet commerce, a government agency I know decided to change its web site address, dropping its parent department and just going by WWW.WHOZIT.GOV. Needless to say this caused a storm in the user community with suddenly invalid bookmarks, frantic e-mails that the website was down, etc. TheyRead… Read more »

Stimulus Is No Place For Pork!

* $2.5 million for sliced ham in California * $800,000 for a new, clean-air garbage truck in Phoenix * $1.4 million to repair the door of a building in San Antonio * $350,000 to replace and upgrade a dumbwaiter in Brooklyn These are examples of projects that have been reported on recovery.org as stimulus projects.Read… Read more »

New Gov 2.0 Guide – Principle #1 – Simplicity #OGI

Here’s a new guide to government 2.0, designed to offer success strategies for applying proven social networking principles within the government and military, just in time for the Open Government and Innovations starting tomorrow in DC. I’ll be speaking at the event tomorrow as a panelist in Session 4-1 Openness, Information Sharing, and the UseRead… Read more »

Federal Eye: Fired IG Gerald Walpin Files Suit

The inspector general fired last month by President Obama has filed suit in federal court seeking reinstatement to his job as top watchdog at the Corporation for National and Community Service. In a suit filed late Friday at U.S. District Court in Washington, Gerald Walpin argued his removal was unlawful because it violated protections affordedRead… Read more »

Post Options Week Test

Good morning! It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. The Dow closed 32-points higher on Friday, the 5th consecutive daily close in positive territory for the major index, but the rest of the market was flat at best as all three TSP stock funds ended the day in the red. Bonds also ended the dayRead… Read more »