I couldn’t make it to TransparencyCamp, but it sounded fabulous. I did wade through 100 pages of Twitter Search history (as much as it keeps). Here’s what I came up with, for what it’s worth. Unlike my other summaries, while this is in chronological order, more or less, the fact that there were a lotRead… Read more »
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot on ways to improve GovLoop. I’ve been looking at ways people use GovLoop and what I could do with the site to better meet everyone’s needs. So my latest GovLoop survey question was “How Do You Use GovLoop?” The results are: 40.9% – Connect With Other Govies 25.0% –Read… Read more »
Andrew Krzmarzick is a Senior Project Manager at the Graduate School, USDA. I met him on govloop and I asked him to be our featured member because I see him leading the effort to make government better using social media tools. Quietly, (if that is possible with twitter and blogging,) I see Andrew one classRead… Read more »
As part of an effort to educate (and evangelize) my colleagues about new and social media, I am developing a list of resources entitled New Media 101. This list will not be tool focused as I believe firmly that new media is about relationships and the collaboration and engagement they empower. I want to haveRead… Read more »
Check out the article about Carl Malamud trying to figure out how to get the administration to appoint him to head the GPO. I for one hope he succeeds…he’s done amazing things in the past.
OK, admit it. When you think of Parks and Recreation you don’t necessarily associate that with web 2.0 or Social media. Think though, for a minute, and you will see that there is a tremendous opportunity here for these tools to permeate through. For instance, if you have an online calendar of events, what ifRead… Read more »
Transparency. Efficiency. Accountability. All are stated goals of federal, state and local government. All are embodied in the Economic Recovery Act. How will they be accomplished? The Old World. In the “old world”, government agencies approach each by building or modifying Web based portals. Government uses these portals as hubs to publish government documents andRead… Read more »
More goodness from webcontent.gov … Top 10 Best Practices for Government Websites 1. Meet all laws, requirements, policies, and other directives for public websites 2. Document your governance structure, including roles, relationships, responsibilities, rules, and review processes 3. Develop, document, and implement a strategic plan that both incorporates visionary changes and corrects problems with webRead… Read more »
If you think the U.S. Census Bureau sits around waiting to count Americans between the years ending in zero, you’re wrong, according to two former bureau directors. Louis Kincannon Dr. Louis Kincannon served as U.S. Census Bureau director from 2002 to 2008. “Every Census has about a 15-year cycle,” Dr. Martha Farnsworth Riche, who servedRead… Read more »
Happy Mardi Gras. When our kids were little we use to have pancakes for dinner at home on Fat Tuesday. When the kids were older, we started going to Copeland’s to eat crawfish ettouffe, Cajun popcorn, and jambalaya; and to get the beads Copeland’s gives out on that day. I have lots of beads fromRead… Read more »