From the Scout Report http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/2009/scout-090220-re.php#3 … As more and more citizens decide to use both new and traditional media to engage in investigative reporting, they may wonder how they can find out more about governmental activities. The Citizen Journalist’s Guide to Open Government, provided by the Knight Citizen News Network, is an excellent place toRead… Read more »
Guy Kawasaki of alltop.com wants to do a Municipal topic on alltop. So, I am looking for your suggestions for links. We are looking for sites relevant to municipalities. Not really looking for site about individual cities or elected officials. Good examples are municipalist.com nlc.org muniwireless.com Do you know sites are are relevant to municipalities?Read… Read more »
A tingling tips the crown of my head. A tightening through the neck and shoulders. I can hear my heart beat. The idea enters most through the eyes and ears. No touch or smell, but I make up for that by fingers tap-tapping and filling my keyboard with crumbs from food stuffed between sentences andRead… Read more »
I’m starting a new series called “Project of the Week.” Basically, it’s a follow-up to “Member of the Week” where currently GovLoop Community Leaders interview members The idea for “Project of the Week” is GovLoop Community Leaders will interview/highlight a project from a GovLoop member. Could be a new website, a new HR initiative, aRead… Read more »
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I am looking for success (or failure) stories of AMR in small Muni’s to bump a stalled project. Need to figure out how to get buy in from the low-tech manpower side and samples of working or non-working deployments. Basically we have a stalled project with excuses that it doesn’t work, they don’t understand, weRead… Read more »
Like the Titanic, this is my maiden voyage in the realm of blogging, and I hope not to hit any icebergs. I am very fond of my husband, Ed, and my first born, Eddie, who are already onboard here. I am also very fond of my younger son, Ian, who has not worked with theRead… Read more »
We are back in business and got internet access again (after 6 weeks cut off). Welcome world, its lonely in the saddle when the horse is out….
A quick review from: http://freegovinfo.info/node/2434 An interesting new white paper contrasts “Public Media 1.0” (public broadcasting, cable access, nonprofit satellite set-asides) with “Public Media 2.0” (multiplatform, participatory, centered around informing and mobilizing networks of engaged users). It says that “the individual user has moved from being an anonymous part of a mass to being theRead… Read more »