Project Management

Sweet Gov Conference Tweets – Blog Potomac Part 2 (#blogpotomac)

6:46 am nathanbetz: Usability idea for folks at #blogpotomac: if you RT, then DONT include the #blogpotomac hastag. Will really help the feed. 6:46 am sradick: Changed my avatar back to my face so peeps at #blogpotomac can identify me – should have done this earlier! Sorry everyone! 6:46 am creativeblogs: @digitalsista social media allowsRead… Read more »

Sweet GovTweets 06.12.09

Good afternoon! This is a little late today, we have been having storms. Well, truth be told, the storms had nothing to do with it 😉 Again today, the most RT’d post was “Army told not to block Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, etc.” Remember when soldiers played pool? My favorite tweet today was from @noneck: ah,Read… Read more »

World Trade Week: View from the Border

2009 World Trade Week events in the southern California/US-Mexico border region: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce & U.S. Commercial Service co-hosted The Americas Business Forum in Los Angeles May 27-28. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke reminded guests to tap the US & Foreign Commercial Service’s myriad resources. LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa shared his vision ofRead… Read more »

Federal Eye: Energy Dept. Employee Runs Up Hefty Phone Bill

An Energy Department employee and ten family members rung up approximately $19,000 in service charges on government-issued cellphones between March 2006 and August 2008, according to recent court filings. Alva Yelverton, 40, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government property on May 27 in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. SheRead… Read more »

Participation Camp – June 27th and 28th in New York City and Online

Participation Camp is a new and innovative unconference focused on the participatory component of open government. On June 27th and 28th, the weekend immediately preceding Personal Democracy Forum, we’ll take over NYU’s ITP building. http://participationcamp.org Some things we’re doing differently: – a virtual unconference running in parallel to the physical unconference – a conference-wide gameRead… Read more »

FEI’s upcoming Open Enrollment Programs

Below is information on a selection of FEI’s upcoming open enrollment programs. For more information and to see the complete listing of classes, visit www.leadership.opm.gov Building High Performing Organizations in the 21st Century This advanced program offering is based on three key assumptions: -You are an expert in your organization based on your years ofRead… Read more »

Sweet Gov Tweets 06.09.09 – 06.10.09

I am back again, this time re-incarnated as Sweet Gov Tweets. To catch up, I am posting two days worth of tweets, so this post is a little long. Before I took all of the RT’s out, it was War and Peace Cordially, Caroline (aka @WiiPigSooie) justinbangs: #Gov20 in Action! Stakeholder comment processes on #publichealthRead… Read more »

Project of the Week – NAPA’s The Collaboration Project

The National Academy for Public Administration (NAPA), established in 1967 and chartered by Congress, is a non-profit independent coalition of public and private sector leaders who “tackle the nation’s most critical and complex challenges”. The Academy does this through its expansive network of Fellows, Shared Interest Groups, Research, Project Panels, Standing Panels and Consortia, CentersRead… Read more »

Shout Out to the AWESOME GovLoop Community Leaders

Did you know that there is an elite, all-star squadron that helps make GovLoop AWESOME! There is indeed. The GovLoop Community Leaders are the best. Rock-star volunteers that do everything from welcome new members, write member and project of the week series, as well as new activities like Daily Sweet GovTweets, Gov Conference Tweets, runRead… Read more »