Tech

Small Businesses Are Struggling and Government Inter Agency Panel Is Trying To Fix The Problem

On Monday June 28, 2010, 500 business owner travelled to Washington DC from all parts of the country to speak to the the newly formed Inter Agency Task Force on Small Business Contracting. The White House in April established a pair of interagency task forces to help federal agencies award more contracts to small businesses.Read… Read more »

Project of the Week: OAS Summits of the Americas Virtual Community

http://www.summit-americas.org/svc The Organization of American States (OAS, or, as it is known in the three other official languages, OEA) is an international organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C.. Its members are the thirty-five independent states of the Americas, although Honduras was suspended as a result of the June 28, 2009 coup d’état that expelled President ManuelRead… Read more »

Video tutorial for #dcgov CFOINFO #iphone app now up on #youtube – More to come

*** Go to “Vote for Kevin” discussion at https://www.govloop.com/forum/topics/vote-for-kevin-as-the-voice-of?xg_source=activity to cast your vote *** We hate training/instruction manuals. We feel that no one bothers to read pages and pages of text. With the release of CFOINFO, we are experimenting with video tutorials. As you can tell, video production and demonstration is not exactly our strongRead… Read more »

Learning Lessons from Senior Leaders (in 140 Characters or Less)

Career Conversations panel with Jim Williams (former GSA) and Lisa Schlosser (EPA), with awesome facilitation by Jeremy Rissi. For best results, read from the bottom up! nextgengovt: RT @ClearedJobsNet: get to know each other, emulate good leaders, know your leaders, don’t gossip & read about leadership as per Lisa Schlosser#ngg10 2 minutes ago via TweetDeckRead… Read more »

Dirty Dozen: 12+ Issues Impacting IT Transformation

Live blogging the “Transforming IT” session – Dan Munz from GSA and Tiffany Smith from State Department. The audience is sharing some of their issues with using innovative tech, including: 1. Centralizing #Gov20 policy – can we get one uber policy that covers all agencies and expedites moving forward? 2. Big barrier = security. HowRead… Read more »

Are the Next Generation of Government Executives more Comfortable with Complexity?

As government leaders do you believe the world is getting more complex? More volatile? If so, you’re not alone – – Sixty percent of the CEOs surveyed by IBM in our 2010 CEO Study thought the world was getting more complex, and even more, 69%, felt the world was getting more volatile. For the firstRead… Read more »

How to work with the traditional media using the tools of social media?

Next month I will start my new diplomatic appointment – media advisor and spokesperson of the Israeli embassy to France. It’s the second time I will work as a spokesperson for the embassy. 10 years ago I did the same job in Moscow. Looks like the same job? Of course, Moscow is not Paris, RussiaRead… Read more »

European e-Justice Portal Said to Launch 16 July 2010

The European e-Justice Portal is to launch on 16 July 2010, at the meeting of the European Union Justice and Home Affairs Ministers in Brussels, according to a post on the LinkedIn e-Justice group by Ronald van den Hoogen of The Netherlands’ Ministry of Justice. Mr. van den Hoogen also cites the meeting agenda, whichRead… Read more »

Video of 2010 Conference on Privacy and Public Access to Court Records

Video is now available of some programs from the 7th Conference on Privacy and Public Access to Court Records, held 4-5 March 2010 in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. The posted programs are: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?; Some Emerging Issues in E-Filing and E-Privacy; and Public Electronic Access to Federal Court RecordsRead… Read more »

Internet Technology – A New Bargaining Chip For Diplomacy

Posted on The Digital Media Center blog: Internet technology has become a valuable card in delegations between the United States and countries who now want more modernization in return for better economic trade ties. Technology does not come so easy though. The Obama Administration is urging that countries like Syria, and India agree to loosenRead… Read more »