“In 2003, California resident Vee Vinhnee filed for bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. He owed American Express more than $40,000 on his credit cards. American Express (Amex) sued Vinhnee to recover the balances owed on the cards. In Vinhnee vs. American Express Travel Related Services Company Inc., Vinhnee won his case without a lawyer andRead… Read more »
Our CEO, Tom Erickson, announced right around the time of Drupalcon, that Heather James was joining Acquia (the Commercial Drupal support company) to fulfill goal of ours for some time – to provide Drupal education on a scalable, global basis. We’re very excited to announce an offering that we’ve been working on for some timeRead… Read more »
GovLoop’s Top 5 categories can often get people responding enthusiastically. I recall that the top places to have a Government Job fired up personal responses. Recently some of us have been thinking of the reasons that people cite for not starting or buying into Open Government. So we thought that sharing some Top 5 ExcusesRead… Read more »
WHO: AFGE National President John Gage WHAT: Will host a live Web chat to discuss TSA and AFGE’s involvement at the agency, including the union’s forward-thinking move to initiate an election at TSA WHERE: Online at www.tsaunion.net/townhall.cfm WHEN: Tuesday, June 8, 2010; 2-3 p.m. EDT On June 8, AFGE National President John Gage will holdRead… Read more »
Evan, I know you are busy but I wanted to congratulate you for recognizing the need for Twitter to make inroads in Washington, DC. Your new job posting, looking to hire a Government Liaison, will be someone’s dream job and give you a lot of bang for the buck. However, gaining traction at the governmentRead… Read more »
One year ago, I published a post entitled “Next Generation Government: Mobile, Measurable and Malleable.“ As the Next Generation of Government Summit fast approaches, I thought I’d dust off this blog post and play it again to spark discussion in advance of the event. I’m going to run it as a series – breaking itRead… Read more »
Originally published in Government Technology Jun 7, 2010, By Russell Nichols, Staff Writer The future leaders of government have a passion for public service and know how to navigate the Web to stay connected in ways that couldn’t be done a decade ago. That’s the philosophy of Steve Ressler, (pictured) founder and president of GovLoop,Read… Read more »
Let me introduce myself to GovLoop community. My name is Alena Popova. I’m developing the direction of Government 2.0 in Russia. I’ve created the project Duma 2.0 (in russian), which was established in December 2009 and operates on the principle of Citizen 2.0 Project Duma 2.0 is a social initiative aimed to improve the lawsRead… Read more »
Great Article by Matt Marshal at VentureBeat.com Russia is the sixth-largest economy in the world, but it’s also a country relatively untouched by foreign investors, especially investors in technology. Could Russia potentially be the home of the next massive tech boom? The short answer is: No way. At least not anytime soon. That’s the conclusionRead… Read more »
A global transformation is happening and it has all to do with social media. Coined by Erik Qualman’s Socialnomics it represents “the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution.” But has this shift shaken the bowels of government? Are senior leaders buying into the social media phenomenon? The truth: senior leaders are often resistant to alteringRead… Read more »