As many of you know, last Friday the DoD released a Directive Type Memo on the “Responsible and Effective Use of Internet-Based Capabilities“. Many may be wondering, “Why not call it the “Social Media” policy or “Web 2.0” or even “SNS” policy? As someone who has spent the better part of the last seven monthsRead… Read more »
The judges for the Third Annual Citizen Service Award are now reading and scoring the 13 applications we received. Concurrently, the applications are open for peer comment on a blog we created – http://citizenserviceaward.wordpress.com/ Visit the blog to learn what other agencies are doing to provide outstanding customer service. Or leave feedback for your peersRead… Read more »
This post also appears on www.localgovchat.com. It was nearly 2 am when my wife creeped down the stairs, stepped into the living room and gave me that glare. ‘Once again, Mike was up late staring at the stupid glowing monitor.’ “Why don’t you just give it to the graphics department?” she says. I didn’t evenRead… Read more »
Those who’ve been around for a while may have heard my story about coming up to speed on GovLoop and what I learned in the process (an early blog about it here). Seeking help, I reached out to Steve Ressler, who suggested doing a few basic things to get connected. Adriel Hampton, was also supportive.Read… Read more »
Just Released: Official DoD Social Media Policy to “provide access to Internet-based capabilities” http://bit.ly/aEHMP8 So basically, it’s now official that DoD folks can access Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc. and establish official presences on these websites. What to expect: CIO: Will provide implementation guidance. After all, there is some tech involved in the proper use ofRead… Read more »
Happy Monday! Federal funding for major road construction projects and national anti-drunk driving campaigns dried up Sunday night amid Congressional gridlock. Lawmakers failed to reach agreement last week on tax credits, unemployment insurance for roughly 400,000 Americans and a short-term extension of the Highway Trust Fund. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that he expectsRead… Read more »
From @mariashriver: Our February Giveaway ends tonight! Win 2 tix to The Women’s Conference 2010 and chance to interview Jillian Michaels. http://bit.ly/9lnaie Below is my submission: 🙂 ———– The Great Giveaway: Who would you like to invite for brunch? I would like to have all of the members of #RusTechDel to brunch: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgtwbz3t_13gjcb4bc3 Co-led byRead… Read more »
A request for comments on an inventory of California legal information — a prototype for the National Inventory of Legal Materials and a component of the Law.gov legal open government data project — has been issued by Erika Wayne, one of the coordinators of the National Inventory, and Deputy Director of the Stanford University LawRead… Read more »
Building on the recent list of Top 10 (more like Top 100) Gov’t Twitters to follow: http://bevusa.uservoice.com/forums/40979-general Who is your most influential follower and why? Who retweets your tweets most often? Which follower has the most followers? ETC. How do we measure success on Twitter in general? Broad outreach, targeted marketing, impact, etc.? Here’s myRead… Read more »
After completing the February Open Government Directive Workshop, we realized that it’s much easier to think about collaboration and build collaborative practices into an agency’s open government plan it’s done in a collaborative environment. (Final results of the teams’ collaborations are posted at the top of the OpenGov Playbook and the teams offer great suggestionsRead… Read more »