As I look to what content should be in my new redesign I thought it would help to understand what the common Vocab would be. I surveyed 230 municipal websites Looking to see the common factors among them. Some items where combined together like Contact and contact us because they were so close as toRead… Read more »
Image by zachstern via Flickr Jack Pickard has a great post about policy on council staff blogging, which is sparked by Cambridgeshire making their Social Network and Blogging Policy publicly available. He notes that it is mercifully brief and written in plain English but points out that the bit which relates back to the council’sRead… Read more »
Last week I posted about sending a request to several (100) cities whom used Google Analytic. The request was to be added to the GA account you can see the full request here https://www.govloop.com/xn/detail/1154385:Topic:597747?xg_source=activity So here is the results of what I have received so far. Time to be responded to. (with 26 responses) 1Read… Read more »
The US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Regional Office is looking for a public affairs specialist who can manage the Region’s web site and support field offices with their sites as well. We are interested in finding a candidate in the Denver Metro area. The pay scale is a GS 11/12; which translates to about $60,000Read… Read more »
As Obama administration officials traveled the country this week announcing the distribution of hundreds of millions of dollars in new economic stimulus grants, a new government Web site began accepting the critical spending and jobs data from grant recipients that will provide the first fact-based progress report about the economic recovery efforts. By mid-October theRead… Read more »
I was reading through the blogs on Gov Loop earlier today. A lot of what I saw was “Web 2.0 this” and “Web 2.0 that”. But when I read more, well, it all started to sound the same. We all want our government agencies to actively use it in some way, but there are someRead… Read more »
The Federal Bureau of Prisons Mid-Atlantic Region needs to fill correctional positions NOW. We have 15 correctional facilities in a seven state area and we need Correctional Officers and medical professionals today. We are going to run two “8 to 8″ Hiring Events – one in Petersburg, VA (30 minutes south of Richmond) and oneRead… Read more »
Hardly a week goes by without some new internet security snafu being reported. And with web usage exploding, expect to hear about a lot more. According to a new analysis from Forrester Research, the number of Internet users is forecast to grow 45% globally over the next four years, reaching 2.2 billion by 2013. MoreRead… Read more »
Fortune magazine reported the… 100 Fastest-Growing Companies http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortunefastestgrowing/2009/full_list/ My guess is that most people would make two types of guesses. Some people would guess firms associated with familiar and popular brands. This is usually an incorrect guess for a list of this kind because the second type of guess is usually the correct one: SmallRead… Read more »
If you haven’t already, check out the FCC’s new blog – blogband – developed to keep Americans apprised of the National Broadband Plan due February 17, 2010. Chairman Julius Genachowski crafts the first post with the FCC’s reasons for launching the blog: “like our unprecedented two-dozen public workshops and the upcoming fall public hearings, BlogbandRead… Read more »