Goof morning! Finally caught up! Today’s tweetstream has some very interesting topics. Here is a great cartoon about Twitter‘s effect on #iranelection in Tehran Caroline Twitter @WiiPigSooie Blog WiiPigSooie web20blog: Michael Edson to talk about creating website strategy transparently on July 14 #gov20 #transparency http://tinyurl.com/bettergovwebsites (expand ) 3 minutes ago from TweetDeck • Reply •Read… Read more »
Greetings! Here is the summary of tweets for yesterday (sorry, I got really busy). Even with all of the multiple posts, RT’s, etc removed, this was the busiest tweetstream for GovLoop I have seen so far. Lots of additions to @GovTwit. Lots of promotion for the privacy conference on Saturday (so, y’all sign up andRead… Read more »
President Obama is looking for a few volunteers, asking Americans to dedicate themselves this summer to local community service projects in an extension of his earlier calls to sustain the nation’s increased interest in public service. The United We Serve summer service initiative, announced today by the White House with a Web video, above, willRead… Read more »
As the ARRA-driven momentum builds toward EHR adoption by physicians, the issue of certification for these systems still has some issues to resolve. The high cost of certification has been seen as prohibitive for affordable, open source EHRs seeking to compete in this new marketplace. Other potential roadblocks are the ability to modify source code,Read… Read more »
Our open-to-the-public online community, K-TOC, now has almost 700 members, most of them transportation professionals. Seven hundred members is considerably more than we anticipated when we launched in January, but in the past month enrollment rate has dropped substantially. I think we’re approaching the natural membership limit for a community devoted to transportation in Kansas.Read… Read more »
It seems that everyone is participating in some form of social networking these days. Whether it’s Facebook, Linked In, Twitter, or some other form of online networking if you’re not using it, you’re quickly becoming part of the minority. Social networking is great for a lot of things. Connecting with family and friends, sharing pictures,Read… Read more »
Blog post by Dion Hinchcliffe sets out many of the needs, challenges and solutions for shifting government to take advantage of Web 2. http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=467
General notes: At this one day conference there was a good mix of academics and practitioners. The discussions that took place were very helpful and informative to everyone. Beyond my expectations, the conference did not focus solely on Newark or New Jersey. This was really great, especially for someone like me who isn’t from NewRead… Read more »
On Tuesday, June 16, I had the opportunity to serve on a panel for the 2009 Symantec Government Symposium in Washington, DC, under the title Next Generation Government. Special “shout out” to moderator Tom Temin of Federal News Radio and fellow panelists Chris Kemp (Chief Information Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration), John Schueler (NewRead… Read more »
The City of SF is looking for developer(s) who are knowledgeable about open source technologies and apps (Drupal, PHP, etc) to develop something similar to Data.gov. Our goal is to keep this development open source and share with any other local or state agency. While this is a volunteer effort, efforts will be recognized throughRead… Read more »