The Whitehouse has official taken the plunge into microblogging and launched their official twitter account @whitehouse today. Another milestone in government 2.0 and social media has been reached. The Official White House Twitter URL: http://twitter.com/whitehouse The account was set up and first tweet posted about 2 hours ago putting the time of official release atRead… Read more »
Whew… Just published my first idea on the nationaldialogue.gov. Here’s a teaser. Social Enablement consists of architecting, developing, and ultimately using a network of transparency services along with developing the social context within government to encourage its maximum utilization. Social Enablement as a strategic element assures that transparency gains sufficient reach and capacity to beRead… Read more »
I just wrote a 9-page article based on my interview with Ben Rowland, a Washington, DC virtual proposals expert, that I would like to share with you. This detailed article discusses the common challenges and provides tips, tricks, resources, and tools for managing virtual proposals. Virtual Proposals Secrets: Interview with Ben Rowland By Olessia Smotrova-TaylorRead… Read more »
Apologies for errors in advance. Here are a few tweets from the tweet stream (have not clicked on any of the links) @WBEZWorldview Economics for the Soul: ethical values & public policymaking. #gov20 folks, take to heart pls http://bit.ly/18nblX @osrin: For those in the US don’t forget to add your 2 cents to www.thenationaldialogue.com thisRead… Read more »
From the CDC In response to an intensifying outbreak in the United States and internationally caused by a new influenza virus of swine origin, the World Health Organization raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 5. on April 29, 2009. A Phase 5 alert is a “strong signal that a pandemic is imminent andRead… Read more »
Pandemic planning experts are going to be at CPM WEST with the latest information on Swine Influenza. Learn what you can expect and what you can do to protect your employees and ensure the survival of your organization. Attend this free session on Tuesday, May 12th and then attend the CPM Exhibit Hall Grand OpeningRead… Read more »
It’s a good thing that social media is up and operating around the world because it is the best way to get the word out about swine flu. The federal government is jumping into action, using social media to get the word out and regular updates on their web pages to make sure the publicRead… Read more »
Provisions in the The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the economic stimulus package signed by President Obama Feb. 17, include 19.2 billion dollars in incentive funds for physicians to abandon piecemeal paper-based health records for an electronic systems that will allow for greater efficiency and more indepth data collection for the diagnosis andRead… Read more »
From a longer blog post over at the Rock Creek blog… As the top news story on the nightly news and CNN.com, the swine flu, or H1N1 epidemic has dominated the headlines since last weekend. And to say that there’s been a lot of chatter online would be an understatement. Nielsen reports that on AprilRead… Read more »
I met Wayne at Gov 2.0 Barcamp on one Sunday morning as a group of volunteers were planning the eventual conference. I was impressed with his ideas and thought processes and was wondering what he was up to. That day and at the actual Gov 2.0 Barcamp he told me about his group “Open ForumRead… Read more »