The Singapore government is on Facebook. Why? Dr Amy Khor, Member of Parliament, Mayor of Singapore’s Southwest district and Chairman of government feedback agency REACH, has the answers. Interview: Alice Kok For government feedback agency ‘REACH Singapore’, new media is a key opportunity to drive public feedback and citizen participation. An acronym for “Reaching EveryoneRead… Read more »
Everyone is anxiously awaiting the announcement of President-elect Obama’s nomination for the nation’s first federal chief technology officer to create the transparent and connected democracy he has espoused. According to Obama’s outline, the CTO will be charged with ensuring that agencies “have the right infrastructure, policies and services for the 21st century” and will leadRead… Read more »
One of the wonderful FCW.com links on the GovLoop home page lists the CWE/SANS Institute’s top 25 Software Programming Errors at http://www.sans.org/top25. It specifically lifts out architecture and implementation errors that cause vulnerabilities in Web 2.0 applications. Good stuff! (if you’re a geek, I suppose)
adrielhampton.com – Why do you care what an anonymous commenter says on the Internet? I don’t, and one of my goals as a Government 2.0 advocate is to end the practice of any serious site condoning a culture of anonymity. If Web 2.0 is to flourish into a lasting culture, it must lead to trueRead… Read more »
I’m a policy advisor at the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, in the final stages of writing a set of administrative rules (regulating composting facilities,) with a public comment period set to begin March 1. The rules have a number of unique, new governance features, and I would really like to have the broadest possibleRead… Read more »
I just posted a feature on Steve Ressler and GovLoop here: http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/33549/govloop_a_social_network_for_public_servants It starts: Are you a local elected official looking for advice from your peers on how to make better use of web technologies to relate to your constituents? Or perhaps you’re a government IT specialist looking for support in your battles with footdraggingRead… Read more »
By almost any measure, I had a very typical ’70s childhood. We lived in a young subdivision, explored everything, got in big trouble, suffered injuries, had divorced parents and viewed the world with an overarching sense of wonder and opportunity. We were a very creative group of kids, and since our parents weren’t wealthy weRead… Read more »
I just worry. I can’t help but worry about how the new economy is going to affect us in many ways – yes, we all think about how it will affect our families, covering our basic needs, work. But, is this going to affect how people see Web 2.0 and social networking tools? Is thisRead… Read more »
Thank you for this community. I hope to be more active and also to learn from the many remarkable people here. My name is David Canepa, and I am a newly elected City Councilman in Daly City , a large suburb to the south of San Francisco. My background is in constituent service for localRead… Read more »
So how many times have you tried to convince your friends and colleagues that they should be on Twitter or LinkedIn? Are you the person making the rounds in your office showing everyone Second Life and trying to convince them of the benefits of virtual worlds. I know I am one of those people shoutingRead… Read more »