The New York City Council recently passed Open Data legislation that will require 50 plus agencies to publish their quantitive data sets through an online portal in a machine-readable format, enabling public and private sector access to better manipulate and interpret the city’s information. Data will be presented by category and by City agency. AsRead… Read more »
Every week I curate the top 10 new federal IT jobs at http://jobs.govloop.com/government_it_jobs Here is the top 10 including Deputy CIO at Nat’l Labor Relations Board 02/29/12 Information Technology Project Manager Goddard Space Flight Center Prince George’s County, Maryland 02/29/12 Information Technology Specialist, GS-2210-12 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Hyattsville, Maryland 02/29/12 Supervisory ITRead… Read more »
Every week I select the top 10 new federal communications jobs from USAJOBS. This week’s top 10 – check out details and subscribe to weekly alert – 02/27/12 Public Affairs Specialist Foreign Agricultural Service Washington DC, District of Columbia 02/27/12 Public Affairs Specialist (Congressional and Media Relations Officer) Environmental Protection Agency Washington DC, District ofRead… Read more »
I was struck by a comment from Dan Hoban (@dwhoban) at GovCamp Queensland on Saturday, which resonated with me, and with others in the audience, that organisations now need a CIO (Chief Information Officer) in their marketing or communications teams. This is a person who understands the technologies we use to communicate with customers, clients,Read… Read more »
TwitChimp.com is a web application designed to help Twitter users find the right people to follow and learn more from the ever expanding dialog underway there. It provides features like twitter lists, directories and content summation as well as easy ways to curate and offer recommendations to others in the community. We will be enteringRead… Read more »
You know what seems to be one of the hidden secrets on GovLoop? Friending and messaging other members! As the community manager, I’d like to peel back the curtain and reveal 3 surefire ways to help you increase your number of friends/colleagues on GovLoop and 2 tips to leverage those connections to ratchet up yourRead… Read more »
******Originally posted at GovDelivery’s Reach the Public blog– ********* There has been a lot of discussion about using new media to coordinate with citizens. Additionally, there continues to be more focus on improving collaboration inside agencies. However, one piece I often see missing is utilizing new media to improve internal communications. Why is this important?Read… Read more »
Stocks rose sharply last Monday, heading right up to the 2011 S&P 500 highs, and spent the rest of the week dancing above and below that breakout level. The economic data was fair to good and the price of oil has been able to remain below $110 a barrel. For the TSP, the C-fund gainedRead… Read more »
This week I did something I never thought I would do: I gave a talk at TED. I’ve given several TEDx talks now, but TED in Long Beach has been the stage of such world-changing talks as Sir Ken Robinson’s indictment of traditional education and Jill Bolte Taylor’s insights from her stroke, and I tookRead… Read more »
Anonymous Arrests, NASA hacks, and more this week Linode Hacked, Bitcoins Stolen: Linode.com, popular provider of virtual private servers (VPS) systems responded to a morning breach of it’s control panel software, which apparently enabled a malicious attacker to gain control over several virtual servers of a bitcoin service named Bitcoinica. The Register has a conflictingRead… Read more »