African eGovernment including Libya The fine folks at FutureGov (not Dom’s FutureGov) wrote today about Korea’s plans to help out the East African Community (EAC) in their search for better government service through leveraging technology. It is good to see this kind of international cooperation and reuniting of the global eGovernment nation. As an executiveRead… Read more »
In all the hype about new technology, we often forget to talk about what government IT is mostly about – that’s project management. It’s about leading projects to solve problems and it’s pretty tough. Was cool to see OPM deliver the new competency program for IT program managers. The hardest part is defining what makesRead… Read more »
This Saturday, August 27, 2011 the Province of British Columbia is partnering with the Mozilla Foundation and OpenDataBC to host a open data hackathon. The hackathon will be taking place at Mozilla Labs Vancouver. Their address is: 163 West Hastings Street, suite-200 Vancouver, BC V6B 1H5 (in the very beautiful Flack Building) So three things:Read… Read more »
The Customer Service series is supported by RightNow Technologies. To learn more on how to use cloud technology to improve customer service, visit the RightNow resource center today. Check out the GovLoop/RightNow Customer Service Hub to get smart on how to be awesome at customer service ——– Yesterday GovLoop held our 1st GovLoop Symposium (inRead… Read more »
We all know by now that the U.S. Postal Service is struggling to get by. It lost $8.5 billion last year, and earlier this summer here on GovLoop we debated the merits of cutting back to 3- or 5-day mail delivery instead of the customary 6. Another solution being floated would involve disenrolling all postalRead… Read more »
Are you a problem solver? Are you a “World Famous, Hall of Fame Problem Solver?” Talk about something great to put on a resume. Our friends at CenturyLink love solving problems and ff you are all about figuring out the answers and solving mysteries/problems, you will love The Ultimate Problem Solver. Up to the challenge?Read… Read more »
Are you an authentic L&D professional? Do you walk the talk? Have you been modeling your profession? Check out the latest post…The Hypocrisy of Learning
I got another question about analytics from a business owner who was thinking about adding social media to her toolbox. She wanted to know what analytical tools she should be acquiring…even before moving beyond her website. I’ve decided analytics are seductive, because they offer the promise of buying some packages and then knowing more. ThatRead… Read more »
15 community groups in California are getting a funding boost to support telehealth initiatives. UC Davis Health System and the California Telehealth Network (CTN) awarded nearly $5 million in grants to community groups throughout the state to help the implement telehealth projects. The awards were given through merit based process that required groups to showRead… Read more »
We had a huge influx of participation in the Making Mobile Gov dialogue last week. Much of it was in our new “Suggest an App” category. Some app ideas so far include iPassport – get a badge for every national park or monument that you visit. Collect and publish the latitude and longitude coordinates ofRead… Read more »