Last week Twitter announced Fast Follow, a way for citizens to subscribe to your Tweets via SMS even if they don’t have a Twitter account. For example, if I text “follow StPeteFL” to 40404 I will start receiving every Tweet from St. Petersburg, FL as a text message on my phone. That’s easier than subscribingRead… Read more »
Resources Dynamic technologies for smarter government (08/04/2010) – New report finds Web 2.0 technologies enable better citizen engagement and public service delivery. The four-point plan is outlined to help government officials adapt technologies for their needs. The report suggests: creating a collaborative operating model; rationalizing existing applications; arranging infrastructure to support Web 2.0 systems; andRead… Read more »
There is no they. – The Breaking TimeDavid Forbes: And the lights go out …Alexander Howard: Emergency Social Data Summit Highlights the Role of Social Media During Crises Mark P. McDonald: The future of the CIO lies in addressing a challenge no one else is thinking aboutCandi Harrison: Clearing the Clutter – A Success StoryNickRead… Read more »
Originally posted at eaves.ca David H. sent me this short and fantastic article from Wired magazine last week. The article discusses the travails of Mathew Burton, a former analyst and software programmer at the Department of Defense who spent years trying to get the software he wrote into the hands of those who desperately neededRead… Read more »
I am new to govloop and excited about the possibilities for cross-pollination here. One initiative that I want to alert other gov technologists to is Tech@State. This effort is sponsored by the Department of State’s Office of eDiplomacy. eDiplomacy exists to help wed technology innovations with U.S. diplomatic efforts. One of the ways we areRead… Read more »
The point of this post: When looking at “success stories” in the adoption of new technologies, we have to think carefully about how repeatable they are. “One of the most challenging things to figure out in the government space is which technology trends are fads versus real long-term trends,” said Green in an interview withRead… Read more »
Army Knowledge Online/Defense Knowledge Online is the most cost-effective, globally-available option available to help leaders achieve their knowledge management goals. AKO/DKO provides premier enterprise web portal functions, tools and services to the warfighter, supporting institutions, and the greater Department of Defense community; securely, reliably, anywhere, and anytime. As an established foundation to the growing DefenseRead… Read more »
The links must go on: Andrea DiMaio: How to Use IT to Help Development, and Have Fun Virtual Worlds News: Virtual Worlds News Wrap-up for the Week of August 14 Alex Williams: Q&A – Janrain’s CEO Discusses OpenID in the Federal Gov’t Mac Margolis: Your Pass to Good Government Alex Howard: Sean Garrett on Twitter’sRead… Read more »
Mike Wash, CIO of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), has been honored as “Federal Player of the Week” by The Washington Post and The Partnership for Public Service, with a profile story in The Washington Post. The article focuses on Mr. Wash’s innovative development of GPO’s FDsys content management system, and his commitment toRead… Read more »
Daniel Schuman of The Sunlight Foundation — and a member of our community — has posted Money in State Judicial Elections, on The Sunlight Foundation Blog. Mr. Schuman’s post discusses two new information resources that make interesting use of law-related data: The New Politics of Judicial Elections, 2000-2009: Decade of Change, a new report byRead… Read more »