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Top 50 Public Administration Resources Features GovLoop

Pretty cool to see GovLoop featured as a Top 50 public administration resource. Original post here: A public administrator needs all the resources available at his or her fingertips, including information about organizations, research, online interaction, public outreach and contact information for local, regional, national and even international resources. You’ll find the best of allRead… Read more »

Yasmin Goes to Space! (aka, my first few weeks at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

Originally posted on my blog http://bonnieandyasmin.com Ok, I didn’t really go to space. I did, however, find my way down to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center where I will be working on an enterprise 2.0 project for the next few months. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is headquartered in Washington DC, and itsRead… Read more »

IMPLEMENTING THE MOVE ACT

IMPLEMENTING THE MOVE ACT As I mentioned earlier, late last year President Obama signed into law the MOVE Act (Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act). Soon, 33 states will be using some form of Internet voting for their voters overseas, or UOCAVA voters (named after the 1986 Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act). VotersRead… Read more »

FaceBook Offers Law Enforcement Huge Communication Opportunity!

Facebook continues to morph into the most massive social networking site known to man. As of a few days ago according to Facebook Statistics there are now over 500 million user accounts on this social networking monster. The amount of people on this site and the time people are participating (700 billion minutes monthly) onRead… Read more »

Monitoring and Measuring Wildlife (Social Media)

Danielle Brigida is the Digital Marketing Manager for the National Wildlife Federation (NWF). Her work has garnered national attention. She will be speaking at the Advanced New Media Strategies for Federal Government in October on “Monitoring and Measuring Traffic on New Media Sites.“ Danielle has been working at NWF for the past four years whereRead… Read more »

Does Yo Mama Know About “Open Government”?

I was just reading this NextGov interview with Craigslist creator (and GovLoop Advisory Board Member) Craig Newmark, who is trying to raise awareness about President Obama’s open government and transparency efforts. The article begins: The Obama administration’s open government initiative is discussed regularly in some circles inside the Beltway, but travel just a few milesRead… Read more »

Does Tim O’Reilly Capture Your Definition of Gov 2.0 in His CBS Interview?

Tim O’Reilly, founder of O’Reilly Media and the orginator of the term “Web 2.0,” was interviewed by Shira Lazar on CBS News, answering questions about Code for America and “Gov 2.0.” Video Clip: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6725549n Does Tim capture your definition of Gov 2.0? What would you say about Gov 2.0 if you had 4 minutes onRead… Read more »

Top 5 Places to Network At Work

Not a Govloop Member? 30 Secs & Free to Join for Great Info & Perks When people hear the word networking, they often think of going to events and joining association. But just as important (if not more important) is networking at work. Work networking is different though and often happens in weird places. Here’sRead… Read more »

Gov 2.0 culture needs nurture (and a catalyst) – and we’re not there yet

Republished from the original post at acidlabs. Please comment as well there if you can. Earlier this week, I attended the FutureGov Forum Australia. It was an interesting event, not least because the talking head component was kept to a reasonable minimum, with the model focussed on rotating tables with each new table hosting aRead… Read more »

Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – July 30, 2010

The dog days of Summer: Brian Purchia: An open source union movement Gunnar Hellekson: Who had the first government open source policy? Alex Showerman: President Obama and a Supporter’s Hollow Feeling (A Call for Online Engagement) Shira Lazar and Tim O’Reilly: What is Gov 2.0? (video) AASHTO Honors State DOT Photographers for their ‘Faces ofRead… Read more »