HOW SHOULD POLITICIANS USE TWITTER? That’s the topic of this e.politics collaborative effort between Sandi Fox and Sean Hurley. (I follow back almost everyone who follows me on Twitter.) In other Twitter news, a tweet sparked a controversy involving a lobbyist and lawmakers in Missouri and you can read more about that here. And inRead… Read more »
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (OH) joined the list of agencies apologizing for poor communication during winter weather conditions. Original post
IBM is developing digital billboards that can recognize passers-by and display advertising targeted to their interests. Original post
TriMet (OR) is testing an audible pedestrian-alert system that will warn people when the bus is turning. Original post
The National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices, Innovate + Educate, has designated Massachusetts as the national model for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education initiatives. Massachusetts STEM Council will work with Innovate + Educate on best practices for STEM education initiatives nationwide. Last summer, Massachusetts started working with NASA as part ofRead… Read more »
The Electricity Feed-in (Renewable Energy Premium) Amendment Act 2011 takes effect in Canberra on 7 March 2011. This allows community groups to invest in collaborative solar power projects, up to 200kW, rather than each householder having to have an individual system installed on their roof.Robin Eckermann mentioned this idea in his talk on “The SMARTRead… Read more »
Senator Kate Lundy’s spoke on “Citizen-centric services: A necessary principle for achieving genuine open government” to the Citizen Centric Service Delivery 2011 conference, 1 March 2011: “… three pillars of Open Government. These are Citizen-Centric services, Democratising Data and Participatory Government…” . This speech makes the Gov 2.0 case well and complements the Information OriginalRead… Read more »
Hey there GovLoop Community – I’d like to introduce you to the Shutdown Startup. If the federal government shuts down, thousands of passionate public servants will be kept from their full-time jobs. But that doesn’t mean we can no longer serve. In the event of a shutdown, we’re committing to volunteer with non-profit organizations throughoutRead… Read more »
If you haven’t heard the news, Facebook has made changes to its comment plug-in. Whether or not you have anything to do with managing an official Facebook page, if you have a Facebook profile and comment on blogs you need to study up. I read about the changes this morning on Mashable (video interview withRead… Read more »
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