Communications, Miscellaneous, Tech

Weekly Research and Best Practices

Research 1. Social Media and Public Sector Policy Dilemmas (08/2010) -Comprehensive report by the Institute of Public Administration of Canada discusses impediments to government use of social media. Topics include access to information, security, leadership, records retention, privacy, and the need for a culture of trust. http://www.mikekujawski.ca/ftp/SocialMediaPublicSectorPolicyDilemmas.pdf 2. Does civic engagement make a difference? (06/2010)Read… Read more »

Career, Project Management, Tech

Social Networks Exhibit Senior Appeal

From Pew Research: In the last year, social networking services have nearly doubled in popularity among online Americans over 50, while they made virtually no inroads among those ages 18 to 29, according to a report published by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. That spike in popularity includes those over 65 years old,Read… Read more »

Communications, Miscellaneous, Tech

TroopSwap.com: An Online Marketplace Serving Those Who Serve

Note: This article is also published as a guest blog post on the AFCEA (Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association) official SignalScape blog. Blake Hall is a man on a mission: to help U.S. military personnel use Web 2.0 technologies to help one another and themselves. Hall’s no stranger to demanding missions. A decorated formerRead… Read more »

Miscellaneous

CityCamp Boston Updates

Image via Wikipedia I have been sharing some insights with you on various channels and do not want to miss updating those of you who join me on my blog. What is CityCamp?CityCamp is a FREE unconference focused on innovation for municipal governments and community organizations. As an unconference, content for CityCamp is not plannedRead… Read more »

Career, Human Resources, Leadership

HOMELAND SECURITY AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACADEMY LAUNCHES “DISASTER PREPAREDNESS FOR SCHOOLS” TRAINING EVENT IN NEW DELHI

(September 13, 2010) – Indian school children will be better protected following the Homeland Security and Disaster Management Academy’s (HS+DMA) inaugural “Disaster Preparedness for Schools” instructional programme held in New Delhi September 6-10. Headlining the event was the “Safe Schools” initiative, which included both a two-hour overview seminar in which local administrators and educators learnedRead… Read more »

Career, Human Resources, Miscellaneous, Project Management

Retirement Questions Answered

Our federal employees retirement planning site at www.federalretirement.net receives many questions each month from retirees and federal employees and many are focused on the following subject areas. I suggest copying this article and keep it with your important papers so you and your family will have the answers needed when faced with these issues. RetirementRead… Read more »

Tech

Malamud on Law.gov & Reforming Government IT

Carl Malamud of Public.Resource.Org discussed the Law.gov legal open government data project with Hari Sreenivasan on PBS NewsHour on 8 September 2010. Carl also gave the keynote address, about reform of U.S. federal government information technology (IT) practices, at the 2010 Gov 2.0 Summit on 7 September 2010. Carl’s keynote may be of particular interestRead… Read more »

Career, Project Management

HR=Humans Represent: The Get Out of Jail Green Ticket

*********************************************************************** Not a Govloop Member? 30 Secs & Free to Join for Great Info & Perks *********************** There have been plenty of Ex-Offender Job Fairs put on by various organizations nationwide to help former inmates find work. This has been taken even further as of late, as news has spread about job fairs which areRead… Read more »