I started working as part of the response effort on day 59 of the oil spill. To say I’m getting involved a little late in the game is an understatement. There was no time to get my feet wet with the mission; I had to jump right in. It’s been intense, and challenging, but IRead… Read more »
This is your noon sports update from your bureaucrat on sports, the Hokie Guru 🙂 Landon Donovan scored in the 91st minute giving the United States a clutch 1-0 victory over Algeria. As a result, the United States wins Group C and moves on to the knockout stage (where one loss sends you home) ofRead… Read more »
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In a word…fear. That about sums up most local government leaders and their thoughts about the use of social media. As the government with the closest proximity to the public it serves, a lot of my peers worry about opening up another dialogue venue. Many aren’t familiar with social media sites and can’t envision whatRead… Read more »
Last week the Government of Canada announced a new program intended to promote innovation in the workplace. Generally speaking, any effort to drive innovation should be applauded- however, the role of incentives in promoting innovation and motivating individuals to participate is an elaborate issue. Strategies and tactics should be approached with caution, with creativity, andRead… Read more »
I work on a data warehouse and my city’s main anti-poverty agency. The data warehouse has been around since 2000. We have roughly 150 users across the agency writing their own ad hoc queries each month, many of them using Oracle Discoverer. (We also have about 250 other users running canned reports each month, butRead… Read more »
Organizations of all types have struggled to come to grips with terms like Government 2.0, Social Business, Social Media, and a long list of others that are floating around book stores, universities, and blogs. I have spent a lot of time speaking with businesses and government agencies, exploring what is working, what is failing, andRead… Read more »
Although I don’t live in DC, I work there and drive in DC daily. If I were a DC resident I’d be beyond pleased to have such a service to use. FixMyCityDC is developed with open-source code and it allows users to submit municipality-related reports (downed trees, potholes, etc.), directly to the district’s system forRead… Read more »
It’s hard to imagine that within a few short months work would take me to the heart of back-to-back high profile tragedies. First as a Senior Technical Writer on the Fort Hood Commission and a subsequent Air Force Follow-on-Review; and now as a Public Affairs Specialist with the Deepwater Horizon Response’s Joint Information Center. MyRead… Read more »
A Shout-out to Heroes With all the talk of heroes on GovLoop, I thought it would be cool to highlight some of the real heroes in this oil spill: the National Guard and Coast Guard. Over 2,000 of these men and women have dropped everything to work around the clock protecting our coast and wildlifeRead… Read more »