It’s the dawning of the age of the Cybersecurity workforce. Everyone seems to be jumping onboard the train as it heads out of the station, and we appear to have more than our fair share of conductors. On any given day it seems an article appears about the Cybersecurity workforce. Everything from the Department ofRead… Read more »
I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of the 30,000 strong in the GovLoop community, and I’m happy to interact with all the readers on this site. However, GovLoop is not the only place to find some of the top influencers in the Government 2.0 community, and today I wanted to highlight a greatRead… Read more »
This video was made as a joke for a charity film festival. It got a lot of laughs but we were also hoping it would inspire someone to take this and run with it. On a daily basis my coworkers and I are alwasy trying to find innovative solutions to what seem like “wicked” problems.Read… Read more »
In celebration of Gov 2.0 Hero Day, I want to highlight a few visionary ROCKet stars at NASA: Robbie Schingler, Nick Skytland, Chris Kemp, Astronaut Mike Massimino, Astronaut and Innovator Ron Garan, and Sean Herron. Robbie Schingler: Chief of Staff, Office of Technology at NASA Headquarters. I met Robbie a few years ago in aRead… Read more »
For the past three years, I’ve been working in emergency management and social media. As I’ve been focused on leveraging social media tools and technology for use in emergency management and response, the world of Gov 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 has grown up all around me. Transparency and accountability are now synonymous with government activityRead… Read more »
As a retired federal mediator with the U S Equal Employment Oppotunity Commission, at least 30% of my mediations on a yearly basis dealt with maternity issues. The company would fire a person as soon as she told her boss that she was pregnant. I totally support paid maternity leave, just because someone goes onRead… Read more »
Here’s something I’m working on. Comments welcomed. Measuring government websites If you can’t see the presentation embedded above, view it on slideshare. Modified from original post on: http://usability4government.wordpress.com/2010/06/08/performance-measurement-framework-for-government-sites-now-in-beta/
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) has a series called Animate using video communication tools to expand message. Thanks to Zach Yates for finding this video. Here is Dan Pink on Motivation in a new type of presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc&feature=player_embedded
1- What was your path to the public service/current job? I left a major NHL Franchise during the height of their cup run to join the public service in 2007. (Yeah you read that right!) My career since then has been that of a journeyman. I won’t bore you with all of the details, sufficeRead… Read more »
My interview Government 2.0 in Russia: megabyte democracy – An interview with russian e-gov-expert Alena Popova was published this week. The author of the blog is Julia Talmazan. She lives in Vancouver and blogging about Russia, from the perspective of someone who was born in the USSR, but grew up in Canada. Thank you JulieRead… Read more »