I reached out to Senator Joyce after he joined my community on Twitter. Senator Joyce is serving his 7th term as a Senator from Massachusetts, representing the Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district, which includes Avon, Braintree, Canton, East Bridgewater, Easton, Milton, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, and West Bridgewater. The Senator agreed to an email-based interview, whichRead… Read more »
I’m going to be submitting this as an op-ed later today. Any comments would be gratefully appreciated! The Off-shore Oil Crisis Demands a Switch to Win-Win Regulation 3.0 Strategy by W. David Stephenson The Obama Administration’s proposal to make the off-shore oil drilling safety program independent of the Minerals Management Service doesn’t address a moreRead… Read more »
Social media only increases fragmentation in society which the commerce will happily exploit. Rather what is needed is social bonding and returning to the culture of the past that will help nourish roots and in bonding much joy and happiness will be experienced.
“Didn’t you see my memo?”. Sound familar? Heard this a while back but I now see it’s value. Memos can often take a while to get down the chain of command. And memos are boring. And we get too many emails as it is. Replace or supplement memos with blog posts. Seriously. Blogs are fasterRead… Read more »
The Census Bureau continues its 2010 population count, but it’s not wasting any time with a plan to use the Internet 10 years from now in the next census. Director Robert Groves told Federal News Radio the Bureau is already planning to test using the Internet using the American Community Survey (ACS). “One of theRead… Read more »
Happy Friday! The folks keeping tabs on the economic stimulus program took a big technological step recently by moving the government’s popular stimulus-tracking Web site to “the cloud.” “Cloud computing” allows data and software to be stored in remote data centers rather than on-site servers, providing significant savings to an organization’s capital costs and environmentalRead… Read more »
Why we need to connect our jobs with purpose!
Lead Contamination at EPA Headquarters also to be Discussed on “Inside Government” WASHINGTON—Service delivery issues and the significant claims backlog at the Social Security Administration (SSA) will be discussed this week on the American Federation of Government Employees’ (AFGE) “Inside Government” radio show. The show will air on Friday, May 14 at 10 a.m. ETRead… Read more »
In a webinar about Gov 2.0 on Tuesday, publisher and conference convener Tim O’Reilly referred to Carl Malamud as the father of the Gov 2.0 movement. Wednesday, Malamud was in San Francisco at the Mitchell Kapor Foundation offices for the 10th in a series of 15 workshops he’s hosting around the country for his currentRead… Read more »
To be fully effective, government agencies must raise awareness of their programs and the important work they do on behalf of the public. Branding is crucial to these efforts. Yes, branding. Though government agencies rarely use the word, branding is just as important in the public sector as it is in the private and nonprofitRead… Read more »