I’m on the side of NO GOV REGULATION of any more of our freedoms; but, you decide. Here are the arguements: OpposingViews.com AnswerBag.com Someone should do a poll on GovLoop about this. I would love to see the REAL answers, without worrying about having your name attached to it.
I haven’t always wanted to make a career in public administration. It’s been the furthest thing from my mind for most of my adult life, even. For most of my undergraduate schooling I had no clue as to what my future might hold. I knew I had a talent for communication in its various forms,Read… Read more »
Weekly TSP Wrap-up from TSP Talk Buying opportunity, or warning? The market was hit with a plethora of information this past week, including the Goldman Sachs hearing, the continuing debt concerns in Greece, Portugal, and now Spain, a slightly weaker than expected GDP report (economic growth), the ramifications of the oil spill in the GulfRead… Read more »
Research Reports 1. Government Online (04/27/2010) – New report from Pew Internet and American Life Project explores how Americans use government websites and online resources: did you know one third of online adults use social media to get government information? http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Government-Online.aspx 2. Collaboration and Emerging Technologies in Government (04/26/2010) Newsletter from GSA’s Office of CitizenRead… Read more »
Once upon a time, a state agency wanted a more nimble way to communicate with the citizens of its fair land. The agency believed that directly engaging in dialog and discourse would help them meet citizens’ needs. A blog, they thought, would facilitate that goal. But the Knights of the kingdom were cautious. They understoodRead… Read more »
[Note: cross-posted from cpsrenewal.ca] [Photo: my father Rick and my son Kohl, taken back in June 2008] At the last #w2p mixer (an unofficial social event in Ottawa for Government of Canada Web 2.0 Practitioners) a colleague asked me “What drives you?”. I replied that I cared in the movement in a general sense; thatRead… Read more »
Gay rights groups and supportive Democratic lawmakers spent the weekend striking back at Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen and their request that Congress not vote to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy until after the Pentagon finishes a review of a potential repeal.Read… Read more »
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Registration is now open for the LEX 2010 Summer School: Managing Legal Resources in the Semantic Web (formerly the Legislative XML Summer School), to be held 6-11 September 2010, at the University of Bologna’s campus in Ravenna, Italy. The summer school lasts 6 days and “is organized in two courses:” “A Basic Course providing anRead… Read more »