In this week’s interview I speak with Nicole Nelson-Jean, who has worked for more than 14 years with the Department of Energy on nuclear arms control, nonproliferation and national security issues. Nicole discusses some of her complex roles such as securing Russian nuclear materials in Siberia, as well as how she balances those responsibilities withRead… Read more »
We’ve been measuring satisfaction with federal websites since early 2002 and reporting it publicly every quarter since late 2003. That’s 27 consecutive reports, and believe me, the people here who analyze the data and put together those 27 reports would probably say it feels like 100. But the point is that while overall citizen satisfactionRead… Read more »
The new Washington Post-ABC News poll spells trouble for incumbents and once again finds that most Americans favor a smaller government with fewer services. Fifty six percent of respondents favor a smaller government with fewer services while 40 percent would prefer a larger government with more services. Those figures essentially mirror our findings dating backRead… Read more »
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The organizers of the Open Government Directive Workshop, being held today at the USDA, asked me to help with a companion online Twitter chat during the workshop. Please come join in the conversation using #opengovworkshop. Beth Novak kicked off the event just a few minutes ago and we’ll take the best on the conversation andRead… Read more »
A pretty interesting explanation … http://www.wimp.com/budgetcuts/
Happy Wednesday! The Pew Internet and American Life Project have published a fantastic study of how Americans use the Internet to learn about all levels of government. Let’s dive right into the highlights: • 82 percent of all Web users in the survey (representing 61 percent of all American adults) looked for information or completedRead… Read more »
Numerous blogs out there sport #Gov20 or #OpenData buzzword these days igniting interesting conversations around what they believe Government 2.0 platform is probably gonna be like tomorrow. Some assume it to be a Facebook clone, some say it should be Twitter et al and some go even as far as challenging the norms of opennessRead… Read more »
Hi everyone, My name is Alan Huynh and I’m currently researching the factors that best determine the success rate of a local government utilizing social media. The survey can be taken at http://bit.ly/socmediasurvey and would love for everyone to take it. I look forward to sharing my data once I get done with my researchRead… Read more »