First off, I believe in the potential of the open government initiative, government 2.0, whatever you wish to call it. My goal is simple, to baseline where we are in terms of basic social engagement at one of the highest levels of our government… The Senate. Here is my approach, for better or for worse:Read… Read more »
Business leaders are often far ahead of Federal-level public officials, at least in my personal experience, in understanding the use of social media strategies, tactics, and tools. I read this post, a scorecard of sorts, of government 2.0 from a “joe-average-citizen” perspective. Good post, worth a read. Understand this, there are plenty of politically activeRead… Read more »
The web site OhMyGov! ran a story called “12 Social Media for Government Stories To Remember 2009″ which listed the Flight 93 Memorial as one of the great stories of 2009. I was chatting with Kim Kobza, the CEO of Ingage Networks, formerly Neighborhood America, last week and I wanted to share with you someRead… Read more »
Originally posted by Monster Government Solutions on Unleash the Monster The start of the New Year has our team contemplating what 2010 will bring to HR departments across the government. Here are a couple of areas where we are sure to see a focus on in the coming year: o The hiring process. For aRead… Read more »
The other week I put out a query on the Sunlight Labs e-mail list for software developers active with (mostly) U.S. national level online transparency and open government effort and asked if there was a need for a similar e-list for those focused locally. The answer was a resounding yes. So here it is: LocalLabsRead… Read more »
Hi Folks, Working on my next Government Computer News (GCN) “reality check” column and you can participate! What is your answer to the above question? and Why? Do you envision data.gov as the linchpin to the process or just another part of it? For Data.gov to fulfill its promise (which is important in light ofRead… Read more »
My suggestion for a “silo busting and brilliant innovation in 2010” is to put your desktop into the cloud in support of the Open Government Directive and Data.gov/semantic. For more details see the following: http://semanticommunity.net/ and the recent press at: http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2009/12/epa_official_put_desktops_in_cloud.php http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20091229_7623.php?oref=mostread
Field ITS’ – Many of you had asked about whether or not you were supposed to report to an office director or a DRM. There was a perception that the DRM PD said that DRMs “supervise” field ITS’. So we checked into it; and here’s what a DRM PD actually says: “The incumbent may beRead… Read more »
Just love this Bob Gilson article about the unbelievable cases involving employee-labor relations this past year! http://www.fedsmith.com/article/2266/labor-employee-relations-couldnt-make-up-if.html
Este ano 2010 sera el de la consolidación de este importante movimiento del OpenGov, el espaldarazo que la administración Obama dio con la publicación del Open Government Iniciative a finales del 2009 sera un trampolín para este concepto que viene tomando cuerpo en las sociedades democráticas gracias al momento histórico que viven las tecnologías deRead… Read more »