If You Haven’t Seen Steve Jobs at Stanford…
You should: His speech is 14 minutes long.
Sweet GovTweets 07.01.2009
Happy 4th of July eve, eve, eve … I just LOVE this holiday! I hope you all have fun family plans.Ok, maybe just ..fun plans? 🙂 Everyone was just very, very chatty today … great info (everyone is really really ready for the HOLIDAY!) I am having guests for part of a long week, andRead… Read more »
How does a Conservative Australian Government Change it’s Spots & Adopt Social Media
I attended the very first Government 2.0 lunch today in Canberra which included the head of the newly formed Government 2.0 Taskforce, Dr Nicholas Gruen (link to twitter profile). The topic being discussed was how do we as engaged citizens working within and outside Government, assist the taskforce in it’s mission of putting in placeRead… Read more »
Something in the Air
Open data open government – maybe it is a viral infection from the PDF09 conference, or maybe it’s an idea who’s time has come, but it seems you can’t move in cyberspace without bumping into it: Open Up Government Data – Wired How-To Wiki opendata.org.nz : Open Government for New Zealand It Is Time ToRead… Read more »
Call for Speakers! Social Media for Government Conference – Dec 7-10 in Washington, DC
Looking for speakers to share successful best practices and case studies on the use of social media in government! Social Media for Government: How To Engage Your Employees And Citizens By Using The Latest Web 2.0 Technologies To Drive Communication Results December 7-10, 2009 in Washington, DC Organized by the Advanced Learning Institute www.aliconferences.com PleaseRead… Read more »
Another step in US government transparency
IT project transparency produced and managed by OMB http://it.usaspending.gov/ A News story from FCW Government IT spending put on full display in new Web site IT Dashboard uses visualization technology to display spending details * By Doug Beizer * Jun 30, 2009 The Office of Management and Budget launched a Web site today that usesRead… Read more »
Federal Eye: Documents Detail Case for Walpin’s Dismissal
Documents delivered to lawmakers this week expose a frequently confrontational and petty relationship over the past several years between officials at the Corporation for National and Community Service and the group’s inspector general, Gerald Walpin. President Obama fired the Bush appointee last month, citing a lack of confidence. Lawmakers almost immediately raised concerns with theRead… Read more »
The Archiving Challenge
A few years ago it was made public that Karl Rove, President George W. Bush’s political adviser, and Vice-President Dick Cheney were using a political party’s email system for work related communication instead of their official government accounts. A political party is under no obligation by law to archive its emails for posterity. This broughtRead… Read more »
Dispatches from the Personal Democracy Forum
As part of a Google fellowship that I received on behalf of Public Performance Systems, I spent the last two days at the Personal Democracy Forum up in New York. I’ll finish up our discussion on a Performance Management Framework in the next few days but I wanted to first report on a number ofRead… Read more »
Personal Democracy Forum conference: initial themes
My blog from the conference: http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/06/personal-democracy-forum-confe.html The first day at the Personal Democracy Forum conference revolved around the freedom to experiment, necessary infrastructure, and the need to change.