Semantic Technology Solutions for Gov 2.0: Citizen-Friendly Recovery.gov and Data.gov with Transparency, Opennes, and Collaboration

The Obama administration has set the goal of achieving and unprecedented level of openness, participation, transparency, and collaboration in government. This applies especially to the accessibility of government information and the tracking of stimulus expenditures. This presentation discusses ways that cloud computing, web 2.0, and web 3.0 semantic technologies can be used to deliver citizen-friendlyRead… Read more »

Federal Eye: Senate Votes to Allow Guns at National Parks

The Senate passed a measure today that would allow visitors to carry loaded firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges, approving a bill that could restore a Bush-era policy rejected by a federal judge in March. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) introduced the bill as an amendment to the credit card reform package, which passed theRead… Read more »

Federal Bridge or Federal Chasm?

Note: this blog entry is a copy of one that I originally posted on Intelink-U. Sadly, nobody there had any Federal Bridge success stories to share. Since all the references are available on the public Internet, I thought it would be interesting to publish it to a wider audience and see if I got anyRead… Read more »

Web 2.0/Gov 2.0 Lunch-n-Learn – Part 2

A while ago I posted some questions and an outline for a Lunch-n-Learn training that I will be presenting regarding Web 2.0 / Gov 2.0. First, I want to thank all of those that replied with information, presentations of their own, and resources. Next, I would like to ask for more assistance from everyone. BelowRead… Read more »

Arrive, Survive, and Thrive…It’s Not Necessarily a Good Thing

Ever heard of the International Day For Biological Diversity (IDB)? The United Nations declared May 22nd the official date this year, and Invasive Alien Species is the theme. Invasive Aliens Species are widely recognized as a major component of human-induced global environmental change. Globalization allows that the transportation of animals, plants and microorganism to provideRead… Read more »

Critical Insight from Jim Collins, Front End of Innovation

RT fei_innovation Jim Collins – “Greatness is not a function of circumstance but a function of constant choice” #FEIBoston.

Train of Pain – Day 2

The Train of Pain – a group of cyclists who are current and former military folks- are on Day 2 of their annual ride. The week long ride is the brainchild of Carter Goodnough and Kevin OBrien. Carter is the Director of Sales of ClearedJobs.Net. If you are into cycling or beautiful scenery of theRead… Read more »

When the power goes out – will Gov 2.0 follow

Web 2.0 did so much during H1N1 outbreak that helped people. Its easy to see the solutions – yet what if the power goes out? For newbie and vetran preppers please take twenty min to watch these two videos. The documentation about the technological wonder we live in and how people do not not alwaysRead… Read more »

The Future of Search Engines?

The debut of Wolfram/Alpha, a computational knowledge engine, perhaps provides a glimpse of what is to come, with respect to the future of search engines. Wolfram/Alpha not only displays data graphically, unlike traditional search engines, but also displays data relationships to what is being queried. In it’s current state Wolfram/Alpha may not displace Google anytimeRead… Read more »

The Difference a Tweet Makes- Tips for Social Networking

Hey guys, I’m new to GovLoop- look forward to meeting you all. Here is a link to a blog I wrote with tips on Social Networking. Look forward to your feedback! http://gtra.org/blogs/parham-eftekhari/differecnce-tweet-makes-tips-successful-social-networking

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