Tony; I need your legal advice or opinion on the following subject that go along with re design and supporting the website that the City of Richmond put to the public(RichmondGov.com). I believe that I have detailed this question by examining the following list of items. While I am educated on the subject I amRead… Read more »
People that write content know the message that they want to get across to the people that are reading thier content. But they have very little idea about how to organize that material that people can easily sort though that content and that is the largest part of the problem or discontect from the contentRead… Read more »
While searching for an enterprise micro-blogging tool for my own job, I ran across OraTweet; developed by Noel Portual. I contacted the developer to interview him, but he never responded. However, this tool has so much potential for those working with enterprise systems whom are looking for a micro-blogging solution, I felt it was stillRead… Read more »
The Interior Department’s inspector general has found widespread mishandling and tracking of highly valuable passports issued to department officials traveling overseas, alleging that in numerous instances employees violated federal privacy laws. Several expired passports could not be accounted for and inspectors also could not locate the passports once issued to Interior Secretary Gale Norton andRead… Read more »
We have to get involved in Web 2.0! Hurry, we have to start planning for our rollout strategy for Web 3.0, whatever the hell that is. Or maybe we have to stop and think about things a bit. Social networks are fun, conferring with our peers can be enlightening and informative. However a major questionRead… Read more »
By Teresa Carlson, Microsoft Vice President of U.S. Federal Government Sales From http://www.futurefed.com We know the President is taking the Open Government Initiative seriously. He is driving his team to find news ways to open the doors of government and let the people in. The most recent example of dedication to an open government hasRead… Read more »
We’ve all heard of the comedy “The Office” and how hilarious it is and how every office worker can relate to the quirky characters and the uncomfortable situations. When I heard that they were coming out with a new show about a public service “Parks and Rec” department, I got really excited. Finally something forRead… Read more »
Good morning. It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. Stocks or Bonds? The good news from last week was that after some late selling on Friday afternoon, the S&P 500 did manage to end the week up about 0.5%. The bad news was that it started the week with a +3% rally on Monday, butRead… Read more »
A couple of weeks ago I made the argument on my personal blog’Why .gov webbies need professional status‘. This is not a new idea, it’s been circulating in the UK for a couple of years. Problem is it hasn’t actually gone anywhere. Now the idea has some solidity through the efforts of myself and theRead… Read more »
At Socitm‘s Better Connected event 2 June in Birmingham, UK by far the hit of the day was this presentation: Inbc09 May19 Session5 John Steed View more OpenOffice presentations from paulcanning. John Steed from Cheltenham Council talked about how the massive flooding of the town a few years ago gave a kick-start to their socialRead… Read more »