Good morning. It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk. Stocks dropped on Friday, as the TSP stock funds lost 2% to 3% on the day, but ended the week up sharply, and after a slow start, March has returned much of 2009’s early losses. Can it continue week? A week ago Friday I had saidRead… Read more »
When I was a young child, my family would buy a Christmas tree a couple of days before Christmas and leave it out on the back porch. I lived in fear that someone would steal the tree before Christmas, but no one ever did. On Christmas morning, my brother and I would wake up toRead… Read more »
March 30, 2009 Library of Congress embraces YouTube, iTunes Washington DC, library will begin uploading its digital materials to online services Grant Gross ________________________________________ The US Library of Congress has begun uploading its audio archives to iTunes, and it will soon begin to post videos on YouTube, in an effort to make its materials easierRead… Read more »
Here is the long short, or should I say short long? IT WAS AWESOME. I met many awesome people doing awesome things. I learned a bunch, thought about a bunch more. Connected with people who I knew but had never met. Met people who I should connect with, but never knew. Thought of new thingsRead… Read more »
Thanks so much to Don Horn for taking the time to be interviewed. Don Horn is Director, PBS Sustainability Program, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, GSA Public Buildings Service What is your current position? I’m director of the Sustainability Program for the Public Buildings Service of the General Services Administration, so it’s green federalRead… Read more »
Twitter – I still can’t get over how stupid that sounds – has virtually become a household name and it’s use by law enforcement is growing quickly. But as a chief, it surprises me when I read blog posts and comments on other police websites that describe how a number of administrators refuse to exploreRead… Read more »
In progress. Currently timestamp is: 11:45 am on Friday. This tag will be updated as I continue to trawl through the tweets. I am trying to go through the main twitter stream in the event someone is interested in the (currently) 4661 tweets from gov20camp. I am also trying to arrange the sessions as bestRead… Read more »
Who’s a giant killer, baby? We got David (the Bemidji State University Beavers) right here!! Tiny Bemidji State University (in Bemidji, MN… located on the western shore of Lake Bemidji) upsets Notre Dame in the Midwest Regional Finals. Let’s say that again for good measure… #2 ranked and #1 seed Notre Dame goes down toRead… Read more »
Apologies in advance for errors (gov20camp stuff not included) @you2gov: Have you seen Open Government in action complete with cutting edge Government 2.0? http://www.you2gov.com #gov20camp #opengov @jdp23: SF Mayor @GavinNewsom blocks critics on Twitter, http://is.gd/poZ8 has more. @blogswarm @theLeagueSF @sfscribe who else? #p2 #gov20 @lyne_robichaud: @ForumAuthority Zonegrippeaviaire.com’s goal is to establish a community, and offerRead… Read more »
Apologies in advance for errors (gov20camp stuff not included) @ed_dodds: Road Map for Financial Recovery: Radical Transparency Now! http://is.gd/pfgS #gov20camp #honda #opengov #gov20 #xbrl @silanthia: Online townhall from whitehouse is online. No prescreen for questions. Todays was on economy. #ofq #opengov #gov20 http://bit.ly/eoxns @myerman: What if citizens created a usable, friendly Austin city govt wiki?Read… Read more »