True calling …
Was told recently by a person of another faith and nationality, “If the other Americans are like you – I would be on your side.”
Stimulate the Economy, Go on a Cruise
I as get older and my work involves more thinking, decision-making, and responsibility, I find I like vacations more. And I want them to be longer. In 2005 my wife talked me into a cruise. From what I had seen and read I wasn’t sure I would like this sort of thing, it looked regimented.Read… Read more »
Great Article about Using Twitter at Work and Government
This is a great article that covers two great points: how to use Twitter at work, and how the government is forging ahead into Gov 2.0 http://cli.gs/V4v8ze
Don’t share your best practices! Share the ones that are ‘Good Enough’.
You can find the full post on this here. In the policy to effort session at Government 2.0 camp, Lovisa Williams of the Department of State summed up the problem of building on cross agency’s efforts as “Don’t share your best practices, share them when they are good enough.” It sounded like a good startRead… Read more »
Federal Eye: WAMU Airs Audio of VA Incident
Washington public radio station WAMU this morning aired audio of an exchange that took place last Tuesday night between one of its reporters and a VA Hospital public affairs officer that resulted in the confiscation of the reporter’s recording equipment. Officials from Washington’s VA Medical Center on Friday returned the audio flash drive they hadRead… Read more »
TSP Talk – Who is Being Trapped, the Bulls or Bears?
Good morning. It’s your weekly dose of TSP Talk! A quick shout out to our amazing military and government agencies, in particular the US Navy special forces, who were involved in defusing what appeared to be an impossible situation with the Somali pirates. The rescue was nothing short of extraordinary. I believe I can speakRead… Read more »
Time Sinks
I’ve set a goal this week to identify my personal, and the office’s general, time sinks. Where time is frittered away and the returns are not worth it. I already have a few in mind for each category. It will be interesting to see what the results are at the end of the week.
PC World Mag – Ten Twitter Tips for the Workplace (in the Gov space)
Quotes from those we know and love! http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/162943/10_twitter_tips_for_the_workplace.html
GovLoop Member of the Week: Vanessa Casavant, Communications Writer – Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington
Thanks so much to Vanessa Casavant for agreeing to be the member of the week this week! How did you get involved in journalism and public affairs? I was actually a really disengaged citizen living in NYC at the age of 21 and pursuing an acting career. I had a temp position in downtown ManhattanRead… Read more »
“Sweet GovTweets” Sat 11 April 2009 edition
Apologies for erros in advance. @adrielhampton: @EllnMllr Who’s actually making the TARP decisions? Curious. So was Sunlight. http://bit.ly/3ryU15 #opengov #gov20 @ariherzog: Wow! Look at the boring http://house.gov and http://senate.gov | Then be stunned at the redesigned and pretty http://parliament.uk #gov20 @adrielhampton: “SF City Attorney Joins Twitter” http://bit.ly/PgRJC #gov20 @governingpeople; 10 British city councils were awardedRead… Read more »