How much exposure can $25 buy you on Facebook?

I don’t know if you have given much thought to using Ads on Facebook. I really hadn’t, but got curious last week. We’re not using Facebook at Housing and Urban Development yet, so I thought of another way to test this capability. I put on one of my other hats: I serve on a non-profitRead… Read more »

Be part of a “coffee table” book

I am contemplating a coffee table book of the most interesting and unique tattoos for federal employees. As I walk around daily, I notice more and more tattoos, some plain and some quite unique. Certainly there are some stories behind them. I am thinking just a photo, and an anonymous quote, place of employment, etc.Read… Read more »

Back at the Office

The conference went off without many fireworks. People were educated and entertained. I served as host for five breakout sessions, so I did not experience much beyond those. Perhaps, not surprisingly, there was a lot of discussion on the stimulus efforts to date, and where we are going. Now to play catch up. I heardRead… Read more »

Young Government Leaders Bethesda presents: Professional Development Series @ SAMHSA

Professional/Personal Development Series & Brown Bag Discussions Brought to you by: SAMHSA & Young Government Leaders- Bethesda Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 12-1PM Young Feds 101: Reputation Management SAMHSA: Great Falls Speaker: Dave Uejio, Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Human Resources, NIH -Successful strategies for establishing and keeping a positive reputation. Tuesday, April 14,Read… Read more »

New to Gov Loop

Just starting out with GovLoop and looking forward to making some online connections with people interested in Web 2.0 and leveraging these technologies to help thier organizations. Believe it or not many of us in the IT business in the DC area are in the perfect spot at the the perfect time to help rebuildRead… Read more »

“Sweet GovTweets” – Mon. 6 April, 2009 edition

Apologies for errors in advance: @joab_jackson: Data.gov to officially launch in late May 2009: http://www.data.gov #GovLoop @jefferyrlsmith: #CivSource Morning News Update 4-6 http://twurl.nl/w0n1yt #gov20 @jdp23: #votereport India: citizen-driven election monitoring for the 2009 Indian general elections … very cool! (via @nancyscola) #gov20 @nonprofit_tech: Super Excited and a Tad Scared. OpenCamp-Madison in 12Days: http://sn.im/opencamp-reg Sat, 18Read… Read more »

What’s the government’s role in improving access to information about government online?

Republished from eGovAU. I love the work that Matthew Landauer and a small group of non-partisan, patriotic Australians have done to set up OpenAustralia. If you’re not aware of the site, it’s designed to make the discussions on parliamentary floors visible to the public in an easily accessible way. The site also provides information onRead… Read more »

TIGR Experiences with Web 2.0

Over at the Reg there’s a pretty recent article that reveals some of the stumbling blocks involved with using Web 2.0 in government. One brief example (of many) “The problem is that everything must be kept on paper,” McLaughlin says. “So, government web masters have to sit and print snapshots of their websites on paper.Read… Read more »