What a great two weeks we have coming up in sports… but first… the Hokie Guru is calling on you: You’re invited but your friend can’t come… After all, the Hokie Guru is an angel!! ‘ He is GUILTY… for preparing for his 20th reunion… he will wait for you to catch up!! And whateverRead… Read more »
Republished from eGovAU. I’ve been reading a post by James Dellow at his Chieftech blog, Using Twitter as a benchmark for Australian local government use of social media. He compared the 90 out of 468 (approx. 20%) UK councils using Twitter to the 3 out of 677 (less than 1%) Australian councils using the toolRead… Read more »
NASA’s controversial inspector general Robert Cobb has resigned following bipartisan calls for his resignation and criticism from fellow watchdogs, most notably a recent Government Accountability Office report that determined he had done little to identify waste or fraud at the space agency. His resignation is effective April 11. Appointed by then-President George W. Bush inRead… Read more »
Workers who engage in ‘Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing’ (WILB) are more productive than those who don’t, according to Dr Brent Coker of the Department of Management and Marketing, University of Melbourne. “People who do surf the Internet for fun at work – within a reasonable limit of less than 20% of their total time inRead… Read more »
“I can tell you, having spent some time within the federal agencies, I’ve been amazed that some of the smartest people I’ve ever met in my life are federal government employees.” –Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO at FOSE (Source: Jackson, Joab (2009): Kundra courts the risk of innovation, GCN, April 2, http://gcn.com/Articles/2009/04/06/Kundra-innovation.aspx?Page=5)
The article in Monday’s New York Times about people no longer having the patience to listen to their voice mail was eerily similar to the “article” in the Onion a few days earlier about everything taking too long. So much to do, so little time. Even with “executive summaries” at the beginning of reports, colleaguesRead… Read more »
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Located in Barcelona, Spain, one of the C40 cities committed to tackling climate change through effective partnership working with the Clinton Climate Initiative…. Me, with a background in environmental science and a day-to-day work on topics related to sustainable development, but never heard about this programmes… Anyone with contacts to this network or with adequateRead… Read more »
Its such a simple title “Disaster Preparedness Pays Off in North Dakota” This is not about people being prepared. This is about people benifitting from hospitals and business being prepared. The paragraph is simple “The successful transfer of patients from MeritCare and other local facilities stands in sharp contrast with the chaotic hospital evacuations thatRead… Read more »
I’m getting ready to host the first meetup of Federal employees (and others interested in the government online) in half an hour here at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. Not sure how many of “us” are here, but am looking forward to it even if it’s only a couple of people.