“Sweet GovTweets” Sunday 22nd March 2009 Edition

Apologies in advance for errors. @govloop: 4 Steps 2 Build Transparency in New World Gov- @kpkfusion http://tinyurl.com/d5wlcj #govloop #gov20 #opengov @govloop: Listen live Gov 2.0 Blogtalkradio w/ OReilly @adrielhampton @planetrussell in 10 minutes http://tinyurl.com/d8vt6f #opengov #gov20 #govloop @adrielhampton “Making gov cool, finally”? (@municibid) #gov20 #opengov @adrielhampton: Talking live to @timoreilly: http://www.gov20radio.com #gov20 #opengov http://tinyurl.com/cp96nr @Lyne_Robichaud:Read… Read more »

GovLoop Member of the Week – Michael O. Johnston

Happy Sunday GovLoopers! This week I got a chance to chat with the man behind the GovLoop group, Community Education Professionals, Michael O. Johnston. An active GovLooper, especially when it comes to topics such as education, Michael was more then happy to take some time and share some thoughts on GovLoop, education and a fewRead… Read more »

Fundamental questions on government participation

I’ve been a political activist most of my life; researching the interaction between the Internet and social policy for a couple decades since I entered the computer field. So I’ve been trying to look beyond immediate tactical problems for fundamental dilemmas and decisions gov workers have to make. I’d love to get comments on thisRead… Read more »

Socrates and the Smartest Guys in the Room

Sometimes it seems like we, the public, are the long-suffering spouse whose partner is sitting in a bar somewhere telling friends that we just don’t understand how complex life is and what they have to deal with every day. Maybe we don’t. Maybe we can’t. And maybe they should try opening up to us aRead… Read more »

Are there any original social media/Web 2.0 thoughts left?

I find myself repeating the same basic concepts. Nothing wrong with that; most of the world hasn’t heard them (and certainly most of EPA hasn’t). Ideally, we on the Social Media Subcouncil want to know all of those concepts so we can share them with our government colleagues. So I have this idea to createRead… Read more »

An Interview with Blogger Bob From TSA’s Evolution of Security Blog

This post also appeared on my primary blog, “Social Media Strategery.” When I first started “Social Media Strategery” six months ago, one of my inspirations was the TSA’s “Evolution of Security” blog. Along with Intellipedia, which showed me that IT security fears could be overcome, the Evolution of Security blog showed me that something evenRead… Read more »

Earth Hour, Lights out and pandemic prep – This Saturday.

Earth hour is this Saturday March 28th from 8:30 to 9:30. (Source: http://www.earthhour.org/home/) You can also register your city: http://www.voteearth2009.org/home/ Yea, USA is under repersented even though we use more lights. Turning off the lights, TV, etc for an hour to save energy. With any luck it will or should be dark. This is aRead… Read more »

ASPA Annual Conference Event: Student and New Professional Summit; Creating Your Job: Taking Charge of a New Managerial Assignment

This workshop was one that every student and new professional should never miss. This workshop really goes into the planning of how you, as a newly hired professional, will begin to work. The questions that many people usually have in their minds when they start a new job is how will I get all ofRead… Read more »

ASPA Annual Conference Event: SPALR/ROPPA Applied Workshop: Motivation and Commitment in Public Organizations

This workshop was of interest and relevance to students. This workshop touched on what I consider to be among the core concepts in any curriculum of public administration, management, public relations, and human resources management. This workshop provided an analysis of a real research study with a review and emphasis on the statistical analysis used,Read… Read more »

ASPA Annual Conference Event: Strategic Imperative Group 1

This was a great meeting. The group here was very inviting to everyone, including students. This group needs to address who does ASPA need to appeal to, what are its assets, what segments of the market are not reached out to, and how ways to creatively use our assets to increase and retain memberships. ThisRead… Read more »

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