(This article was prepared for the Oklahoma Academy’s 2010 Town Hall on municipal government. If, like me, your ADD struggles with the line spacing below, download the PDF here: The Case for Youth Engagement.pdf) The Case for Youth EngagementThe issue of youth engagement often falls on the back burner for most municipal governments — anRead… Read more »
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Thanksgiving 2010
Head over to USA.gov for a virtual cornucopia of Thanksgiving information on their Thanksgiving page. You’ll find everything you need for a safe, happy, and delicious holiday including: Air Travel Status and TSA Air Travel Tips Food for the Holidays and Recipes from and for Americans November Is American Indian Heritage Month Out-of-This-World Thanksgiving (ThanksgivingRead… Read more »
All Social is Learning
I’ve been reflecting lately on my brief sojourn into education reform prior to returning to “the world.” Several things I learned there, including the idea that how brains work and how people interact represent new fields of study to the Field of Education. (With apologies to any of my new Ed friends, please correct meRead… Read more »
Research and Best Practices eNewsletter 11/19
Research Digital Divide in Internet Searching (11/2010) – Study examines the digital divide in Internet information searching. Data from 476 Vermont households surveyed in 2009 found socioeconomic and demographic factors such as education level, income, and age. http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3118/2649 News Morgan Stanley on the “State of the Internet” (11/16/2010) – Presentation by Mary Meeker calls attentionRead… Read more »
NIST Moves Forward on Cloud Computing
Last week the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held their second Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop. Skillfully shepherded by Ms. Dawn Leaf, the agency’s senior executive of cloud computing, the event reinforced the US Federeal government’s move towards the cloud. Of particular note to me was the cloud computing simulation model project, knownRead… Read more »
Open data is data that delivers results
I struck a nerve around open data, as I mentioned in my earlier article, when I stated that “XML is simply a markup language, a container for data. Is it one of the most preferred containers? Absolutely. However, open government data is not synonymous with XML. Open government data is simply government-owned data that canRead… Read more »
Live Chat Today at 2pm – GovReads – Macrowikinomics + Preview of Live Chat
THURSDAY AT 2pm – GovLoop Chat with Anthony WIlliams – RSVP here One of the foundational books for Gov 2.0 has been Wikinomics – How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything by authors Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams. THE BEGINNINGSLaunched in December 2006, co-authors Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams were extremely critical for the beginnings of theRead… Read more »
Drupal and the US Government
Have you signed up yet for the Drupal summit? If you haven’t, you should! http://socialbusiness.drupalgardens.com/content/washington-dc-agenda Signing up for events like this helps to connect both Government employees to contractors and Govies to Govies. No, seriously, it works like that. When you go to these events, you get to meet amazing Government employees who are doingRead… Read more »
Confessions of a Social Maniac
Morning all you Loopers 🙂 This is my first GovLoop Blog entry! Okay, so it’s not enough to fly from Omaha, Nebraska to participate in a Unified Capabilities Working Group (UCWG) for three intense days, but I also decided I just had to meet some of the people behind the scenes at GovLoop. I haveRead… Read more »
Getting Stuck in Clueless
We’ve all been “clueless” at some point in our life, the place where you “don’t know what you don’t know.” When you first became a leader, you were probably clueless about a lot of stuff. But not for long, I’m sure. Organizations may tolerant poor performance from some folks but they don’t let it goRead… Read more »