Much of the hand-wringing in government social media practice – or more so, the decision-making behind whether to have a government social media practice – centers on return on investment, or even “return on engagement.” Does it work, and how do we measure whether it works? From measuring retweets, to numbers of fans, unique blogRead… Read more »
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IBM, right in the middle of offerings for The Social Ecosystem
How many of us still think of IBM as that group of old-school business types that just don’t know how to keep up with the pace of business? I mean, come on, they still talk about things like mainframes, how much can they really understand? IBM invited me in for a briefing last week toRead… Read more »
Groups – By Topic
Acquisition Acquisition 2.0 Contracting Government Purchase Card (GPC) in Acquisitions Cybersecurity Cyber-Corps Cyber-Locks Cybersecurity Issues Government Cyber Security Events Government Security Clearences Information Security Assessments SCAP Tools Security101 Systems Thinking and National Security Environment Code Green Environmental Communications Environmental Leadership Program Green Building Group Green IT / Electronics Stewardship Green Water Conservation Finance Budgeteers CertifiedRead… Read more »
Ontología Jurídica Libre: Vocabulario de Derecho = Free Legal Ontology: Vocabulary of Law
Ontología Jurídica Libre: Vocabulario de Derecho = Free Legal Ontology: Vocabulary of Law, has been made available by Javier de la Cueva, Esq., of derecho-internet.org and Medialab-Prado. The ontology is intended especially for use by government entities, for modeling and enabling identification and retrieval of legal documents and services produced or offered by government. ClickRead… Read more »
First Impressions of New OMB Guidance on Web Measurement
I was overseas when the guidelines on the use of web analytics and measurement on Federal government web site was published on June 25 and then spent a few days tromping in the woods with my son, so I haven’t had a lot of time to digest the OMB’s final memos. Yet after reading throughRead… Read more »
July 23: Extended Application Deadline for LEX Summer School
The application deadline has been extended to 23 July 2010 for the 2010 LEX Summer School, to be held 6-11 September 2010 at the University of Bologna, Ravenna Campus, in Ravenna, Italy. The theme of the school is “Managing Legal Resources in the Semantic Web.” Here is a description of the curriculum: The school aimsRead… Read more »
Practicing Happiness
“Happiness is the Consequence of Personal Effort” This is a quote I pulled out of my copy of Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eay Pray Love – – a book I’ve kept next to my bed for the past 3 years that serves as a fixed reminder of the utter sweetness of striving. The other day while cleaningRead… Read more »
When a city works: sharing Central Park with a dog, a husband, and a couple of thousand triathletes who have just swum the Hudson River
Today my husband, dog, and I went to Central Park for a photo shoot–for my husband and dog. Jeff (the husband) has a book coming out about project management at the end of the year. He’s upgrading his website, and so he hired a very nice photographer to take pictures for his website that showRead… Read more »
A conversation with the US Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa
With the World Cup now at an end I wanted to learn more about the efforts, with regards to social organizational processes, of the United States in this area of the world. With this in mind I reached out to the US Embassy in Pretoria to ask a few questions. They were kind enough toRead… Read more »
Do you need a big fancy title to transform Government IT?
The idea that change can be initiated at every level of an organization is the cornerstone of our corporate and government philosophy. We agree and herald the idea that in our organization, noone’s voice is too small, no title is too low, no person is too insignificant, and that change and transformation can start anywhereRead… Read more »