Mills Davis‘ Semantic Technologies session presentation, at today’s Gov 2.0 Unconference, is compelling, to say the least. It illustrates where the web is going, with respect to e-Gov and Web 3.0 (and onwards). Fasten your seat belts, folks. What is the role of cloud computing, web 2.0, and web 3.0 semantic technologies in the comingRead… Read more »
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“Sweet GovTweets” – Thurs 26th March, 2009
Apologies in advance for errors: #ALI @mbado: jason anthoine of Cohesion is presenting on putting tools into practice at #ali. very practical advice @mbado: Anthoine: The foundation of employee engagement is centered around employees thinking, feeling and doing. #ali @moiramcg: At #ali workshop led by @ariherzog and @krazykris: measuring impact of social media and determiningRead… Read more »
The power of raw government data
Republished from eGovAU. In the US President Obama’s newly appointed (and first) Federal Government CIO Vivek Kundra has committed to finding new ways to make government data open and accessible. The Computer World article, First federal CIO wants to ‘democratize’ U.S. government data, discusses how, In a conference call with reporters, Kundra said he plansRead… Read more »
Today’s Google Federal talk at Reston Chamber
At today’s talk by Google Federal Director Mike Bradshaw, my table mate and I sent the following tweets. Worth checking out: Google’s public policy blog. Thanks to Steve Ressler for reminding me of this format, originally from David Tallan (Twitter to blog). #wattsyourplan: RT @jonmikelbailey: @wattsyourplan #restongoogle google has 1.6 megawatts of solar photovoltaic panelsRead… Read more »
Wednesday 18 March 2009 on Twitter
Some tweets relevant to #opengov, #gov20, #govloop @govloop: Have you joined GovLoop March Madness Tourney? password: govloop Watch Duke choke. http://bit.ly/1adChl #gov20 #opengov @GovTwit: Lots of State/Local folks added 2 Gov Twitter Directory this wk: http://tinyurl.com/5vudby #gov20 RT @Nextgov Why I love Bob Brewin: News Flash: Acquisition Workers Needed In Government http://bit.ly/2bSN7 #gov20 @Gov20CampFederal WebRead… Read more »
Vivek Kundra at FOSE
Vivek Kundra is the newly appointed Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the federal government. He is the first federal CIO ever and previously served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the District of Columbia. He spoke this morning at FOSE, the major government technology tradeshow in Washington, DC. I wanted to write up my notesRead… Read more »
The Crewe Astronomy Club
Virginia State Parks offer many wonderful events and programs all throughout the year. Many of these programs are free or very moderately priced which helps in today’s economy. I was lucky enough to attend one of these events at Pocahontas State Park this weekend when the Crewe Astronomy Club came to hold an educational programRead… Read more »
Chris Anderson on “Delivering on the Promise of Gov 2.0”
Chris Anderson, of Wired magazine and “The Long Tail” fame, was the keynote speaker at FOSE this morning. He spoke on “For the People and By the People: Delivering on the Promise of Gov 2.0”. Anderson started off with an interesting example – the infamous Twitter fail whale. Countless users have bemoaned the unreliability ofRead… Read more »
Stargazing in Virginia State Parks
You do not need to be a professional astronomer to enjoy all that space has to offer. There are quite a few things you can see without a telescope at parks in Virginia. The problem you may encounter around your house is something that is referred to as light pollution. This is caused by allRead… Read more »
Citizenship 3D!
Citizenship 3D By John Mahan on February 23rd, 2009 (http://www.socialrealization.com) cit·i·zen·ship (noun) 1: the status of being a citizen 2 a: membership in a community (as a college) b: the quality of an individual’s response to membership in a community Have we achieved “ethical” citizenship on the Internet? The old English proverb that states “EveryRead… Read more »