July 21, 2009 Continued 8:30 am jrick: Not sure where to focus attention: On speaker, on his PPT, on TwitterBerry, or on huge live-Tweet screens flanking speaker? #ogi #add 8:30 am civictec: RT @GovTwit: RT @mixtmedia: Transparency has tremendous impact on accountability #ogi 8:30 am salemonz: Chopra: by provisioning open API we could greatly helpRead… Read more »
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Sweet Gov Conference Tweets – Open Government & Innovations Conference (#OGI) – Part 1
Facilitated by the Department of Defense, the Open Government & Innovations program featured real-world case studies and insights presented by the government leaders who, themselves, are leveraging social media tools and Web 2.0 technologies to define and create a more open and innovative United States government. Held at: The Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801Read… Read more »
Are you engaging bloggers in your media mix?
Republished from eGov AU. No-one really knows how many blogs are operated by Australians. However it could be up to 4 million, if you refer to Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere report 2008, which reported that 3% of global bloggers were Australian and over 133 million blogs had been created since 2002. Likewise Forrester’s GroundswellRead… Read more »
Speech by Director of OPM
http://blogs.govexec.com/fedblog/2009/07/john_berrys_speech_at_excellen.php By Govlooper Alyssa Rosenberg Monday, July 20, 2009 4:40 PM Berry just gave an extended speech on his vision for the civil service, to one of the largest audiences he’s faced since taking office. A New Day for the Civil Service Thank you. It’s an honor to be here today to talk about theRead… Read more »
Australian Federal Government Announces IT Innovation Council
Today the Hon Kim Carr Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, annouced the 24 members of the new IT Innovation Council. -quote from media release- “IT will be the principal means to deliver the economic and productivity growth needed to drive innovation across the entire economy,“ Senator Carr said. “IT is critical to Australia’sRead… Read more »
Combat Strategies at the Burnout Battlefront
Today’s world is 24/7, wired and always on and often cycling between upgrading and reorganizing–if not outsourcing and downsizing. And as company mantras become “do more with less,” it’s no surprise that more and more people are struggling with job stress and burnout. By Mark Gorkin, The Stress Doc ™, LICSW Burnout: The Erosive SpiralRead… Read more »
Sweet GovTweets 07.19.2009
Hello! Good evening, Today’s tweets are very short. The weather here has been unseasonably cool (85) and we are just giddy. So, I am assuming, because I want to, that all of you are being blessed with the same wonderful weather! And I’m guessing everyone was outside playing today instead of posting. As I wentRead… Read more »
Using Performance Metrics to Manage
In the final installment on a performance management framework, we’ll look at using performance metrics and analysis in order to effectively manage agencies and their programs by using remediation and corrective actions. We’ve already covered the first and second steps, and will focus on the final two in this posting (all four are listed justRead… Read more »
Sweet GovTweets 07.18.2009
Good Afternoon! Today we had a lot of cross-posting and RT’s, so once all the duplication was removed we have a very short Tweet summary. It’s a beautiful day. Use the extra time to get outside and enjoy it. And that’s the way it was, July 18, 2009, Caroline Twitter @WiiPigSooie Blog WiiPigSooie With greatestRead… Read more »
Preparing to Manage the Stimulus
In a recent survey completed by Government Executive Magazine’s research arm, the Government Business Council, data revealed that only 66% of government managers who were aware of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) anticipated meeting or exceeding the expectations of the funding program. At the same time, only 11% of respondents of the surveyRead… Read more »