About 3 times per month my City Council in St. Petersburg meets to discuss and vote on local issues. Aside from knowing the name of my district representative, I generally have no idea what he’s voting on or if I should re-elect him. That’s a shame because (forgive the web-speak) he’s dealing with hyper-local issues:Read… Read more »
Often government engagement is done as a one-off. A one-time call for feedback. A one-time challenge. However, I think government should think more about building long-term relationships and engagement with stakeholders. Think about it in a non-profit, political, or for-profit model: -For-profit – Does Groupon want you to just buy today’s deal? Nope – theyRead… Read more »
About a month ago I decided to renew my contract with AT&T and upgrade to the iPhone 4 after much loud and vocal discontent with both AT&T and the speed of my iPhone 3g after one of the OS updates. I have two key reasons why I decided to continue with Apple at this pointRead… Read more »
Please Note: This post is an oldie but a goodie that we’ve brought back for your conversational enjoyment! ************************************************************************************************************************************************** Holiday travel is in full effect and after traveling through 15 airports this fall for the GovUp tour I was obligated to face my traveling pet peeves. In every airport it amazed me how impatient weRead… Read more »
With the recent news of Obama’s pay freeze proposal, there’s a lot of information being tossed around. Here at GovLoop, we’re serving you up the facts, infographic-style so you can get to the heart of what’s myth and what’s reality. You can also download the image on slideshare. Finally, we’re giving you an outlet toRead… Read more »
Today President Obama announced a federal pay freeze for Federal employees. If you haven’t heard, here’s all the details from our friends at the Washington Post: Obama announces two-year pay freeze for federal workers Of course, GovLooper Candace Riddle has already posted a forum about inviting you to: SOUND OFF: Your Thoughts on the FederalRead… Read more »
Recently an organization named L2 released the Public Sector Digital IQ rankings. They provided an assessment and ranking of the digital competence of 100 public sector organizations across four dimensions: Site, Digital Marketing, Social Media and Mobile. It is a pretty fascinating read and some of the top public sector entities were NASA, Army, StateRead… Read more »
I just ran into a fantastic piece on Mashable that I just has to share. I have been very deeply vested in the topic of Digital Divide in America for some time. I recently wrote a blog post on the subject on govloop that generated some interesting commentary (https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/digital-divide-not-just-for). I have been searching desperately forRead… Read more »
Link to original post on buzzfreezone So we started the iPad pilot in our agency a week ago. For the record, I am not new to the iPad, having used one pretty much since it came out purely as a personal consumer device. The point of this pilot is to find opportunities for large scaleRead… Read more »
Update (11/29/2010): Here’s a link to the new USGS Facebook Page. Yesterday, I posted a QR code which, when scanned with a smartphone (or just decoded by clicking the link in the post), would open up a new event for your calendar. The description of the event was “If you like science, you’ll Like this.”Read… Read more »