PROJECT LEAD, Alberta Climate DialogueAlberta Climate Dialogue (ABCD) seeks a Project Lead to guide an ambitious citizen engagement initiative that will operate first in municipalities across Alberta and then scale up to the provincial level. ABCD is a five-year project premised on the conviction that well-designed citizen deliberations can play a crucial role in creatingRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda The 411 for when You’re 404: TechCrunch reports on a whitepaper by Microsoft and Psychster that details how companies (and by extension, government organizations) can use Twitter to communicate when their sites go down. Whose House? 25 – 44 Year-Olds’ House! Take a look at this chart detailing the demographics of various socialRead… Read more »
Few days ago, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) eGovernment has officially released a set of guidelines documents; one of them was Guidelines for Social Media Usage in UAE Government Entities. The document offers a set of guidelines for the government entities in UAE to manage their presence on social media websites and take actions onRead… Read more »
Professor Travis D. Breaux of the Carnegie Mellon University Institute for Software Research and David G. Gordon of the Carnegie Mellon University Department of Engineering and Public Policy have posted Regulatory Requirements as Open Systems: Structures, Patterns and Metrics for the Design of Formal Requirements Specifications (2010), CMU-ISR-11-100. Here is the abstract: Increasingly, information systemsRead… Read more »
While the White House and Congress work on a compromise to fund the government for the rest of the year, many federal programs will continue to be kicked around like political footballs, leaving your employees uncertain about the road ahead. The result? Stress. The anxiety among federal workers will likely increase over the next coupleRead… Read more »
NJ TRANSIT launched Twitter accounts to provide service advisories, and the agency’s new online scorecard invites customers to sign up for a survey. Original post
WHAT’S UP WITH ETHICS? Roll Call reports. “Following a year in which it conducted more than 100 inquiries and a rare public trial, the House Ethics Committee has had a glacial start in the 112th Congress.” HATCH AND… ZUCK. The Hill. “Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a Tea Party target who’s expected to face a toughRead… Read more »
Does your company have any skeletons in its’ closet? Any records of suspension, debarment, or non-responsibility determinations? Has a procurement official ever denied or reduced your award fee as a result of reckless or negligent behavior? Or perhaps your contract was recently terminated all together for fault and defective price determinations? Are you sure?? IfRead… Read more »
Research Survey connects transparency and citizen satisfaction (03/01/2011) – PEW study finds open data creates a better relationship with government. Citizens who view their government as transparent are more satisfied with the overall government performance.http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/08-Community-Information-Systems.aspx Youth and the Internet (02/23/2011) – MacArthur study finds ways to build youth engagement with digital media. For many, spendingRead… Read more »
During the past few weeks, I have found it increasingly difficult to watch, listen to or read the news. While the budget battles continue, unemployment, health care and education are debated, and crisis in the Middle East continued, I took a moment to reflect on my reluctance to consume the litany of current events. TheRead… Read more »