This article was originally posted by Dan Chenok on the IBM Center for the Business of Government blog. OMB is leading efforts across agencies to develop a Management Agenda that follows direction from the President. Key themes from this agenda reinforce some existing management activities and introduce new ones, and tie to the use ofRead… Read more »
This article was first posted by Dan Chenok on the IBM Center for the Business of Government Blog. The IBM Center for The Business of Government is today releasing a new report, Rulemaking 2.0: Understanding and Getting Better Public Participation, by Cynthia R.Farina and Mary J. Newhart with CeRI (the Cornell eRulemaking Initiative). This reportRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Alex Howard has a brief summation and then encyclopedic details of the “Champions of Change” awards and winners. The topic is interesting, and, as ever, the multiplatform storytelling–blending original copy, tweets, Vines, and video–is instructive. The State Department announced a new $10,000 innovation challenge: What Information Technology Tools and Concepts Can Support FutureRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Last week, GSA OK’ed Instagram, this week, FedTech rounds up “7 Federal Agencies That Have Embraced Vine.” As FastCoExist reports on a citizenship app, ReadWrite discusses “citizen developers“ On HowTo.Gov, Justin Herman invites fellow federalistas to the SocialGov Summit. Dan Chenok GSA focuses more emphasis on strategic sourcing. Progress on Cyber Executive Order.Read… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Another international edition! Across the Pond: iCity aims to “open up public infrastructures in urban spaces promoting the co-creation of services of public interest” Teutonic Cyberspace: TechPresident reports: “In the run-up to the German national election in September, Electronic Arts has arranged for three German members of the Bundestag to play the GermanRead… Read more »
When Pinterest was approved for government use, I shared 10 boards I’d like to see (note: #8 is now live!). Now that GSA has approved Instagram for use by federal agencies, here is a more modest five users/feeds I’d follow: Department of the Interior. Look at this. Or this. Forest Service. By at least oneRead… Read more »
This article was originally posted by Dan Chenok at the IBM Center for the Business of Government Blog. Since the creation of the IBM Center for The Business of Government more than 15 years ago, we have sought to help public sector executives and managers address real-world problems by sponsoring independent, third-party research from topRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda With a hack hack here and a hack hack there. Hacking farms? FedTech magazine reports that “The USDA Wants to Hack the Chicken Coops of the Future” Related: after hacking school snacks, empty calories are on the decline. Here is our site. Please hack it. Not only has HHS launched Healthcare.gov, to helpRead… Read more »
This article was first posted by Dan Chenok at the IBM Center for the Business of Government blog. Last week, The IBM Center for The Business of Government released our most recent “Call for Research Proposals” – a guide to what key challenges faced by government will benefit from Center-sponsored reports in the next severalRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Vines, Spreading like Kudzu. Joseph Marks reports that US Embassies are sending out Vines. (Bonus: he also writes about how agencies are filling out their Facebook Timelines.) You’d be surprised. Ryan Holmes, the CEO of HootSuite, write about “7 Unexpected (but Great) Ways the Government is Using Social Media“ And You Might LearnRead… Read more »