+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “Letters to the GovLoopians” – GovLoop Pastor and Evangelist Highlights Global Gov 2.0 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Greetings in the name of awesomeness, GovLoopians! My dear associate, Stephen (a full-time martyr for the cause of GovLoop), beseeched me to write to you about the things I have seen in my travels across the World Wide Web. Therefore,Read… Read more »
Acquia – a leading provider of Enterprise Support for Drupal, yesterday released Drupal Commons – a free, open source competitor to Jive Software, Telligent, Sharepoint 2010, others. A number of Government customers are in the process of deploying Drupal Commons for Enterprise-class Communities. Since it is free (free from license fees, free from any restrictionsRead… Read more »
Through effective collaboration there is the opportunity and power to serve, to help others, to do more good as a result of our collective network. Please feel free to share how others maybe helping our service members and their families. Here is one such story taking place: Today Advanced Auto Parts donated $25k to @Op_HomefrontRead… Read more »
So I’m pretty excited that we are writing a regular series on government at the Huffington Post. It’ll be a mix of some of the regular blogs I write here spruced up for a larger audience, some new original content, and any other suggestions from others. If you are interested at all in getting featured,Read… Read more »
I am always asking people what they are doing with Social Business Strategies and Daniel Bevarly, Director for Online Strategies for The Collins Center for Public Policy, reached out to share some interesting information with me. The Collins Center is a not-for-profit public policy think tank in Florida. As they note on their web site,Read… Read more »
Pretty cool to see GovLoop featured as a Top 50 public administration resource. Original post here: A public administrator needs all the resources available at his or her fingertips, including information about organizations, research, online interaction, public outreach and contact information for local, regional, national and even international resources. You’ll find the best of allRead… Read more »
I have had several great conversations this week. One that I wanted to share with you was a discussion I had with Alex Reed, an Independent candidate who is running for the Maine House of Representatives (District 99). We spent our time discussing how to bring collaboration and communication strategies and tools to the localRead… Read more »
I have put together a survey to determine how citizens feel about the efforts of their local and federal governments.The focus is on Government 2.0 communication and collaboration and can be found here: http://om.ly/pfXV In order to gain as large a set of responses as possible, on as global a scale as possible, I amRead… Read more »
Federal Register 2.0 (FR 2.0) — a new online version of the Federal Register, featuring Web 2.0 functions enabling users to comment, plain language summaries of regulations, and access by subject — is now available. Click here to access the FR 2.0 source code on Github. HT @bethnoveck and @govpulse. Click here for a videoRead… Read more »
Gary Berg-Cross poses an interesting question, soliciting ideas on the top priorities for Open Government. I started to leave a comment on his blog, but found myself extending and revising my remarks, and exceeding the reasonable length for a comment. Perhaps the priority for Open Government is to aim for something beyond Openness. While theRead… Read more »