The 4 Envelopes: A New Hope…
We turn now to how a new administration could impact the four envelopes and federal IT in general — at least how we hope it could make an impact.
We turn now to how a new administration could impact the four envelopes and federal IT in general — at least how we hope it could make an impact.
E-government— the term has been evolving for years and it is increasingly key to how agencies accomplish their mission. But there aren’t universal best practices. For example a successful program in a town in California is not being applied to a similar situation in Mexico. The new book from Ramon Gil-Garcia explores the problem. TheRead… Read more »
The cities of Arvada, Colorado and Boulder, Colorado recently entered into an MOU to “co-develop/enhance” a PHP-based web content management system originally developed by Arvada IT staff. This innovative product is both feature-rich and social media focused. The city of Boulder will be using the CMS in its new website design scheduled to go liveRead… Read more »
from howto.gov’s blog: Building a Better Digital Government The new Digital Government Strategy released by the White House aims to drive fundamental change in how we manage digital information and services to better serve the American people. There’s been a robust discussion online about the Strategy and what it means for government–which is itself aRead… Read more »
The OGTV family is spending its morning at the State of the Net Conference held at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill. The event is presented by the Advisory Committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus. This morning, our Director of New Media, a political and government social media strategist, Stephanie Noble had a quick breakfastRead… Read more »
Is e-GOTV a reality? What politicians, municipalities, or government agencies are doing it best? Last year, Ingrid Koehler wrote about Paden Noble’s work for Newark, New Jersey Central Ward Councilman, Darrin Sharif, in her piece “Social beats cash: a local campaign case study”. We appreciate that she credits us with the first use of Foursquare,Read… Read more »
On the Government Info Pro… Thanks to Kathy Kelly, MSLS, C.A. for this Government Info Pro guest post: E-Gov Resources on Native Americans and Tribal Issues. Read on… Numerous government agencies at all levels and citizens need information to handle issues related to the rights and needs of Native Americans and tribes. Below are someRead… Read more »
When a number of factories in the tiny city of De Leon, Texas left many workers unemployed, a neighboring city – Manor – decided to step in to help. Manor, Texas boasts just over six-thousand people in addition to its famous water tower, but in recent years, the main attraction of this city has beenRead… Read more »
The Hokie Guru will step outside of his normal realm of sports and entertainment and provide some awesome information. One of the most incredible e-government resources that I’ve ever seen is now available to everyone on the planet. The Digital Government Society of North America made its E-Government Master Library (version 5.0, dated May 2009,Read… Read more »