Does this look like your typical day as a local, state, or Federal worker? 31% of your work day is made up of purely ad-hoc, never happens the same way twice tasks 30% of your work revolves around consistent, defined goals but various ways to achieve those goals 20% of your work involves documented andRead… Read more »
If the demand is there, small business will gladly find a way to deal with increased taxes and regulations, and demand is the only way to increase our hiring. That said, I have a very inexpensive way Government can help Small Business demand nationwide for pennies on the dollar. Start a Government Small Business InternetRead… Read more »
Some materials from Deutscher EDV Gerichtstag 2011 — major e-Government and legal informatics conference for German-speaking countries — held 21-23 September 2011 in Saarbrücken, Germany, are now available. The program included a paper by John Sheridan of The National Archives (UK) and Legislation.gov.uk — and a member of our community — entitled Freie Daten fürRead… Read more »
This week’s news of the absurdity of waste, fraud, and abuse across government comes from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Audit Division. Their report, titled Audit of Department of Justice Conference Planning and Food and Beverage Costs is a follow-up to a previous September 2007 which examined expenditures forRead… Read more »
A recent IDG interview of Bob Gourley and Andrjew Kawalec delved into the problem of the “traditional” method of enterprise security, a paradigm under severe challenge. We can sum up the traditional approach as less a certain tactic, technique, technology, or policy than a way of viewing the world. As Gourley has noted, traditional enterpriseRead… Read more »
This week, representatives from dozens of countries came together at the United Nations in New York for the Open Government Partnership to discuss shared commitments to making government more transparent, efficient, and participatory. The U.S. published their report, with various commitments to open government, which is available here. More details are available on OpenGovernmentPartnership.org, whereRead… Read more »
This week’s news of the absurdity of waste, fraud, and abuse across government comes from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Audit Division. Their report, titled Audit of Department of Justice Conference Planning and Food and Beverage Costs, is a follow-up to a previous September 2007 which examined expenditures forRead… Read more »
Transparency Advocates React to U.S. Open Government Action Plan (by techPresident) “President Barack Obama on Tuesday led the public unveiling of national open government action plans from the eight countries participating in the Open Government Partnership, a multilateral coalition on openness and transparency.” Find out what some advocates have said about it. September 2011 MunicipalRead… Read more »
Its FRIDAY, FRIDAY, Everybody’s looking forward to the weekend! If you have not yet seen Stephen Colbert cover this song you should. Since it is Friday, it means another installment of Paul’s Fab Five Pick! 1. Blog of the Week: Summer has neared the end and featured blogger John Bordeaux discusses the roles of metaphorsRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda First, a hearty congratulations to Steve Ressler, aka Mr. GovLoop, on his impending nuptials. Here is a blog post for people to wish him well and offer advice on being a married man. Open Government Community Chides DC. The municipal government of Washington, DC, suspended, and then reinstated the Twitter feed of DCRead… Read more »