Today I had the chance to go to the Department of Defense All Service Social Media Conference (DODASSMC) at Georgetown University’s Clarendon Campus. If you are a community manager or interested in connecting with people running social media programs, you should for sure check out the group. Today there were four speakers, everyone did aRead… Read more »
IT’s HERE!!!!! This is it guys…Next Generation of Government #2 is upon us. This is your community, your conference, and your awesomeness. I’ve been giddy all week with the epicness on the horizon. That said, sometimes it helps to take a breather and step back before 2 days of nonstop synapse firing to get yourRead… Read more »
Quick thoughts on tonight’s discussion: There are the politicians and there is the government. There is a distinct separation. Government social media accounts should promote and support services. The politician accounts should be used to support the special initiatives and agendas. Government and services are continuous. Initiatives and agendas have (or should have) a clearRead… Read more »
After being suitably inspired at June’s LocalGovCamp, the effervescent Nicky Getgood has been working away to get StoryCamp up and running. She describes it thus: StoryCamp is a time and picturesque space for storytellers (digital or otherwise), independent publishers, those in local government, hyperlocal-land and beyond to meet, share stories and ways and means ofRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Derek Johnson reports. Cloud computing applications and solutions continue to be one of the hottest trends in the public and private sector today. This should come as no surprise to anyone who has paid even marginal attention to the government contracting market over the past two years. Going to the cloud is oftenRead… Read more »
Yesterday, GSA finished migrating all 17,000 of their employees to cloud-based email. The federal agency is the first to make the switch to Google-powered email. The move is expected to cut IT costs and increase productivity for agency employees, according to Government Technology. Martha N. Johnson, administrator of GSA, said going to the cloud willRead… Read more »
Yesterday, co-founder of Indy Hall Alex Hillman (@alexknowshtml) wrote up a terrific article about Code for America and its effect on Philadelphia on his blog dangerouslyawesome. Here’s an excerpt of “A Hall Pass for Bureaucracy – Code for America Philadelphia”: When I first heard about Code for America, what intrigued me the most was theRead… Read more »
A story of war, loss–and data: Talking to my 90-year-old father-in-law Joseph today, who survived WWII by fleeing the Nazis invading Poland and ended up as a Soviet soldier driving trucks in Siberia, a far cry from his childhood of daily Hebrew school, doting siblings, and three dogs.. After the war, when Joseph returned toRead… Read more »
Recently at the National Contract Management Association’s World Congress in Denver, the clouds and storms that rolled into the mile-high city were harbingers of things to come for the week as the relationship between government and industry seems to continue a downward trend at a time when it needs to improve. However, it is theRead… Read more »
It’s been a battle, discovering whether I was ready to write and share about my dad’s recent death. I guess this posting is the answer. I hope you find some meaning in the heartfelt words and stories. Thanks for reading. Mark ————- My father died on Father’s Day. I’m not sure his timing was meantRead… Read more »