The keynote theme of our Open Government Canada webinar is how online technologies can make the system of Government itself inherently more democratic. This topic will be addressed by Sean McGrath, build director for KLISS. Read Sean’s blog here Read an in-depth white paper on the KLISS system here Re-inventing participative Democracy, one cloud atRead… Read more »
The point of this post: participatory websites are leading to participatory organizations, which provide opportunities for a few core people to leverage the effort of a much broader community and accomplish substantial achievements. The emerging web I’ve been using the web since the beginning and building websites since 1993 or 1994. Back then, building aRead… Read more »
A couple years ago, I had a chance to present to some Department of Energy interns on the topic of “Understanding and Utilizing Your Network.” I borrowed ideas from two books: “Good in a Room” and “Never Eat Alone” to offer well over a dozen tips on how to build and leverage a professional networkRead… Read more »
I’d like to introduce a new blog series that I’ll be posting for comments here on GovLoop, starting today and (I hope) continuing each Monday throughout the summer: Seven Management Imperatives. The genesis of the report, upon which the blog items will be based, springs from more than 300 research reports and some 300 interviewsRead… Read more »
So what do you think? Would playing a game inspire you into a future career? It seems more and more employers are entering the world of gaming – so look out Farmville! Recruiters are utilizing an organization specific game in hopes of snagging their next great employee – for those job seekers who are willingRead… Read more »
Several legal informatics papers / posters will be presented at dg.o 2011: The 12th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, being held 12-15 June 2011, at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. Here are the dg.o 2011 legal informatics papers / posters I’ve identified. Tom Bruce is a member of our community.Read… Read more »
POST EDITORIAL ON CORPORATE CONTRIBUTION CASE. Here. The Virginian-Pilot has its say here. “If Cacheris’ ruling stands – and it will certainly be challenged – corporations are now free to not just speak on behalf of their favored candidates but to drop the pretense and buy them outright.” R REDISTRICTING GAINS. The Times. MEMBERS HIRINGRead… Read more »
This has rather crept up on me, but this Saturday , 18th June, sees LocalGovCamp coming back to Birmingham. Around 200 people from across local government will be getting together to figure out how we can keep innovating in this age of austerity. Following some cancellations, there are still a couple of places free ifRead… Read more »
SLA is underway in Philly and I want to share some information with you about LexisNexis at the 2011 SLA Annual Conference. Exhibit Hall (INFO-EXPO) LexisNexis Booth LexisNexis will be at Booth #411 and the hours are: Sunday, June 12: 12 – 5 p.m. Monday, June 13: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 14:Read… Read more »
It’s been a while since I’ve posted on Govloop. Been hugely busy. It’s good to be back. My good colleagues Bec Gallen and Michelle Nutting and I were exploring the following questions a couple of weeks ago: How could we encourage discussion of the palpable resistance to social media within public service agencies? This discussionRead… Read more »