Inspired by the excellent Joanne Jacobs at the recent Likeminds event in Exeter to think more about the role of games and game play in solving problems and creating solutions. I started to think about how Government in general could be seen as a game so that we could not only engage people in theRead… Read more »
Brown creates one UK.gov website to rule them all Centralised ‘dashboard’ to save lots of money By Chris Williams • Get more from this author Posted in Government, 22nd March 2010 12:11 GMT The government has announced plans for a personalised web page for every UK citizen to access all public services online in aRead… Read more »
Changing from country to country as of being directly linked on the culture of the society and doing business, we suffer a lot from the illness that can be defined as Institutional Bigotry. Government institutions hesitate to adopt a new business way or even to work in a new business with another gov institution. AndRead… Read more »
I love that it is the official beginning of spring. This winter has been filled with proposal work, and I have had very little time to breathe. Now that it is getting warmer, and I have gotten to take some time off to do fun stuff, I am excited to start blogging a bit moreRead… Read more »
Twitter tweets from the Cornell Law.gov Workshop are available at #lawgov. The goal of this invitation-only workshop — being held 22-23 March 2010 at the Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell University Law School in Ithaca, New York, USA — is to begin the development of metadata standards for a proposed distributed registry and repositoryRead… Read more »
Regardless of your views, for or against, the health care reform act you must admit that its passage was historic. The long battle to reach this point could be, however, all for naught if not properly managed. The good news is the strategy and tools are available, will they be used? First, to make sureRead… Read more »
It’s that time of year again, when playoffs of all kinds are in the news. Just for fun, go to the Government Printing Office’s “National Parks Playoff” of favorite National Parks handbooks, matched with park posters by the noted artist Charley Harper. Visit http://bookstore.gpo.gov/index.jsp and make your picks for the Federal Final Four. Once they’reRead… Read more »
GovLoop Founder Steve Ressler was able to catch up with the incredible and ever-awesome Amanda Eamich, Director of New Media at USDA, to ask her a few questions about a sweet new contest that they are hosting in tandem with the White House. Check it out! 1. For those that don’t know…what’s the elevator pitchRead… Read more »
1. What do you do as Program Manager for NIST, and how does that fit into government sector? I run a program called “Complex Systems” within the Information Technology Lab. It’s really a pretty basic research type of program looking at issues such as how to make the Internet run better and trying to understandRead… Read more »
This is a repost from by blog recoveringfed.com. I was in Manhattan this weekend doing the Broadway show thing, staying at a hotel in the 50’s on Lexington Avenue. Great location but the street noise makes it tough to sleep. No matter how high up you are, you can hear what’s going on in theRead… Read more »