The GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS and the increasing use SOCIAL MEDIA have created a powerful duo in changing how we reach and communicate with each other and our unique “customers.” It is helping us discover the common ground upon which we walk across the world when it comes to pioneering new possibilities in government leadership andRead… Read more »
I’m live-tweeting at @militarytweets if you want to follow the stream. Alan Murray of WSJ is interviewing Craig Newmark about his passion for good government and work helping Gov’t — particularly DoD — embrace social media and the power and effectiveness of social networking. Here’s a link to more plus a photo. Podcast coming later:Read… Read more »
A lot has been written about the need for security, after all it’s an important and well recognised issue, but I see very little about the topic of people needing privacy. Yet in many ways citizens are having their privacy compromised in ways that I doubt that they even realise. This leads to the veryRead… Read more »
Today a growing number of military units and government organizations have an official presence in social media and especially on Facebook. Unfortunately, it seems that most organizations just seem to think that being there is good enough. Their fan pages are nothing more than a place to push the same old news releases and selfRead… Read more »
A couple days ago, I was speaking to the infamous founder of govloop, Steve Ressler. We were discussing ways businesses and government agencies use govloop. During this brainstorm, it occurred to Steve that a blog about Whorunsgov’s attempts to build a community for its moderated wiki could benefit many govloop members. While I had heardRead… Read more »
Sharie Bourbeau, Deputy Under Secretary for Management at DHS, told FederalNewsRadio, the largest non-military department in the federal government is doing away with the KSA, the dreaded Knowledge, Skills and Abilities portion of their job application. In order to “compete in this labor market with private industry to ensure that we get the top talent,”Read… Read more »
from adrielhampton.com – Last evening I was reminded about a point Canadian govie Nick Charney made in a recent chat – tools like Twitter are fantastic for connecting those in government (or anywhere, really) who are “wired to share.” That resonates with my strong opinion that “Government 2.0″ is about a culture, not any particularRead… Read more »
Happy Wednesday! (Unless maybe you live in Rio.) Perhaps it’s just unfortunate coincidence, but there are at least four cases of former federal employees in trouble with the law this week for allegedly committing acts against the government. Let’s review (in alphabetical order): • P. Leonardo Mascheroni: Investigators have seized the physicist’s property, telling himRead… Read more »
I’ve been contemplating the notion of “public intelligence” in the context of government transparency. Public documents and data play a lead role for both government and non-governmental organizations alike. They create an Internet data space that offers information about public concerns, while at the same time providing this information for public use with added analyticalRead… Read more »
Transformation in the Department of Defense is nothing new. The Department of Defense is one of the most adaptable organizations on the planet – when it needs to be. If you think about it, this is an organization that has to not only perform, but it has to out-perform militaries from any country on theRead… Read more »