I am looking for examples of governments that have take public meeting notices to the next level. Share away! Perhaps even a government that encourages people to comment on upcoming agenda items. Someday I’d like to help create a network that allows citizens to look up meetings from lots of governments based on where theyRead… Read more »
I first got introduced to Rock Creek Strategic Marketing during Gov 2.0 Camp when I met a rad dude named Scott Johnson. His team helped me out with a new slick GovLoop banner and generally awesomeness and also introduced me to some of his great staff like Meagen Ryan who we are featuring as GovLoopRead… Read more »
From The Acquisition Corner This week saw the launch of the Better Buy Project, a joint project of the National Academy of Public Administration and the American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council in conjunction with the General Services Administration. According to the website: …The acquisition process represents one of the most important areas of collaborationRead… Read more »
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) responds to more than 100,000 questions each year. Regularly asked questions become Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). NLM Reference and Consumer Health FAQs are at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/faqref.html. We review and update our FAQs frequently. The FAQ resources include national and international government agencies and non-profit organizations. Three of our FAQs areRead… Read more »
The Advanced Learning Institute Needs Your Vote! Help us choose the best city to host our next Social Media for Government – March 22-25, 2010. Please choose ONE city from these choices: Phoenix, Dallas or Atlanta. Which one is the most accessible and has a wider government draw? Please post your choice on the SocialRead… Read more »
It’s a new school year and NASPAA and GovLoop co-hosted a dialogue between current MPA/MPP students and current government employees to kick-start the year. The winners are in and for the question for students: What attracts you about working for the government and what are you looking for in a work environment? https://www.govloop.com/forum/topics/new-schoolnew-gov-dialogue 1st placeRead… Read more »
We all want our websites to be “intuitive” and organized in a way that seems natural to our users. But how do you make sure you know how your users expect the content to be organized? A great technique for finding out how your users think is card sorting. You can use this technique toRead… Read more »
Happy Monday! It’s an important day for lawyers, lobbyists, librarians, good government groups, Gov 2.0 junkies and citizens concerned about the business of the executive branch, because the White House, National Archives and Government Printing Office relaunch the online version of the Federal Register today in XML format at Data.gov. The “defacto newspaper of theRead… Read more »
Thanks to Mike Seccombe at the Vineyard Gazette Online I learned a new word. Gerontocracy: government by old men. As the children have grown and my wife and I have done a bit more traveling, I sometimes look in local papers for meetings that sound interesting. It does not matter where I go I findRead… Read more »
From the Government Business Examiner Continued from part one-Department of Defense (DoD) Business Transformation Agency (BTA) EP&I Title 5 violations – part one Continued from part one Not only were tax dollars wasted, but the waste was sanctioned by leadership. And, with the mission of the warfighter a main BTA proclamation, it has occurred toRead… Read more »