USPS moving to Open Source
With all the government spending going on lately, it’s good to see a little sensible belt-tightening. This might be a good one to watch for a case study on cost savings (we assume) in switching to open source.
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Federal Eye: Congress Set to Focus More on Alaska Firms
The number of government contracts awarded to Alaska Native Corporations skyrocketed 1,386 percent between 2000 and 2008, according to a new federal audit, even though they account for only a small portion of companies participating in a Small Business Administration program designed for small, minority-owned businesses. The latest audit mirrors similar investigations by the SenateRead… Read more »
GovLoop Poll Results – Week Ending July 11, 2009
How has Govloop helped you? 16.7% Share My Ideas 25.0% Meet New People 0.0% Express Frustrations 58.3% Learn Best Practices It seems that the majority of everyone on GovLop is interested in and has benefited from learning what best practices are for their Government agencies.
5 Tips and Tools to Check Out Before You Go to the Open Government & Innovations (OGI) Conference NEXT WEEK!
The Open Government & Innovations Conference, “OGI” for short, is jam-packed with world-renowned speakers, cutting-edge research and real-life case studies (you can see the details in all of their glory here). Whether you work in the public or private sector, you’re going to learn a ton and make dozens of contacts. To make sure thatRead… Read more »
Enabling Open Government
In June, I made a presentation to the Government SIG of the Chesapeake Bay Organization Development Network. Sunny Hester, who is the SIG Chair, recently created a Government OD Network group. The topic of my presentation was Enabling Open Government, which covered several topics, including a final section which I hope will generate a conversationRead… Read more »
Hack attacks cry out for fast response
Check out this week’s Fierce Government IT article on the July 4 hack attacks. How long will it take the government to realize its computer systems are sitting ducks for big-time cyber attacks in ways they can’t imagine? Check out: http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/hack-attacks-underscore-urgent-need-defense/2009-07-11
Federal Eye: What’s Next for Federal Building Security?
The release last week of a jaw-dropping report on security at federal buildings has prompted little public comment from federal authorities, but congressional sources and other observers expect plenty of activity in the coming months to address concerns about the Federal Protective Service. As last week’s GAO findings revealed, government investigators successfully entered 10 high-securityRead… Read more »
Sweet GovTweets 07.12.2009
Happy anniversary to GovLoop! Flowers for Steve (obviously, not my roses …that are full of holes from nasty Japanese beetles …) We need a Rose Garden Czar. And by the way, since we are all about transparency and such, where is the pay-scale for those 30-odd folks published? Image by Jack Duval via Flickr PartiesRead… Read more »
GovLoop Hits One-Year Anniversary – Let’s Celebrate!
A year has passed since I launched GovLoop with a simple idea that it would be great to have an online community of all the rockstars who work around government. So we could connect, share ideas, best practices, and have fun. Together we have building a brilliant community of over 14,000+ government innovators across theRead… Read more »
Citizen 2.0 – how would a government department address this marketing nightmare?
Republished from eGov AU. Over the last week US media has been buzzing with the story of Canadian musician Dave Carroll, whose US$3,500 Taylor guitar was broken on a flight on United Airlines. Carroll reported that people on the plane had watched with horror as United baggage handlers had roughly handled and thrown his andRead… Read more »