The joint virtual lifetime electronic record will, among other things, help ensure a streamlined transition of health care records between the Pentagon and the Veterans Administration. “When a member of the armed forces separates from the military, he or she will no longer have to walk paperwork from a [Defense Department] duty station to aRead… Read more »
US dept HHS holds a web cast every couple of months. Past secretary Mike Leavitt started the blog and webcasts to reach out to citizens and it has worked. Follow along on #planfirst on twitter Story:There has been an unprecedented effort to coordinate pandemic influenza planning on Federal, State and local levels. This coordination hasRead… Read more »
The idea of eGovernment is not exactly new, but definitely back in focus again as Governments everywhere seem to be all looking for savings, and see the idea of eGovernment as one of the ways to achieve some savings. The rationale sounds good to a Politician ‘we will deliver more for less cost’, move efficientRead… Read more »
President Obama’s call to trim $100 million from the federal budget earned criticism from Republicans and good government groups for not going far enough, especially since the administration’s proposed budget would balloon the national debt. So how would other folks trim at least $100 million of government spending, if not more? Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.),Read… Read more »
(Cross-posted at Communicators Anonymous.) Last month, I attended the first Government 2.0 Camp. It was a brilliant experience! Approximately 500 peers, thought leaders, social media pioneers and the occasional government 2.0 carpetbagger addressed the opportunities and challenges of new media in government functions. The break-out groups were relatively small in comparison to the massive audienceRead… Read more »
Random Government Fact of the Day: In 2006, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing printed 33 million currency notes each day with a face value of approximately $529 million. Source: Partnership for Public Service 2007 Annual Report
The CDC wants public opinion and is holding a meeting. Sadly it only reaches a small area. If it had been done on the web it could reach many more. Source:http://www.centraldistrictnews.com/2009/04/21/talk-to-government-about-health-care-in-disasters-and-earn-100?discussion-comment-status-unapproved=true#comments Since money is ivolved the problem of “one person – one identity” crops up. How would one keep a person from logging in 10Read… Read more »
Apologies for errors in advance: @krazykriz: #GovLoop Members: Get ready for the Open Gov & Innovations Conference: @OGIConference #ogi Website: http://twurl.nl/1egn0x @krazykriz: “Focus on transparency in government has led to mountains of data on websites.” How do we better share this amount of data? #gov20 #govloop @maherltd: Agree w/ @ariherzog: One way of sharing theRead… Read more »
This just in from FCW (Federal computer weekly) “The Homeland Security Department’s privacy office will hold a conference to explore the use of social media as if affects security and privacy. The “Government 2.0: Privacy and Best Practices” conference will be held June 22 to June 23 in Washington and is open to the public.Read… Read more »
(note: This is a repost from www.wikinomics.com. To view the original post with all hyperlinks and comments, click here) Last November, Vivek Kundra, current CIO of the USA and former CTO of DC, launched Apps for Democracy, a contest designed to crowdsource the best public sector data-mashup applications from private developers. The top submissions fromRead… Read more »