Just in case you haven’t seen this presentation from a Bev Godwin, Director, USA.gov & Web Best Practices, Office of Citizen Services, U.S. General Services Administration on Government and Social Media (from March 2008), I wanted to forward along: http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/documents/Government_and_Social_Media.pdf It has some good examples of how social media is being used in U.S. GovernmentRead… Read more »
The interview below is with Matthew Stephen Worner (GovLoop’s Bureaucrat on Sports, the Hokie Guru). Matthew was one of the inaugural bloggers on GovLoop. My appreciation is great and sincere for Matthew taking the time to do this interview. Where were you born and raised? I’m from Mayville, North Dakota, which is about 60 minutesRead… Read more »
I’m a little delayed here on this blog post but been a little swamped with the day job and the growth of new members and content on GovLoop (which rocks btw). I was in D.C. for inauguration week for about 10 days (starting on a Monday and ending the Wednesday afterwards). I had a greatRead… Read more »
The Hokie Guru hasn’t posted much as of late because he’s back in another accounting class (and his last one). The Hokie Guru is trying to convert to the auditor job series (Office of Personnel Management qualifications right here) in the federal government. Let’s get right to it… the Hokie Guru’s favorite movie this yearRead… Read more »
The President’s Transparency Memo is inciting all kinds of buzz. A couple of interesting podcasts from public radio this week: Kojo Nnamdi: The Future of Government Transparency Michelle Martin Tell Me More: A Text Message From the President?
TARP Creates Staffing Headaches for Treasury The Government Accountability Office has released its latest progress report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program and the Treasury Department’s new Office of Financial Stability (OFS). The Eye will not even attempt to assess TARP’s economic impact, but will instead focus on how it’s altered the federal food chain.Read… Read more »
It appears that the news media is partially to blame for the continuing decline of the U.S. Postal Service. The bad news about its future came yesterday during a Senate subcommittee hearing on the financial future of the Postal Service. There’s an interesting nugget in the prepared testimony of Phillip Herr, the Government Accountability Office’sRead… Read more »
Misra,D.C. (2009) 6 Choice Belief Developing E Gov Curriculum View more presentations or upload your own. (tags: e-government curriclum) This is a presentation made by me in an international symposium on Distance Learning as an E-infrastructures Application: Innovation and Future Trends organized by European Commission under joint BELIEF, 6 CHOICE projects in New Delhi, India,Read… Read more »
adrielhampton.com – Seems that one of the perfect uses of social media and Web 2.0-style collaboration in local government is in economic development. I’ve very interested in your thoughts, from regulatory issues to customer growth, how can Government 2.0 help small and emerging businesses do better? Locally, I’m working with social media friends to putRead… Read more »
I’m not asking folks to say ‘Oh yeah I’m on Twitter and I have a clearance!” but what I am trying to find out is whether it’s true that being on Twitter will jeopardize one’s security clearance, as several people in a workshop I’m at today said was true. Or any social media group, forRead… Read more »