The Whitehouse has official taken the plunge into microblogging and launched their official twitter account @whitehouse today. Another milestone in government 2.0 and social media has been reached. The Official White House Twitter URL: http://twitter.com/whitehouse The account was set up and first tweet posted about 2 hours ago putting the time of official release atRead… Read more »
On his first day in office, President Obama began acting on his campaign promise to “change the way Washington does business.” His first directive to agencies articulated a set of principles of how he wants the government to do its business: more transparency in how government does it work, more citizen participation via the Internet,Read… Read more »
Webinar Information: FREE WEBINAR DATE: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 TIME: 11:00am EST (Webinar to last approximately 1 hour) WHERE: In the comfort of your own office REGISTRATION: REGISTER NOW INFO: Please direct all inquiries about the Webinar to: [email protected] ==>IF YOU CURRENTLY HAVE AN INITIATIVE, Contact: [email protected] What is this webinar about? During this FREERead… Read more »
Big news from today’s Obama Weekly Address. Most importantly for gov’t folks: “Third, we’ll look for ideas from the bottom up. After all, Americans across the country know that the best ideas often come from workers – not just management. That’s why we’ll establish a process through which every government worker can submit their ideasRead… Read more »
Un miracle pascal s’est produit les amis: le député québécois Bernard Drainville a réagi à une vidéo où l’on voit Barack Obama parlant de pandémie, une information transmise via Twitter. IL A OSÉ UTILISER LE MOT “PANDÉMIE”. @BDrainvillePQ à @Lyne_Robichaud “Merci! Je retiens ceci: pour faire face à une éventuelle pandémie, ça prend des infrastructuresRead… Read more »
In every big city there’s an underground, and in every large online movement there are undercurrents. In the Government 2.0 space that undercurrent is taking place on GovLoop, a relatively new, Ning-based social network with more than 8,000 public sector or related members. The man behind GovLoop is Steve Ressler, who also was one ofRead… Read more »
Note: This post is of my own personal opinion and is not endorsed or supported by any local, state, or federal government agency. I read a lot of news and scan quite a bit of articles. Since Obama took The Oath, we’ve seen him begin major initiatives, reverse policies of the previous Administration, write newRead… Read more »
(This post appeared originally in the Huffington Post, Feb. 23, 2009. Reprinted with permission) The Obama Administration created Recovery.gov as a critical stimulus component, taking a “don’t trust us, track us” approach to assure funds are distributed quickly and fairly and “recipients and uses of all recovery funds are transparent.” It will also provide cluesRead… Read more »
This week I had an opportunity to speak with Chris Dorobek, well-known host of Federal News Radio. It was an important discussion because, like many, I have been reflecting mightily about how and whether the commitment to a more participative government will succeed, and if so, in what form. Though historic, the opportunity is fragile.Read… Read more »
Have you checked out http://www.recovery.gov/ ? The creme-de-le-creme of geeks who are part of this community have been way ahead of the curve. But when, to borrow a line from a Comcast cable commercial, “The Slowskies” catch up with technology, some who are the persistent kvetches, complainers, correspondents to the Hill, City Hall and WhiteRead… Read more »