Monthly Archives: May 2010

Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Former President Bill Clinton on the Importance of Reducing the Federal Budget Deficit

Check out this C-SPAN3 Video featuring former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Former President Bill Clinton (right here). On April 28, 2010, they discussed reducing the federal deficit at the 2010 Fiscal Summit held at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. There is no bigger problem today… and it will take political courage to handle thisRead… Read more »

GL Insight – What’s the Social Media ROI?

What’s the Social Media ROI? That’s a question that all social media practitioners get every day and it is important to build the case for selling social media projects internally. GovLoop has teamed up with Booz Allen Hamilton to conduct an investigation into the usage of social media by our government at the federal, state,Read… Read more »

Weekly newsletter on research and best practices that will help us create a more open government

Research Reports 1. Government Online (04/27/2010) – New report from Pew Internet and American Life Project explores how Americans use government websites and online resources: did you know one third of online adults use social media to get government information? http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Government-Online.aspx 2. Collaboration and Emerging Technologies in Government (04/26/2010) Newsletter from GSA’s Office of CitizenRead… Read more »

What Drives You?

[Note: cross-posted from cpsrenewal.ca] [Photo: my father Rick and my son Kohl, taken back in June 2008] At the last #w2p mixer (an unofficial social event in Ottawa for Government of Canada Web 2.0 Practitioners) a colleague asked me “What drives you?”. I replied that I cared in the movement in a general sense; thatRead… Read more »

2010 Census Director Attends “Academy Awards”‘ Show in LA

From “The Director’s Blog” of the U.S. Census Today, I attended the Academy Awards. Not the Hollywood ones you’re familiar with, but they were special nonetheless. Over the past few months students at the Media Academy at Crenshaw High School in downtown Los Angeles created public service announcements for the 2010 Census. I had theRead… Read more »