508 & YouTube,Twitter, etc.
How do we address 508 issues when posting information on social media sites?
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Confirmed Sessions Posted for Gov 2.0 Summit
Hey Everyone! Just a note to let you know that we’ve posted the first wave of confirmed sessions for Gov 2.0 Summit to the conference web site. Tim and Dick are hard at work on the program and we expect to post more new sessions and confirmed speakers soon. You can request an invite toRead… Read more »
Open Data is Civic Capital: Best Practices for “Open Government Data”
If interested in open data, read this interesting paper by Joshua Tauberer who runs the congressional transparency website GovTrack.us, with help from Gunnar Hellekson (RedHat, Inc.).This is version 1.1 dated 7/20/2009 Dr D.C.Misra
Federal Eye: Energy Dept. Facilities Wasting Energy
You’d think the Energy Department would be good about saving on energy consumption, but a new internal audit suggests it has wasted millions of dollars on unnecessary energy costs that could have been avoided if temperature controls in certain facilities functioned properly. The department spent approximately $300 million to cool and heat its 9,000 facilitiesRead… Read more »
Takeaway from OGI Conference: Trust as a Benefit from Social Media
One recurring theme I heard over the course of the two-day Open Government and Innovation Conference was trust. I believe it was David Wennergren from DoD who recommended Stephen M.R. Covey’s book “The Speed of Trust.” I haven’t read it yet but plan to, because I think the connection between social media and trust isRead… Read more »
Mixed Feelings About OGI Conference
Allan Eustis and I attended the Open Government and Innovations Conference (OGI) on Tuesday and Wednesday. Like so many, we were lured in by the chance to hear directly from the White House via CTO Aneesh Copra and CIO Vivek Kundra. Both were excellent speakers. They made good points and as a citizen I haveRead… Read more »
GPO’s 2009 Open House: New Products, New Services
This year will be our best year yet. The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) invites customers from all federal agencies to participate in our 2009 Open House. Come see our creative professionals at work, learn about our new products and services, and enter to win FREE training or a FRAMED photo of our new President,Read… Read more »
FAA Web 2.0 Strategy
Last week I released the final draft for internal agency management review through an extranet based wiki. Soon I intend to open it to other agencies and private industry comments to comply with the administration’s directive on transparent and collaborative government. I would like this to be a collaborative effort. No anonymous comments are allowed.Read… Read more »
Introducing Politico Bloggers
A while ago i registered the domain planetgov20.com so I could have a place to put any Gov20 projects I was working on. It started out as a simple blogroll of Gov20 blogs from around the country and then languished there awaiting new inspiration. Inspiration came while I was doing some work on openausbot. AsRead… Read more »
A Guest Post by Matt Gierhart(@mattgierhart) from The New Celebrity, Levelland Social Media Workshop Presenter
Over the past month, I’ve had the chance to speak with a lot of different people from various businesses and organization in the Levelland/Lubbock area. Typically, after a brief description and history of my company the first question is about the value of twitter. It’s easy to criticize or write off the social networking siteRead… Read more »