Next week, Washington, D.C. will play host to Bob Fine and the Cool Blue Company as they return to the city that started a nineteen-city tour in June. Through the Cool Twitter Conference series, local speakers across the country have joined for one-day events to talk about how they’re using social media to solve localRead… Read more »
Originally posted on Unleash the Monster As we work to get our economy back on the right track, President Obama has job placement high on his list. In fact, he is calling on America’s CEOs to share lessons learned and offer up their insight into how to accelerate job growth. We couldn’t ignore a callRead… Read more »
Building on Successes of 2009, Cloud Sessions Will Provide Educational Opportunities and Promote Collaboration FALLS CHURCH, Va. – December 9, 2009 – FOSE 2010, the most comprehensive event for government information technology (IT) professionals, today announced that it will be featuring its second annual CloudCamp and Cloud Computing Pavilion at FOSE. FOSE will be heldRead… Read more »
The New York State Senate CIO, Andrew Hoppin, is talking tomorrow about how they are meeting the Open Government Directive using Drupal: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/423743946
How to Hold a Meeting and Survive Adam Sulewski “A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.” – Milton Berle We all have had the pleasure of attending a poorly-run meeting. Hopefully, these experiences will motivate you to ensure your own task-driven gatherings do not earn the same evaluation. Meetings can beRead… Read more »
My colleague (and new GovLoop friend) Andrew posted a bang-up deck on measurement earlier today. I love metrics and poring over data, so I refer you to it. Good stuff. Already, organizations that are focused, proactive and disciplined about measurement are seeing good results. For example, last week, my nGenera colleague Laura Carillo presented atRead… Read more »
Interesting article about the County of Orange, California leveraging a progressive Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering to improve government efficiency and reduce costs. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3296954.htm
This is a crosspost of: http://dotgov.com Dear Santa, I hope you got the elves on top of my previous wishes. My third wish is a very exciting one, which would definitely shake things up. The saying, “To measure is to know” also applies to e-Government. If we really want to give e-Government a boost onRead… Read more »
We’ve extended the deadline to January 6 for speaking proposals for Gov 2.0 Expo (happening May 25-27, 2010 at the Washington Convention Center). Submit yours today! We’re looking for your great ideas and best practices. We want to hear what you’re doing at the intersection of emerging technology and government at all levels, from localRead… Read more »
The H1N1 Rapper By now you may have seen the winning entry for the HHS H1N1 Public Service Announcement Contest. It’s a doctor who is a rapper who raps about how to prevent H1N1. Personally, I find it hilariously awesome. Who knew that would be the winning entry? Who knew we had a rapping doctor?Read… Read more »