In the development of a more open and transparent government, there are two phases of transparency that can be measured to get at the overall effectiveness of the open government directive. The first option is to look at I deem is the actual transparency. How this blog defines actual transparency is: the tangible data thatRead… Read more »
The National Association of Government Webmasters (NAGW) call for speakers deadline is fast approaching for presenting at the 2010 NAGW National Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, September 22-24. NAGW is seeking presenters who are willing to share knowledge and ideas and present on new technologies and trends that will allow attendees to return to theirRead… Read more »
I’m jazzed to announce “the new new govloop”…. We’ve been spending the last few months working behind on the scenes on a number of items designed to be make govloop more useful to you, the community. 1 – Homepage redesign – As you see, we’ve streamlined the home page to make it much cleaner andRead… Read more »
Happy Tuesday! As the U.S. military begins a major review of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy banning gay people from openly serving in the military, leaders may want to consult an updated study set for release today that reviews how 25 nations lifted similar bans with relative success. The Palm Center at the UniversityRead… Read more »
Is it the same in the U.S? What are the views of Govloop members? Steve D OZloop
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Once upon a time, I designed and deployed SharePoint portals for a living in various agencies within the Federal government. My fascination with SharePoint has not dwindled and now I am on a quest to root out any and all implementations of public facing, government-run SharePoint sites. I am aware of the following at thisRead… Read more »
Please come join Tri Tuns at the International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IMPA-HR) conference in Takoma Park, MD where Jason Whitehead & Phil Power will present an exciting program, ““The HR-IT Imperative: What Every HR Professional Needs to Know About Using IT to Deliver HR Success”. SHORT DESCRIPTION Many organizations today are tryingRead… Read more »
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), the Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell University Law School, and the Cornell University Law Library have entered into a partnership to assess methods for making the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) available in XML. According to GPO’s press release, the LII “will convert various titles into XMLRead… Read more »
If you’ve watched the Olympics or other big events on television in recent weeks, then you’ve likely seen ads with doctors and nurses talking about careers with the Department of Veterans Affairs. The department plans to hire a mix of medical professionals and clerical staffers to fill roughly 105,000 positions by the end of 2011.Read… Read more »