IT”S ONLY A SAFETY PIN! A true story by Meyer Moldeven How might adolescents and teenagers of this 21st century relate to and communicate with grandparents and the elderly? Based on a real encounter, this story tells what happened during my chance meeting with a young adult. He was about 17; I was in myRead… Read more »
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Brush that Dirt off Your Bike Lanes – Social Media for Spring Cleaning
Government of the people, meet the people. With technology making our world smaller and more closely interconnected than ever before, it seems only natural that new social media like SeeClickFix.com could link citizens and government in productive dialogue about issues affecting the public space. Recently we helped bicyclists in Lansing, Michigan help clean up debris-coatedRead… Read more »
Gov 2.0 for Providers of Official Statistics
By Seth Grimes, Sponsored by Space-Time ResearchThe Importance of Official Statistics Governments collect, produce, and disseminate a huge volume and variety of data in the course of their operations. While much of this data relates to government administration — to budgeting, planning, and program performance — it is official statistics that most capture our interest.Read… Read more »
“Epic Cool” Govloop Cycling Jersey Now Available!
We will be placing orders soon. You can find the picture and details in the Cycling Enthusiasts Group. John Nelson will be taking and placing orders.
Is Twitter worth the effort for government?
Earlier this week I shared how Twitter, Inc. released its first-ever official case study on how a government agency uses the service to help in achieving agency mission. Now comes a story in UK-based The Register claiming the “UK government’s business, innovation and skills department (BIS) is currently peering into its own Web2.0 navel inRead… Read more »
CFC-Supported Groups Help EPA Attorney’s Children Thrive, Despite Cystic Fibrosis
Janet Weiner’s daughter Melissa seemed perfect at birth. With a 2 ½-year-old boy at home, things seemed to be going great. But 14 weeks later, Weiner and her family took Melissa to a friend’s christening and realized their 8-pound daughter looked like the newborns. After a series of tests, they learned Melissa had cystic fibrosis-andRead… Read more »
Apps.gov Needs to Carry the Public Records Torch
“…only 18% of Apps.gov services enable agencies to comply with public records laws” If you’re viewing your town’s Facebook or Twitter account, chances are the city attorney is still recovering from a social media migraine. And you may think I’m joking, but somewhere in your state a government webmaster is printing comments made on theirRead… Read more »
2010 Census: It’s All About the Bar Code!
A 2010 Census form sometime lists a city name that is not the one you expect to see for your street address. What really matters is the bar code above the mailing address. This locates your household, linking your census questionnaire to your precise location. This bar code on the form guarantees that you willRead… Read more »
A new kind of Council Web Strategy
You should know that the local authority web manager has a pretty hard job and is often stuck in between a rock and a hard place. Often with no budget, no resources, but yet still required to manage a service delivery platform, communications platform and a citizen engagement channel. How do i know this, wellRead… Read more »
An Alternative to ‘Work-Life Balance’
Originally posted on ImprovisingMe.com Let me start by stating I HATE the phrase ‘Work-Life Balance’!!! NOTE: My apologies, in advance, to my mother, for she never liked us using the word “HATE”, but let’s just say “strongly dislike” doesn’t emphasize the point well enough in this case. ‘Work-Life Balance’ or some VERY similar phrase, getsRead… Read more »