Experts Needed to help develop new information management certification

Reposted from our AIIM Community Blogs – http://www.aiim.org/community/blogs/community/Experts-needed-to-develop-new-information-management-certification! By Atle Skjekkeland, Vice President at AIIM International April 01, 2011 – 7:46 AM We have already several experts willing to help us on a number of topics, but would like some more experts for the below topics for an in-person workshop in Baltimore Tuesday, May 3,Read… Read more »

The new NAO publishing model – well my dream

How about doing something different? Here are my starters for ten: Opt out of the Official Publishing contract for House Papers e.g. for publishing VFM reports. Negotiate direct with the House of Commons and find out what they really want. After all the NAO is part of the House so why not talk direct? WeRead… Read more »

Weekly Round-up: April 1, 2011

Gadi Ben-Yehuda We Need an Idea, and We Need It Now! The Collaboration Project is offering federal leaders a primer on “Tools for Online Idea Generation: A Comparison of Technology Platforms for Public Managers.” On a related note: New Yorkers Have No Shortage of Ideas. Alex Howard reports on how New York City is usingRead… Read more »

New GovLoop T-Shirt Design

When GovLoop team members head out to happy hours or conferences there’s always one thing that people want the green Gov’t Rockstar T-shirt. Yes we know they are awesome. (side note if you want to score a Gov’t Rockstar T-shirts you can here). BUT we like to try new things at GovLoop so we areRead… Read more »

TriMet to tighten up security

As TriMet (OR) announced a $1.2 million TSA grant for security cameras at 10 light-rail stations, The Oregonian asked questions about crime and fare evasion. Original post

Congress considers transport tech grants

Congress is considering establishing a pilot competitive grant program to bring transportation technology to six cities. Original post

Fools Gold

I’ve always liked April Fools, I love what other people do and it makes me smile when people go to a lot of effort just to be good-humoured or tell or share funny jokes, conduct and perform hoaxes, and other practical jokes of varying sophistication. To do the same any other time of year justRead… Read more »

Learning to Love Email

I’ve beaten wikis to death in this space. I’ve presented arguments about how we can use them more effectively, why we need to shift how our organizations look at them, and even tried to explain how enterprise wikis change the traditional relationship between accountability and responsibility. In so doing, I think I may have overlookedRead… Read more »

Houston METRO to consider natural gas buses

The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (TX) is looking into the feasibility of adding natural-gas buses to its fleet. Original post

Innovation and eDiplomacy — The importance of internet freedom and the use of technology to enhance international affairs

This morning, I attended an event at the US Embassy Public Affairs Unit in Canberra designed to discuss matters of eDiplomacy and use of online tools in diplomatic and international affairs efforts. The event, being hosted specifically for an Australian audience by the State Department included a conversation with Alec J Ross (he is @AlecJRossRead… Read more »

Monthly Archives: April 2011