Why should I care about ITIL?
Working Draft Section 1 of White Paper using SharePoint to enable ITIL http://briankseitz.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/sharepoint-as-an-itil-implementation-tool-why-should-i-care-about-itil-business-environment/
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Texas Passed Open Data Law, But Not an Automatic Win
On June 17, Governor Rick Perry signed Senate Bill 701 into law, which requires each state agency to post high-value data sets online. This was a great victory for transparency and open government, putting into statute the requirement for all state agencies to post “raw data in open standard format that allows the public toRead… Read more »
Making Mobile Gov: Discuss Mobile Security
Today’s mobile gov discussion is about security. Nobody wants mobile gov products that harm agency computer systems, or products that expose end users to malware. We are just at the beginning of getting security guidance for mobile consumer products. As agencies develop citizen services apps they need to protect end users as well as agencyRead… Read more »
What I’d love to see: Low cost 311 for emerging market cities
This is not a complicated post. Just a simple idea: Can we create Open311 API add-on for Ushahidi? So what do I mean by that, and why should we care? Many readers will be familiar with Ushahidi, non-profit that develops open source mapping software that enables users to collect and visualize data in interactive maps.Read… Read more »
Dancing for Diplomas
At this year’s convocation, our Maxwell MPA students had to dance before they got their diplomas. In one of our joint Public Organizations & Management sessions some RAs had accidentially hit the disco music button in all classrooms. Rosemary was the only one dancing, so that she gave them all bad grades for their classRead… Read more »
Facebook v. Google+ What It’s Really about Is Connectivity
Yesterday, I commented on Dannielle Blumenthal’s “5 Reasons Why Facebook will beat Google+ Easily” In essence: I disagree. Here are Dannielle’s reasons: Brand: She says “Facebook is about staying connected with friends. Google is about making the world’s data searchable.” But to me, and most people with GMail, Picasa, Blogger, and Reader accounts, (to sayRead… Read more »
Working In SF This Week – Come Say Hi If You’re Here
Just a quick note here to say that I’m working from SF this week, synching up with the faberNovel team here. I’ll be working today and tomorrow at their pariSoma work space at 169 11th st (which I just noticed gets glowing reviews on Google). If anyone reading this is in the area and wantsRead… Read more »
Summer Reading
I read two strong books last week, and when someone remarked on the quality of my recommendations, I thought I remembered they were found on a blog post. Sure enough, they were the first two picks on Seth Godin’s Summer Reading List. Steven Pressfield’s The Profession is a near future social fantasy, much like Makers.Read… Read more »
GEICO Brings us to the HomeFront
GEICO is a proud partner of GovLoop. ————————————— The GEICO blogosphere has expanded! GEICO’s love and respect for military personnel runs deep. Launched on the Fourth of July, GEICO has created a brand new blog, HomeFront by GEICO. HomeFront creates a channel for members of the military and their families to share stories, pictures, videos,Read… Read more »
Creating the Change Management Communications Plan
It has been a while since my last blog. A combination of heavy travel and recovering from surgery on a torn Achilles tendon has caused me to re-adjust my schedule. It’s good to be back. In this week’s entry we will discuss developing the change management (CM) communications plan. As discussed in previous blogs, communicationRead… Read more »