People aren’t just watching, talking, and tweeting about civic technology–they are acting! Over the week of February 25 – May 4, passionate citizens around the country came together to “Code Across America.” Eight events were organized by the 2012 Fellows and eight events were organized by civic leaders in other cities as part of theRead… Read more »
Taking on the task of building apps to enhance a citizen’s ability to engage in the civic space is a complex undertaking. How do we successfully translate authentic civic engagement to the web? How do we move toward a common understanding of what civic engagement even means? Finding definitive metrics to gauge the success ofRead… Read more »
Battling back from a Gov’t PR nightmare and a New Tool makes Twitter easier to use by GovLoop Insights On today’s program for Thursday April 26, 2012 It’s been one of the worst weeks ever for public servants. Advice on how to be a good leader from the Partnership for Public Service. TwitChimp — theRead… Read more »
An interesting Google initiative is called “GovTransformers,” in which Google highlights a public servant who is bringing new and innovative ways to improve the way government operates. I’d encourage you to take a look at all the great case studies on the web page, and see how Google’s GovTransformers are leveraging Google tools and applicationsRead… Read more »
Let’s face it; it hasn’t been the best few weeks for federal government. Between the GSA scandal, the Secret Service scandal, and the dishonorable acts of a few soldiers in Afghanistan, public servants are getting a bad rap. Luckily, we know 98% of federal workers are hard-working, mission-driven people focused on efficiency. Christopher Dorobek ofRead… Read more »
What is Worse than Tourists on the Metro? Finals Season! Luckily for me, I don’t really have any finals or even a final thesis. Thank goodness. One thing that I really love about my masters program has been our final required capstone project. The capstone the Trachtenberg School for Public Policy and Public Administration functionsRead… Read more »
The use of big data has been gaining momentum over the last few months. The term big data still has some ambiguity in how it is defined, and for government there are numerous challenges to unlock all the benefits and promise of big data for agencies. Commonly, big data is viewed as taking large volumesRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Thursday the 26th of April, 2012 A Marine has been discharged after making disparaging comments about the president on Facebook. CNN says Sergeant Gary Stein was given an “other-than-honorable” discharge after Stein called Obama a liar and suggested he would not follow some orders issued by theRead… Read more »
Last week was a profound experience for me; I attended my third official TED event — the TEDxSummit for TEDx organisers, held in Doha, Qatar. Bringing over 650 TEDx organisers from in excess of 90 countries together in one place (and maybe one of the few places in the world where this was possible), theRead… Read more »
There has been a change made to the PMP Handbook. The handbook was last updated on April 17, 2012. Dr. Paul Giammalvo alerted me to the change. I still have a communication from PMI I’m expecting back soon, but in the meantime I’ll share what changed with you and my initial thoughts. Interpretation I haveRead… Read more »