The City of Panama City, Florida has become a leader in promoting open government but how? Citizens of Panama City don’t even have to go to city hall to attend city meetings. Using Google city network administrator Richard Ferrick has made Panama City a shining example of open gov’t. Using Google the the city uploadsRead… Read more »
We know it’s prime shopping season but who really wants to fight the crowds Friday morning for all the deals. Well GovLoop and HP have teamed up to give you a deal that you can enjoy and save on from your computer. GovLoop members are know entitled to all sorts of discounts of HP products.Read… Read more »
It’s that time again… Friday’s Fab Five! Every Friday, we’re summarizing the best of the week and highlighting five members or moments that were especially awesome. The Most Commented Blog of the Week goes to Jay Daughtry for his post “7 Questions to Reflect on Before Hiring a College Intern for Social Media”. Jay asksRead… Read more »
A few weeks back we posted on GovLoop about Lincoln Chafee an Independent candidate running for Rhode Island Governor and how he outlined GovLoop heavily in his Open Government Initiative for the state. Well last night just like any man with a good plan Chafee won the election for Rhode Island Governor. We are reallyRead… Read more »
Chicago was a great city to cap off a week on the road! I met so many awesome govies in the Windy. While we had a ton of amazing people in the room I have to highlight our speakers because they were AWESOME. First off it was extremely refreshing to hear Congressman Mike Quigley giveRead… Read more »
You can walk into every workplace and find someone that’s making cracks about the boss. But let’s be honest making jokes and complaining at the water cooler aren’t going to change the situation. So what can you do? Thanks to GovLoop member Kathleen Smith I read a great article about how employees can manage theirRead… Read more »
Ever since joining up with GovLoop in April I’ve continually heard gripes about .gov sites. The crazy thing is most of the complaints are uniform across the board: the search suck, it looks like crap, there is no user interface… ect. I think we are all in agreement that .gov sites as a whole aren’tRead… Read more »
Are you passionate about greening up government? Want to make the government a shining example on energy efficiency? An easy way to start is to attend the GOVgreen Conference and Exposition in November and GovLoop wants to send you for FREE. All you have to do is write a blog about a green project inRead… Read more »
So I took last week off on the blogosphere but I’m back in action this week. Lately I’ve been seeing a ton of tweets about Citizen 2.0 and also had a few conversations about where Gov 2.0 is and where it’s going and of course what it needs to get there. Most of the timeRead… Read more »
I know a lot of companies are looking for interesting way to improve employee morale and health but I would not have thought as gardening as way to do that. After reading this article creating a company garden has a lot of benefits in improving the quality of life in the workplace. Here’s the article,Read… Read more »