The Washington Post reports that the J. Edgar Hoover building is in need of repair. Since 9/11, the FBI has grown considerably, and has outgrown the current facilities. The Post reported that prior to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the FBI had 9,700 headquarter staffers working at seven locations, today the FBI has about 17,300 employeesRead… Read more »
Government Technology has announced the 2011 rankings from the 2011 Digital Cities Survey. The city and county of Honolulu, Hawaii, Olathe, Kan., Roseville, Calif. and Eden Prairie, Minn. were identified as the top cities. The survey has been conducted for the past 11 years and ranks municipalities that best show how technology enchances public serviceRead… Read more »
Growing up in Syracuse, New York, one of things I very quickly became use to was snow. Syracuse and Upstate New York are always prepared for winter, with snow plows running 24/7 if needed, salted roads and things rarely shut down completely. DC is not like this at all, and the Washington Post has reportedRead… Read more »
It’s not everyday you are invited to dinner with the HRH Prince Daniel of Sweden, the Swedish Ambassador, Jonas Hafström, and the Swedish Minister for Health and Human Affairs, Göran Hägglund. Steve Ressler and I had that honor this week. We took part in a fantastic discussion about social media, innovation and the impact onRead… Read more »
Government Technology reports that last week Google Engineer Steve Yegge inadvertently shared a post on his public Google+ profile, criticizing Google+. Government Technology reports that during the invite only stage Google+ claimed 120 million unique visitors, but since the invite-only period has closed, traffic has dropped by 60%. GovBytes reports: In Yegge’s post he wentRead… Read more »
Federal Computer Weekly reports that the Department of Labor and Facebook have partnered up to create the Social Jobs Partnership. This is an effort to use social networks to facilitate employment for those currently unemployed. The Facebook page states: In the interest of getting people back to work, the partnership plans to pursue a numberRead… Read more »
This Wednesday I attended GovDelivery’s conference, Social Media’s Role in Cost-Effective Digital Communications at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Washington D.C. The event had attendees from across the federal government, and took attendees took away a lot of great lessons to bring back to their agencies. You can view all the great presentations here. BelowRead… Read more »
USAJOBS has extended deadlines for job seekers interested in non-emergency positions. The Washington Post reports that OPM staff is working around the clock to fix code bugs and related problems on the USAJOBS site. On Wednesday, a contractor was hired to test the site and was still witnessing a 86% failure rate. The Washington PostRead… Read more »
Here is an expanded version of my post from this morning 10 Ways to Optimize Facebook – Notes from Adam Conner. The presentation slides from Adam’s presentation can be found below. Adam started his presentation by providing an overview of how the world has gone social and traditional borders are no replaced by connections ofRead… Read more »
This morning I attended the GovDelivery Social Media Summit and an interesting question came up that got me thinking – how many identities do you have online? The question originally came up when an audience participant asked Adam Conner of Facebook if Facebook will ever allow users to create mulltiple log-ins for Facebook accounts, toRead… Read more »