Gov. Martin O’Malley Uses GIS to Transform Maryland
Here’s a story that’s based on an interview I did with Gov. O’Malley. Pretty interesting stuff. Story Here
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GPO 2009 Open House (Somewhat) Live
LIVE UPDATES 8:30 am In my efforts to live tweet this event, I had to resort to updating this blog. Government isn’t quite sold on the live tweet/updates argument, but I’ll do my best to keep you updated via blogs over the next few hours. I just got the call to come set up ourRead… Read more »
A Small Business Owner Discusses Gov Contracting
Hi everyone: I gave an informative 8-minute interview on the complexities of gov contracting, growing a gov contracting business, and getting on Schedule. See it here! Hope you find it helpful. Marissa Levin CEO, Information Experts
OPM Invites Comment on New Strategic Plan Draft
Are you interested in U.S. Government workforce issues (getting a federal job, performance management, leadership development, and so on)? OPM has just posted its DRAFT Strategic Plan and is looking for comments from people who care.
Is The Search of Municipal Websites Not Working?
I have a unique sort of view on municipal websites. So I not always sure that I am a fair customer as I view 250+ cities at any one time. But I do have a chance to compare lots of things with websites that have very common websites. With that said I started doing designRead… Read more »
Linking for the web (training for content providers) draft material
It is common for people to use the term “click here” to get the user to do some action. This is hurts our website. Why does click here hurt our website. Google indexs our site meaning that it reads every bit of code and ranks that code for importance. The most important thing for googleRead… Read more »
Social Media and the Changing Role of Government (from www.ourblook.com)
I was interviewed by an interesting website called OurBlook this week. I’m sharing the text of the interview with GovLoopers as I’d welcome any feedback or comments on my perspective. I always find these questions on trends, etc. to be difficult and open to a lot of interpretation. Lately, I’ve been more concerned with tacticalRead… Read more »
Social Media Policy and Knowledge Management
(The following was originally posted as a response to a Discussion List topic on Social Media Policy in FS Communications, a GovLoop Group) I have been entertaining a thought that is pertinent to this direct topic, but also to the entire landscape of knowledge and information management. The key word in that phrasing is “management,”Read… Read more »
Sign up for a webinar on the security of social networking sites
From the info page (which is also where you register): The US Department of Homeland Security’s National Cyber Security Division and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center invite you to participate in the next session of the: National Webcast Initiative ~ Security of Social Networking Sites / Web 2.0 ~ August 19, 2009 2:00pm-3:00pmRead… Read more »
Federal Eye: $100 Million in Savings, Pinch by Pinch
Remember back in April when President Obama ordered the Cabinet to come up with $100 million in costs savings? And remember when critics blasted the plan as too little too late? Government penny-pinchers have found a way to save $102 million this fiscal year and another $140 million during fiscal year 2010. The solution? InstallRead… Read more »