If you are asking yourself this question, I’m here to help. You Are Frustrated You have been sending your team email for a long time. Some people on the team are good at responding and others…well let’s just say they don’t seem to be as “on top of it”. You were talking about a specificRead… Read more »
Today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news round-up: The proposed Social Networking Online Protection Act (SNOPA) would make it illegal for employers to demand access rto social media accounts. More here. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has requested proposals for automated tracking and identification solutions for satellites More here. The full report on theRead… Read more »
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. DIY.mySociety.org | Do It Yourself mySociety – a resource for anyone who wants to build copies of mySociety sites, anywhere in the World – MySociety make it easy to reuse their code. Welcome – The Data Journalism Handbook – This looks like it is aRead… Read more »
All Wikipedia articles and other encyclopedic content must be written from a neutral point of view. This means that editors should avoid stating opinions as facts, avoid stating seriously contested assertions as facts, avoid presenting uncontested assertions as mere opinion, use non-judgmental language, and accurately indicate the relative prominence of opposing views. One can easilyRead… Read more »
A few weeks ago Colin Hansen – a politician in the governing party in British Columbia (BC) – penned an op-ed in the Vancouver Sun entitled Unlocking our data to save lives. It’s a paper both the current government and opposition should read, as it is filled with some very promising ideas. In it, heRead… Read more »
The digital divide has increasingly become about knowledge and adoption of new technologies rather than access. Which side of the divide are you on – are you a leader or a laggard? This post offers insights into the factors contributing to the growing chasm between those who have embraced and leveraged new technologies and thoseRead… Read more »
This month GovLoop will be rolling out a blog series, exploring a challenge that we hear all the time in government – government operates in silos. This month we will be having a series of blogs and discussions centered around this topic, exploring the impact of siloed information within each one of our communities onRead… Read more »
Crowdsourcing funding, Fired for Bashing the President on Facebook, and Intimate at Conferences… by GovLoop Insights On today’s program for Tuesday May 1st, 2012: Crowd-funding. It is now legal and might just be a way to fund small businesses that could focus on government challenges. We’ll talk to the man behind WeFunder. Can you beRead… Read more »
Earlier today, I had an exchange with Steve Radick and Christopher Whitaker about the nature and value of Klout scores (embedded below). I’ve spoken before about what Klout scores mean, how to use them, and when to ignore them, but I wanted both to share my current thinking, and hear your thoughts in a mediumRead… Read more »
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