Member of the Week: Natalie Fedie 1.) What was your path to public service? I was hired as the Marketing Director for the City of Saint Paul in 2003. I leveraged my private sector marketing and media relations experience to create and promote several high profile events for the City. I continued to work onRead… Read more »
Welcome to my first blog post. I’ve added comments to posts I’ve read and provided summaries of events I’ve attended the odd time, but this is the first time I’ve taken a crack at writing something on my own, so be gentle. As hard as it is to believe, I’ve passed the 15 year markRead… Read more »
money.cnn.com reports: NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled a proposed new framework for protecting consumers’ privacy online. The plan centers around a “Privacy Bill of Rights” that would encourage better transparency about data collection online, according to the Commerce Department’s report on its policy recommendations. It would promote “informed consent” forRead… Read more »
I am currently a student at The Maxwell School at Syracuse University working towards my Masters in Public Administration. I use this blog to write about my experiences at Maxwell, especially related to social media use in the public sector. You can follow me on Twitter: @pjfiorenza and please feel free to leave some comments!Read… Read more »
After a 15-year slumber, the Administrative Conference of the U.S. has returned. It held its first meeting last week since it was reconstituted earlier this year. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Scalia swore in the 100 new members of the Conference, noting “your job is to improve the administrative process throughout the government.” We were hereRead… Read more »
Bloggers are looking to get their message out. After creating a blog, the repeating tasks become posting new and attracting readers. There are many platforms that have already attracted the readers you covet. They probably want some content that will satisfy their current readers and attract more readers. I have watched new managers on previouslyRead… Read more »
A while ago, I don’t remember what conference, one of the break-out questions was “how will we know Gov 2.0 is succeeding?” One of the participants answered “When we don’t have to ask ourselves if Gov 2.0 is succeeding.” On December 6 and 7, I attended the ALI Social Media in Government conference in LasRead… Read more »
Elections are over and new leaders are being introduced in local governments across the U.S. and certainly in the countries of many of our #localgovchat regulars. They are going to want to “hit the ground running” and will certainly be creating dramatic “The First 100 Days” lists. In the just the past two weeks, I’veRead… Read more »
The White House has been busy the last couple weeks, marking the first anniversary of the Open Government Directive with a live Q&A session, releasing a 25-Point Federal CIO Implementation Plan, and posting an ExpertNet RFI. We also shared a great analysis of the Open Government Initiative by Ph.D. candidate Angela Newell. This week, weRead… Read more »
Research OMB plans transformational IT reform (12/09/2010) – 25-point plan requires all major technology programs have a dedicated, full-time, experienced program manager. Plan also includes closing 800 data centers by using cloud technology, and making it easier for the federal government to work with start-ups. http://cio.gov/documents/25-Point-Implementation-Plan-to-Reform-Federal%20IT.pdf Australia releases Gov 2.0 primer (12/2010) – How-to guideRead… Read more »