The Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON) is taking place in Portland, Oregon, and I am watching as much as I can via the live feed. During the opening session one of the things that struck me was a comment that is becoming more commonplace. A comment by one of the CIOs that they were surprisedRead… Read more »
Andrea Di Maio recently wrote a post titled Gartner Symposium Does Not Paint a Pretty Picture for Government 2.0 that summarized his take aways from the Gartner Symposium. You should read it then return, I’ll be waiting…. The heart of my response to Andrea is that we continue to think of Government 2.0 as beingRead… Read more »
New on the ChatterBachs blog: “What is SocialMention and what is its value?” http://wp.me/p14i4G-1J Day 3: The ChatterBachs Product Review Week continues. Another tool that I discovered recently and have started using is SocialMention. (@SocialMention) developed by Jon Cianciullo (@jonnyjon). From the Social Mention “About” page: “Social Mention is a social media search and analysisRead… Read more »
Oohh….a delivery of our signs for our “Government Doesn’t Suck” rally just came in. Obviously we are super excited. Shout-out to Rock Creek Strategic Marketing for designing and printing the signs
I just got back from the ACT-IAC Executive Leadership Conference in Williamsburg, Va. last night. Those of you who attended will likely agree that it was a whirlwind, thirty-some hours of great information and discussion. While at the conference, Editor Dave Perera and I had the opportunity to cover sessions and sit down with governmentRead… Read more »
Just posted this morning, the third installment of the new Center for American Progress series, “Going ROWE,” a behind-the-scenes look at how D.C.’s information technology agency is transforming in to a “results only work environment.” This weekly series documents the transformation of a government office into a workplace where employees can work where they want,Read… Read more »
A while ago I proclaimed the arrival of the Foreign Office on Digg. And now Digg looks like it’s in deep trouble, announcing cuts in staff of 37% earlier this week, following 10% cuts earlier in the year. I’m always sympathetic to people suffering cuts, for obvious reasons, and it’s sad to see a majorRead… Read more »
On June 17, 2010, I started a petition (and many in the GovLoop community signed) on Twitter calling for foursquare to create an “I Voted” badge for voters who check-in to their polling place locations on Election Day. On November 2, 2010, that dream will become a reality. Today, The I Voted Project is thrilledRead… Read more »
This post originally appeared on my blog, “Social Media Strategery.” If it wasn’t for my brother and I, my mother would still have a VCR that blinks 12:00 because she couldn’t figure out to change the time on it and never saw any desire too. Despite fixing it every time I was there, she neverRead… Read more »
VPS Hack Day is an initiative under the VPS Government 2.0 Action Plan. Teams turn up on the day for an intense hack session to devise and build applications and mashups using Victorian Government data. Some really cool stuff came out of the first VPS Hack Day held last year. More info @ http://go.vic.gov.au/qqXTfm. FollowRead… Read more »