A graphic guide to Facebook profile photos
A graphic guide to Facebook profile photos, which includes a portrait-interpretation key (Fast Company)
Communications
OPM’s New Fed. Employee Health Benefits Plans Database To Put You At Risk?
Thought I would pass this along to you Federal employees: FEHBP database raises privacy concerns By Emily Long 10/05/2010 A new Office of Personnel Management database designed to track federal employee health benefit plans could put at risk the personal information of participants, according to privacy advocates. OPM last week announced plans for a databaseRead… Read more »
What is Gov 2.0? A survey of Government IT pros
The term “Web 2.0”, and more specifically “Gov 2.0”, can be rather difficult to define. And although more than three-quarters of government IT professionals in our recent survey of government IT professionals on their feelings about the Gov 2.0 movement feel they know what Gov 2.0 entails, their definitions varied widely. In response to ourRead… Read more »
The Intern Report: Interning in D.C
Hello Everyone! Shannon here! I am one of the GovLoop interns this fall. As of today I have officially been here in Washington, D.C for a month! I graduated from Auburn University in August and spent about two weeks at home before I found myself eager to work and learn more about social media IRead… Read more »
Is Facebook’s New “Download Your Data” Government’s Record Management Answer?
Update: There’s more than just two new features. You can see a good summary here as well: http://www.maclife.com/article/features/everything_you_need_know_about_new_facebook_features If you weren’t able to watch today’s live Facebook announcement, “Zuck” listed two major new options that will start rolling out to Facebook. The first one is a new Groups function. I won’t go into the detailsRead… Read more »
Great uses of Twitter at conferences
I had the pleasure of attending the Monitoring Social Media conference in Boston yesterday. While I was there to discuss Social CRM, I took the opportunity to listen to a number of other speakers. All of the speakers were great. However, Aafia Chaudhry, CEO, JuvoLab & Founding Partner, Noesis, did a really nice job presentingRead… Read more »
PMF Info on GovLoop
Effective immediately, I will begin crossposting the PMF Info blog on GovLoop. What this means for those of you who follow the blog is that there will be two places to engage in conversation, but it also creates an interesting privacy situation for you to navigate. To the extent possible, I will preserve your anonymityRead… Read more »
Day 2 of eMetrics Better for Govies
The Government/Non-Commerce track picked up Tuesday. Reps from the Diabetes Association and Seattle’s Swedish Hospital spoke about site improvements that focused on customers’ top tasks (that may not have been what they thought their sites’ top tasks were/should be). Mike Edson of the Smithsonian gave us 10 “Jedi Mind Tricks for Measuring and Optimizing LoftyRead… Read more »
Increasing “Jointness” and Reducing Duplication in DoD Intelligence
(The views on this blog do not reflect necessarily the views of any client or employer – Dr. Bordeaux is solely responsible for the material posted to this GovLoop blog. This blog should not be considered reflective of an official position on the part of anyone other than John Bordeaux.) When the Secretary of DefenseRead… Read more »
Changing the Picture
One of the ways I know when issues people are facing become commonplace is when I hear the challenge being articulated a number of different ways. We read stories about the “enthusiasm gap” among various parts of the electorate. My foreign-born friends tell me about the “stale energy” they feel when visiting the US andRead… Read more »