Hi All, Just posted some photos from prior years of Public Service Recognition Week. I’m curious – which ones do you like best? Tune in to @FedPitch on Twitter tomorrow between 1:30 and 3 p.m. EST, or search later at #fedpitch for tweets from the Mall. Or, see www.fedpitch.org for results. Hope you’re having aRead… Read more »
I’m reposting a piece I put up today in EPA’s blog, Greenversations. Feel free to leave comments here or on Greenversations; I’ll get ’em either way, but they’ll be more public over there. Here it is: A couple of weeks ago, EPA Administrator Jackson issued a memo calling for maximum transparency in everything we do.Read… Read more »
From LocalGov20.com For the next edition of Gov 2.0 Radio, Sunday 2/5 p.m. EST, we’ll be joined by Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, and Marilyn Clark, a state Web manager and member of the Federal Web Managers Social Media Subcouncil. (Also both GovLoop members, FTW!) Newmark, an uber-geek of world renown, resides in San FranciscoRead… Read more »
Employment Opportunity with Cabarrus County located in Concord North Carolina This new position was approved in preparation for a complete overhaul of our Internet site. New design will incorporate collaboration tools and social media to provide essential information and services to our constituents. Cabarrus County Employment Application TITLE: IIS/SharePoint Administrator POSITION NUMBER: 1810007 DEPARTMENT: InformationRead… Read more »
Paul Wormeli, Executive Director of the IJIS Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to improving information sharing for public safety, justice and homeland security communities, has started a blog entitled “The IJIS Factor – Strategic Thinking for Innovations in Government Through Technology.” …”We believe that it is nearly impossible to create too many opportunities for communication ofRead… Read more »
Just saw this article from PC World Business Center and wanted to share. A Nielsen report this week revealed that Twitter has an uncanny knack for hemorrhaging users. In fact, some 60 percent of new users bail on the service within a month. For those of us who’ve been tweeting for a couple of years,Read… Read more »
I am organizing a Potomac Forum Workshop for May 19th and I think it has some interesting topics which a lot of agencies could benefit from. It is at the Willard in downtown DC and has reduced price compared to other PF events.. Here is the registration link http://www.potomacforum.org/?view=301 Our Keynote Speaker will be LindaRead… Read more »
For as long as elected officials have had one set of ears to listen to thousands if not millions of constituents and interests, there have been gatekeepers – the legislative staffs and lobbyists. One of the goals we can gather from Government 2.0, e-Democracy – or ‘just the way things are these days’ as IRead… Read more »
Web 3.0 and the Virtual Proposal Manager, part 2 from the Government Business Examiner, Donna L. Quesinberry Meeting planning, an active component of the proposal management experience, encompasses the virtual scheme. Remote workers (even if a proposal shop is available on-site at a client location) are showing up everywhere and they aren’t going to goRead… Read more »
I haven’t heard much of anything good in the news lately – the economy #FAIL, swine flu, Apple raising prices on itunes songs. And I won’t even start on the weather as of late. Last time I checked my zip code was in Washington DC, not Seattle. BUT – being a die-hard half-glass full kindRead… Read more »