Where is the love?
Click the following link for the love vs. cancer program: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pt4T8IoCH4
Project Management
Online Public Engagement – New Grant Program
Online public engagement is huge these days. All of the federal /open pages are launched with online public engagement tools soliciting feedback on how to do participation, transparency, and engagement. There’s been some pretty cool blogs on GovLoop about “making crowdsourcing successful” As this space unfolds, it’s been cool to see companies like Ideascale collaborateRead… Read more »
Leadership for Vision, Action and Impact (Gov20 L.A.)
Note: I’m live-blogging today’s sessions at the Gov2.0 L.A. City Camp. Our twitter hashtag is #gov20la, and since I’m live-blogging this post is incomplete. Please check back next week for the edited version with more links, plus video, audio, etc. This post references the Harvard Kennedy School’s Government 2.0 Research Survey. If you haven’t takenRead… Read more »
Gov20 L.A. – Agility for better government
I’m live-blogging today’s sessions at the Gov2.0 L.A. City Camp. Our twitter hashtag is #gov20la, and since I’m live-blogging this post is necessarily incomplete. Please check back next week for the edited version with more links, plus video, audio, etc. Second Life Founder Cory Ondrejka is the lead-off speaker and riffing on the importance ofRead… Read more »
Towards a More Transparent and Collaborative Government: One Year In
The other day I was having lunch with Rich Dougherty, the CEO of Expert Choice, a collaboration software company in Arlington, VA that is a client of mine. We were discussing the trends towards a more transparent and collaborative federal government. I decided to record it with my iPhone and turn it into an interview.Read… Read more »
And you thought you were done with gov20…
Originally posted on OSRIN.NET, 2/1/10 With several national gov20 plans now published I thought it would be worthwhile jotting down some reminders of the work that is still ahead if these plans are to be realized. Many of the items listed below represent opportunity for gov20 programmes, a couple are just unfinished items that neverRead… Read more »
Considered a Job or Career Change? A quick survey
Which if any of the following pictures do you identify with as far as providing you the motivation to make the change? What was the incident which sparked the idea? Is this a past or present job? Thanks in advance for sharing your stories!! 1. Don’t jump 2. Butt kisser (imagine seeing this as youRead… Read more »
Attitude Really is Everything
I had a direct experience a while back of how much my own attitude contributes to the success of my team. Like many others in IT, most of my experience is in “negotiation leadership.” This is the situation where I’m not directly in charge and have had to use my influence and power of persuasionRead… Read more »
Gov’t Privacy News Summary – Jan 23 -31
My friend Fred puts together this awesome privacy news highlights and said I could cross-post… So here we go: Privacy News Highlights 23–31 January 2010 Contents: US – NH House Passes Bill Banning Fingerprint IDs. 3 CA – B.C. Names Acting Privacy Commissioner 3 CA – Privacy Commissioner Launches New Facebook Probe. 3 CA –Read… Read more »
Regulations.gov: New Features
A number of new features have been added to regulations.gov, the U.S. federal eRulemaking service. Click here for a video describing the new features. The new features include: an “Exchange” tab, to link to the site’s online forum; agency specific RSS feeds; a bookmarking tool; a browse-by-topic index; a “Your Voice in Action” tab, featuringRead… Read more »