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Jane & John Q. Public’s “Year-End (2009) Gov 2.0 List”
There are some great “year-end” blog posts and articles reviewing e-Gov, or government via the Internet. This year, it is mostly about Gov 2.0 — stories or benchmarks for expanding collaborative technologies of Web 2.0 across the public sector. All of these articles come from practitioners, intended for reading/discussion among other practitioners. What’s missing? HowRead… Read more »
Collaboration 2.0
Video IBM’s Eric Lesser talks about some of the new drivers behind collaboration, the technologies that will enable it, the challenges that stand in its way, and what some of the payoffs are.
SharePoint Collaboration in Govt Agencies
ON POINT WITH SHAREPOINT! As a business technologist for the Comptroller at the United States Special Operations Command, I am tasked with providing a collaborative environment with organizations across the globe. In 2006, we launched MicroSoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) to enable beter colloboration across within our special forces community and business partners. I wouldRead… Read more »
Best of GovLoop 2009: A Dozen Dynamite Blog Posts
One of our GovLoop Rockstars, Amanda Blount, took a close look at the blogs from 2009 to unearth the biggest gems – posts that sparked comment or controversy or that just got us talking about key topics in government. Here are her picks (and we agree – these were some of the standouts!). __________________ DuringRead… Read more »
Best of GovLoop 2009 – Top 7 Videos
Man…there were a ton of us sweet videos on GovLoop in 2009. I got my good buddy Phil to do a best of 2009 Videos. Here’s his take… The Machine is Us/ing us. Would you like a snappy introduction to the web 2.0 and the new computing with a nice little techno soundtrack? Then thisRead… Read more »
Social Networking Lessons for Building Local Communities
A city’s sustainability and stability relies on an active, engaged, and innovative population. But local government was never structured to address this social aspect of community even though many expect it to do so. Instead, as Tim O’Reilly said in this video, government is like a vending machine, “we pay our taxes and out comeRead… Read more »
Believe!
Well, here we are…at the end of another year. I don’t know about you, but I always use this last week of the year to reflect and get re-centered for the coming year. As I looked through my blog posts over the year, I see a trend. I started out high on the optimism thatRead… Read more »
Twittering for Contracts Transparency with TrackDailyGoals
Sterlling Whitehead maintains a blog called All Things Sterling. This post can help you understand the huge power of using a simple service like TrackDailyGoals for easily implementing transparency. There’s also the added bonus of easy project management completion and goal tracking at the same time. The Point The real but unnoticed benefit for theRead… Read more »
Are you an innovator interested in the application of the OGD in your organization?
That sounds similar to fishing doesn’t it? The waters of the Government are vast. The Federal Wave has created a main wave for collaboration on plan development to happen during the next 120 days; it is nice to know who innovators and those interested in creating are in terms of a shared vision for OGDRead… Read more »