We need creative people to help the Federal Wave program. We did put ourselves on Facebook to lay out things, since everyone can get there. If everyone would get on board – that would really help this program. What’s the link between the two; Fed Wave and creative people? And how is Fed Wave differentRead… Read more »
I’m a big fan of the “Redesigning the Government” project over at Sunlight Labs, especially their latest mock-ups for the FCC. One particular part of their post rang true to me, as I’m frequently tasked with developing information architecture for government websites: “In many discussions that we’ve had with people who develop these sites, they’veRead… Read more »
I had a conversation with some folks at my shop on Thursday afternoon as the great ‘balloon boy’ fiasco unfolded about why it was such compelling watching. We all kind of felt stupid about being sucked into such a strange story and the conversation made me realize just why it was such a powerful newsRead… Read more »
The Computer is an Intelligent Donkey ! With this definition we will approach one of the principal problems for the progress of the Technology of the Information in the current days. For being one it conspires that it simply assists to programming commands, they become necessary Analysts, Programmers and an entire range of professionals thatRead… Read more »
I’ve been teasing everyone regarding the big GovLoop news for a couple weeks now. And I’m excited that it is official and I can share the good good news. Andrew Krzmarzick is officially joining the GovLoop team today and will become the official GovLoop Community Manager. This is another huge step in a march toRead… Read more »
Today is a big day in my life and I’m really excited to share it with you – the GovLoop Community. Mr. GovLoop himself (aka Steve Ressler) has asked me to join his team as the GovLoop Community Manager! So what does that mean? It means I’ve resigned from the Graduate School and will dedicateRead… Read more »
Mr. Mucio, our computer science teacher, began a class of this it sorts things out: – The Man needed to count your sheep and for that it began to join stones according to the amount of sheep that possessed and the data processing was created like this. In a simple way we learned, with thisRead… Read more »
This post originally appeared on my external blog, “Social Media Strategery.” I was in Las Vegas this week to participate in BlogWorld 2009 with some of the industry’s biggest big-wigs in social media. I really like going to conferences like this and next week’s Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco because they help me escapeRead… Read more »
A very momentous time for VistA/CPRS in a recent meeting. It is encouraging to see questions such as: Is VistA suitable as a national model? How can VistA be developed for use in the public/private sector? What is an appropriate strategy for modernizing VistA? In addition, “It has been suggested that there may be advantagesRead… Read more »
I’m looking for examples of how local government collaborates. Maybe the better question is not “are we collaborating and sharing resources?” but “should we collaborate and share resources?” I’m an educator and for the past ten years I’ve worked as a government trainer. I’ve noticed over the years a disturbing pattern. There seems to beRead… Read more »