In these days when politicians are being vilified from coast to coast. When transparency and accountability are ignored. There still stands tall some elected officials whose reputations are beyond reproach. I would like to honor such a man. I first met Harvey Stower when he was a State Representative and I was a rookie Mayor.Read… Read more »
Though the majority of IT professionals who seek out new certifications attend traditional classroom-based training, there are all sorts of other ways to gain the knowledge you need to pass a certification test. Beyond books – of which there are thousands – is a host of online, video, and multimedia options that are worth considering.Read… Read more »
Hi All, Just wanted to point you at this video that I uploaded. It is a presentation I just did at the Advanced Learning Institute’s Social Media in Government Conference in Ottawa, Canada. Feel free to have a look/listen, leave a comment, etc. The presentation aims at helping you create a more social workplace withoutRead… Read more »
This post originally appeared in my blog http://wethegoverati.wordpress.com On September 8th – 10th, 2009 Anna York and I attended the Government 2.0 Expo and Summit, which was a wonderful few days where we learned tons of new stuff and met amazing people that we hope can enrich our work on the Gov20 Caucus here atRead… Read more »
Capitol Circle is now live. It’s a “Bloomberg for politics” concept that aggregates twitter, RSS, and the web to deliver real-time political news as it breaks across the Internet. It’s searchable and filterable as well. Please let me know what you think of the site, I’m looking for feedback to iterate the product and takeRead… Read more »
TodayYesterday, I had the pleasure of participating in a Department of Homeland Security Blogger Round Table—an extension of the National Dialogue on the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review occurring online right now. The Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) is a congressionally mandated review of homeland security. The outcome of the review is a final report dueRead… Read more »
Today the Washington, DC-based United States Institute of Peace (USIP) will host a symposium and live webcast on the impact of New media Now media on global conflict resolution. * Are social media tools and technologies at the core of statecraft in the 21st century? * What do new research findings suggest is the impactRead… Read more »
From The Acquisition Corner As Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 is now underway, The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will be ramping up its guidance on improving acquisition outcomes, which includes a broad section of areas to include competition, contract types, workforce, outsourcing, and acquisition practices. I will be covering theses issues in more depthRead… Read more »
Posted at Internet Evolution: The Case for Unique BI Criteria for Government Users Is there such a thing as “Government BI,” a distinct species of business intelligence that responds to special government requirements? If not, should there be? And what could it teach us about BI in general? A look at systems that use BIRead… Read more »
So, here’s my challenge: what should I do with events that I am NOT organizing, am NOT involved in planning, am NOT speaking at, but which I think are good, valuable events that others to know about? In short: I want to share the wealth. The challenge: how & where? My instinct is to postRead… Read more »