15 February 2009: It seems quite appropriate to re-blog this entry, at the beginning of a new chapter in the American story… “It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs toRead… Read more »
Happy Valentine’s Day (weekend) everyone! I know, I know, Valentine’s Day is a bit commercialized and in a perfect world, we would love and appreciate our friends, colleagues and loved ones every single day. Yet in a way, I am glad that there is a day dedicated to showing appreciation, whether through a hug, aRead… Read more »
A 4 Page (2200 word) PDF document, will require Adobe Reader to read http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/documents/SocialMediaFed%20Govt_BarriersPotentialSolutions.pdf Social Media and the Federal Government: Perceived and Real Barriers and Potential Solutions December 23, 2008 … As leaders of the Federal Web Managers Council, we’ve seen that social media in government has become the number one topic of discussion withinRead… Read more »
ESPECIALLY as related to the government: http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/technology/social_networks.shtml Social Networks and Government What are Social Networks? Social networking sites are websites that connect people. In these online communities, people can join (for free) and at a minimum, establish a page with their profile. The most popular, MySpace and Facebook, also have groups, which are feature–rich chatRead… Read more »
Expect to spend some considerable time here following all the links provided http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/technology/other_tech.shtml Social Media and Web 2.0 in Government Social Media and Web 2.0 are umbrella terms that define the various activities that integrate technology, social interaction, and content creation. Social media use the “wisdom of crowds” to connect information in a collaborative mannerRead… Read more »
From the Department of Navy CIO Blog http://www.doncio.navy.mil/Blog.aspx?ID=891 Of late, there is much discussion and much written about social networking tools such as MySpace, YouTube and Facebook. In fact, many government agencies are deploying their own version of these tools to better facilitate information sharing within their communities. The Intelligence Community, for one, developed Intellipedia,Read… Read more »
Several great social media and Government 2.0 minds have influenced this post, including Steve Radick (“Why Social Media is Scary“), Craig Newmark (in discussion with Heather Krasna), Jeffrey Levy (commenting on a GovLoop post of mine), Emi Whittle (commenting on GovLoop members), and Mark Amtower (discussing the failure of traditional leaders to adapt to newRead… Read more »
Each year, the readers of Federal Computer Week nominate people to win this prestigious award. According to FCW, “The Federal 100 award recognizes individuals in government and industry who made significant contributions to the federal information technology community in 2008.” I’m delighted to say I know many of the winners, and I couldn’t be prouderRead… Read more »
Wednesday was K-TOC’s one-month anniversary. Community activity increases a little bit every day. An engineer wants to kick off a discussion group for practicing engineers. One of our environmental science people is starting a blog. The Traffic Safety people opened a group. (That Traffic Safety wasn’t one of our launch groups was a foolish errorRead… Read more »
YouTube is ubiquitous. Millions of people visit the site every day. For the Wired Generation, it’s the functional equivalent of television. Yet, despite the vast audience of YouTube, many government agencies do not make their videos available on the site. Some are even worse and ban their employees from even visiting YouTube. By withholding theirRead… Read more »