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Politicians Will Not Save Us

Our politicians will not save us from our problems. We shouldn’t expect them to either. There’s little incentive for them to do so. They are engaged in a zero-sum game. In game theory, this is described as a situation where one of the participant’s gains is equal to the opponent’s loss. For someone to win,Read… Read more »

Green Government Podcast Episode 22: A Focus on Renewable Energy with the President of ACORE

Interview with Retired Vice Admiral Dennis V. McGinn, President, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) To listen to the podcast, visit: http://www.ceileadership.org In Episode 22 of the Green Government Podcast we with Retired VIce Admiral Dennis V. McGin,, the president of ACORE, about renewable energy, renewable energy in the military, and how the U.S. governmentRead… Read more »

This is HOT: Open data for humanitarian relief

This article was originally published on opensource.com. It’s HOT in Haiti, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, and other nations around the world. Why? Because Kate Chapman, the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), and many volunteers are improving local economies and creating an open map of the world. At SouthEast LinuxFest, held earlier this year, I learned about HumanitarianRead… Read more »

Project Ownership

I am reading a new book called Projectegrity by Rick Valerga and it’s turning out to be a very good read. Rick has a lot of very wise things to say about the right way to lead projects, with some awesome examples to illustrate the concepts. For example, I love his use of Chesley “Sully”Read… Read more »

War of Art

A post is a sprint. Keeping an active blog for years is a marathon. A sales presentation is a sprint. Winning a sale and delivering the intended result is a marathon. Infatuation is a sprint. A relationship is a marathon. A sprint is a technique, part of a marathon. There are many books about keepingRead… Read more »

Is Gannett on right track to figure out online public comment?

If you’ve followed my blog or my tweets, or even come across them randomly, you would know I’m a big proponent of Gov 2.0, particularly in online communication between and among government and citizens. Going back to earlier years prior to Web 2.0, I was speaking and arguing for the need to replicate government online,Read… Read more »

CDC Launches 2011 Virtual Conference!

The Public Health Informatics 2011 Virtual Conference (PHIVC), August 21-24 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Project Contact Person: Adam Arthur E-mail: [email protected] Link: Public Health Informatics 2011 Virtual Conference (PHIVC) Quick Project Overview: CDC, in partnership with the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), is spearheading the first federally developedRead… Read more »

What a football club can teach the Foreign Office about social media

It’s not often that Joey Barton crops up in international diplomacy. For those who don’t know him, he’s a premiership footballer, currently with Newcastle United (though not for much longer). Talented, but bogged down with ‘anger management issues’, he’s in dispute with his employers for tweeting about internal issues. Transfer-listed and made to train onRead… Read more »