On November 26 we had the first e-government conference taken in Moscow. This is the first event which is case-study based, the best practices were demonstrated there. The total number of participants: 273 persons, 80% are authorities’ officials and 20% are experts. There were 52 reports made on the next subjects: Providing of electronic publicRead… Read more »
I’m sitting in the airport right now waiting for my flight to Miami. (Yes, I’m writing on vacation — workaholics die hard). Anyways, I met an elderly woman who lived with her husband in 1951 Post-War Japan. Apparently, she used to have dinner with Ms. MacArthur and helped run an orphanage for the children ofRead… Read more »
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has a lengthy history. By my reckoning, it’s about 5 years younger than the United States. And it’s not a building that gleams with chrome and has beanbags strewn across the floor – we’re not digital natives. So the digitisation of the Foreign Office is a journey we’re still onRead… Read more »
This is the season when a lot of people are taking vacation time—which naturally means coming back to hundreds (if not thousands) of waiting emails and trying to catch up on a backed up RSS feed. What amazes me is how the field of Gov 2.0 journalism is both maturing, and underdeveloped. Maturing, because weRead… Read more »
This is in response to Lucas Cioffi’s question on whether there is a difference between Gov 2.0 and Open Gov. I wrote a short response to his blog posting but I wanted to expand on my answer because I believe that there is a bigger movement than just Open Gov or Gov 2.0. This biggerRead… Read more »
So, the contracts are signed and returned, and it’s all official. I’m writing a book. Sorry to all of my fans out there who were hoping this would be my first volume of poetry – you’ll all just have to wait a bit longer for that. No, my book is going to be on myRead… Read more »
Web Analytics Rock Star Eric Peterson writes: As the hubub around consumer privacy continues I was gently prodded by a friend to pipe up in the conversation. While my feelings about how we have ended up in this position are pretty clear, and while my partner John and I have proposed what we believe isRead… Read more »
Around the holidays, when catching up with my extended relatives, I often get asked the question: “so…what’s the next big app?” I always secretly chuckle at this question because other than the fact that I’ve worked in and around technology for the lion-share of my career, I have no better likelihood of predicting America’s nextRead… Read more »
Every Government agency is saying that they want to be a part of Social Media. The thing that many Agencies and Politicians who have started Social Media campaigns are forgetting is that before they launch their campaigns they need to define their goals are map out how to achieve them. They forget to ask themselvesRead… Read more »
Lars Johansson writes: Do you agree that people are more important than tools? Do you think that actions are more important than reports? If you do, have a look at The Analytics Manifesto. http://www.webanalysts.info/webanalytics/introducing-the-analytics-manifesto