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Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – September 11, 2010

It’s your open gov weekend: Walton Smith: For big Gov 2.0 changes, start small Nick Charney: Motivation and Incentives in the Public Sector Michael Hackmer: Gov 2.0 Enters Next Phase – Opportunities and Action Chris Jones: It Takes a Village – Insights on Culture and Community in Local Government Adriel Hampton: Check Out How SFRead… Read more »

Check Out How SF Gov Stacks Up on Twitter

More than three dozen San Francisco officials, agencies and programs are active on Twitter, using the microblogging tool to broadcast messages, interact with citizens and even accept service requests. The SF City Attorney’s Office is highly active on Twitter, and in this spreadsheet we’ve put together, you can check out various City and County ofRead… Read more »

Threaded Environments: changing the way we work

In our summer 2010 issue, Marnie Green, principle consultant of the Management Education Group, wrote about the growing trends that are changing the public workforce and dictating not only who we hire, but how we work. These four trends are: 1. Threaded Environments2. Self-Reliance3. Knowledge Sharing4. Portability Threaded environments require the development of internal andRead… Read more »

Anna Kournikova Allova Again: New Worm Underscores Need for Greater Cyber Awareness

In early 2001 a computer worm sent via email with the subject line “Here you have” created havoc for hundreds of thousands of Internet users. The malicious email promised recipients a file attachment containing a photo of tennis player Anna Kournikova. But when users clicked on the file to open it, they inadvertently executed codeRead… Read more »

FCC Releases API for License Data

The U.S. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has released application programming interfaces (APIs) for four of its data collections, including FCC licensing data, through the License View API. Respecting the licensing data, the Commission’s instructional page says: The FCC issues licenses for use of the nation’s airwaves and other purposes. License View API provides snapshots suchRead… Read more »

Privacy News Highlights – August 15th

Some top privacy news Biometrics US – U.S. Scans Afghan Inmates for Biometric Database Wired reports on the U.S. military’s new detention facility in Parwan, Afghanistan, as “an emerging datafarm” where all detainees brought to the facility are given medical exams and have their irises scanned and fingerprints taken to be stored in a militaryRead… Read more »

How To Analyze Use of Twitter and Other Social Media

© Creative Commons adriel [at] adrielhampton.com September 5, 2010 One Saturday, I noticed that my pal Nick Charney was getting a lot of buzz on Twitter while speaking at a big conference. In addition to his fearless innovation, Charney is well-known for his hairstyle, long bangs with a flip. I decided to have a littleRead… Read more »