The nice thing about finally having a comprehensive event calendar in place is that now you can know in advance which conferences to follow each month. Here’s what’s coming up in March: ASPA 2012 Annual Conference (March 2–6, 2012 in Las Vegas, NV) CeBIT (March 6-10, 2012 in Hanover, Germany) South by South West InteractiveRead… Read more »
Some people have already noticed, so wanted to share the news here as well. Yesterday, the Canadian Government announced the Advisory Panel on Open Government to which I was asked to join. The purpose of the panel is to serve as a challenge function to the government as it developers its ideas and policies –Read… Read more »
I don’t usually post links to other blogs, on the assumption that you have plenty to read without me filling up your inbox. However, a recent email from one of our readers, Kaitlyn Cole, seemed worth sharing. Kaitlyn has collected 20 talks from TED that are well worth watching. You can find these short videosRead… Read more »
In addition to local governments, I also do a bit of work with small businesses helping with their communications and social media outreach. Just last week, two unrelated businesses dealt with the same issue, the grumpy customer. Business A sells finished industrial products and is in its third generation. They are considered experts in theirRead… Read more »
http://www.homelandsecuritynet.com/HSN/2012/02/anti-government-group-is-on-the-feds-radar/ The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is stepping up their attention on what they call an “extremist anti-government group that in the past has attracted little national media attention, listing them among the nation’s top domestic terror threats. The group in question is the Sovereign Citizens movement. According to experts the sect is aRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Randi Powell reports. As Florida Governor Rick Scott enters the second year of his first term, he confronts similar budget obstacles for FY 2013 as he did in FY 2012, with declining tax revenues and a deficit in the billions. Scott also faces another year of slow economic recovery, in addition to aRead… Read more »
David Robinson and I have just released a draft paper—The New Ambiguity of “Open Government”—that describes, and tries to help solve, a key problem in recent discussions around online transparency. As the paper explains, the phrase “open government” has become ambiguous in a way that makes life harder for both advocates and policymakers, by combiningRead… Read more »
Agencies can look at what people are currently doing on mobile to help with their own mobile services investment decisions. comScore released their 2012 Mobile Future in Focus Reportwith data on popular apps. A few ideas to take away. People like to be entertained. On both platforms games and video watching are popular. People areRead… Read more »
CAP Goals with John Kamensky by cdorobek How will the 14 newly-designated cross-agency priority goal leaders organize to achieve the goals they’ve committed to achieve? There’s a practical guide book that can help. The President’s FY 2013 budget announced the first set of cross-agency priority goals – seven focus on mission-related goals such as doublingRead… Read more »
The 1980s Marine Corps doctrine of Maneuver Warfare (MW) heavily focused on the concept of “surfaces and gaps.” Marines, which largely defined themselves with frontal tactical and operational attacks against fortified sites in World War II maritime campaigns, would aim to move through existing weaknesses in the enemy’s line in future campaigns rather than creatingRead… Read more »