Connecticut and Illinois are making big investments into hybrid public buses thanks to a new round of federal awards. Connecticut was awarded $275 million and Illinois was awarded $5 million for hybrid bus projects. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation which is working to help states make public transit systems become moreRead… Read more »
Web Manager University is Calling for Presentations at our Annual Government Web and New Media Conference May 16-17 in Washington, DC. We’ve a lot of interest for presentation topics, and we’re extending an opportunity to be considered as a potential speaker and tell us about the exciting work you are doing. Submissions must be receivedRead… Read more »
According to an article over at The Washington Post, a bill that seeks to extend benefits to the same-sex partners of Federal employees was reintroduced last week. The Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act was reintroduced by Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine). If passed, the act would make same-sex partners ofRead… Read more »
Are you looking for a way to connect with other sustainability professionals to share ideas and best practices or discuss possible goals for your organization? Do you want to discover, collaborate, exchange and communicate on a regular basis about sustainability? If so, then you might check out Wizness. Wizness is, according to the organization, “theRead… Read more »
On a coffee run with a co-worker this morning, the subject of past jobs came up. We were going back and forth about jobs we had as teenagers and undergrads. She used to work as a barista at a coffee shop on the West Coast, and I had just about every serving job there wasRead… Read more »
View original post. Hot on the heels of launching Google+ Pages on November 7, Google has released a “how-to” guide for G+ aimed at increasing use of the new social platform by those in politics and government. The “Google+ for Politics” page is part of a series of guides targeting segments like Celebrities, Media, Non-Profits,Read… Read more »
As more and more local councils attempt to move transactional traffic from their costly call centres to online, new solutions to enable members of the public to contact their council online or via their smartphones are springing up on a weekly basis. As anyone who has been involved with a business change project will know,Read… Read more »
Social media in government has experienced an evolution in the past three years, since the administration’s Open Government Directive forced it into the mainstream of every agency’s operations. Each step in this evolution can be summed up by one word and one driving question, and each has had countless articles devoted first to exploring theRead… Read more »
According to an article in GovTech, they are both rappers. After West Virginia’s Office of Security and Controls won NASCIO’s 2011 recognition award for the “Risk Management Initiatives” category, West Virginia’s chief information security officer, Jim Richards III, submitted a video to NASCIO about the agency’s IT projects to be shown at the association’s awardsRead… Read more »
Stop writing novels and START WRITING FOR MOBILE USERS!!! Mobile users make up a large percentage of Internet users these days. Mobile users want quick/easy access to info. Reduce the number of words on your pages. Web sites, Blogs, Email, Others Be concise, succinct, to the point. Reduce the need for scrolling. What are youRead… Read more »