As part of a federal initiative to cut government waste, the White House announced plans to eliminate at least half of the current inventory of federal websites. According to a White House blog post, there are nearly 2,000 top-level federal domains (dot-gov), but numerous subdomains and micro-sites inflate the list to almost 24,000 websites “ofRead… Read more »
What a creative approach to public health. It has it all. Engaging, creative, edgy and powerful. But what about the Zombie Workplace? Get your survival guide here. The idea is the same. Get a kit, Make a Plan, Be prepared. The best advice we can give is stay connected. Tweet away and post any intelligenceRead… Read more »
In January of this year I posted a discussion paper on Ozloop entitled The public service in a Wikileaks world. Some of the ideas in that paper took me down the path of suggesting that we need a public service renaissance. Like many others, at the time I was very much of the view thatRead… Read more »
In Australia management in the public sector has an unhealthy managerialist bent. In a nutshell, a one size fits all approach coupled with the inherently arrogant notion that ‘more management’ is the solution to everything. In the main, this sad state of affairs has been peddled in the public sector by strategic human resources orRead… Read more »
On Thursday, I will attend SFOpen 2011, a forum discussion on Open Government with nine of the candidates currently running for the office of Mayor of San Francisco. The event is sponsored by Change.org, GovFresh, WordPress, and various others. From the event site: SFOpen 2011 brings together the 2011 San Francisco Mayoral candidates for aRead… Read more »
If it wasn’t for the Internet, we would never be able to enjoy interesting little treasures from around the world. Where else can find pictures of people, many legends of our time having dinner, laughing, hanging out, and performing? “Awesome People Hanging Out Together” has well over a hundred photographs (and growing by the day)Read… Read more »
I was recently given permission to share a “work in progress” extranet site from the Government of British Columbia. Please note that it is currently a mirror and has not yet been officially launched. So what is it exactly? A collection of guidelines and best-practices surrounding the use of social media for citizen engagement. HowRead… Read more »
When was the last time you heard or saw an oxymoron? In this age of new media, new technology, social media, open government…….the one that sticks out the most for me is “Open Source is Free” Just ask your friendly neighborhood developer 🙂 Can you think of other oxymorons that are now part of ourRead… Read more »
First off, congrats to the folks who will be attending the 2011 NGG Conference next month courtesy of GovLoop & YGL! After mulling over a new haiku for the NGG free ticket contest, I hopped on “da geeloop” to submit a new reply but noticed the winner’s we already identified so there was no needRead… Read more »
Today, we celebrate the strands of our history that made us red, white, and blue, Betsy Ross’s iconic work: Old Glory. Today is Flag Day. As it abundantly obvious, we at Code for America are big fans. (Just look at the logo.) Our flag was designed to illustrate how we came together as different statesRead… Read more »