INPUT Analyst Krisin Howe reports. The Federal Communications Commission’s Emergency Alert System (EAS) is most commonly identified by the phrase “This is a test …” and a series of loud beeps. However, beginning in 2012, the EAS will take on a new form. Currently, the EAS provides alerts through television and radio, but has noRead… Read more »
I chatted with a few people on the streets on Cincinnati, Ohio, a couple of days ago about their thoughts on the Digital Divide. Whether or not they knew the term, it still affected them in some way. Get your own valid XHTML YouTube embed code I learned a lot creating this video (like ifRead… Read more »
We’re redoing Connected Councillors: a guide to using social media for local leadership. And a big part of being a local politician is campaigning. Of course, there’s campaigning for office, but there’s also campaigning on local issues. Over the last year I’ve been gathering some examples of campaigning, but we’re looking for more! We’re lookingRead… Read more »
In my last blog I mentioned an episode with our learned GSA counsel over donuts. That was not my only conflict with Sweet Caroline, Esq. over donuts. Yes, these events really happened. Caroline devoted much of her career to assuring that no government employee ever violated any ethical standards, no matter how much this policyRead… Read more »
Massachusetts is investing nearly $1 billion in road and bridge projects statewide. The initiative kicked off last week in time for the summer construction season and will have an immediate job creation impact in the state. The funding will go to nearly 450 projects that are a mix of new and on-going construction work andRead… Read more »
Photo: Space shuttle Endeavor launches on the STS-134 mission to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA——————- This might have been the last launch of Space Shuttle Endeavor, but it wasn’t the first time that NASA has used online video to broadcast a space shuttle launch to the world. NASA streams video of NASA TVRead… Read more »
My most recent post at WhoRunsGov: Social media is here to stay, and most, if not all, of the Hill leadership is aware of its ever-increasing presence. In the House, the GOP leadership has not only recognized its importance, but has come up with a pretty creative way of encouraging its members to increase theirRead… Read more »
As I get ready to turn my computer off and head home – breathing a sigh of relief that today at least I have no evening activities – I wanted to share a little conversation I just had with one of my agency heads about balancing work with being a real human being. I recentlyRead… Read more »
Water resource issues rarely garner front-page attention. Aside from the attention gained from a major drought or flood, clean abundant water is taken for granted and concerns over water resources are not well-publicized. So, when a good book comes out and a newspaper of record runs an interview with its author, we thought it wasRead… Read more »
This past Saturday the Toronto Star published the following piece by Taylor Owen and myself on its op-ed page. Thought I’d put it here for those who might have missed it. Liberals have to create a new political centre Canadians may have once valued the Liberal party, but they reject what it has become. TheRead… Read more »