An explanation of how US sanctions impact or do not on Zimbabwe’s prospects for elections.
Who to Know: Emanuel’s inaugural, HUD investigation
Rahm Emanuel will be sworn in today as mayor of Chicago. The Sun-Times’ Fran Spielman has Q&A’s with the future mayor, three of which are about his famous temper. Emanuel eventually responded: “It’s not anger. It’s drive to get results to do something with this. . . . I will drive myself harder than IRead… Read more »
More notes on mobile apps and government
I still haven’t really got my head around mobile apps and their use for government services. However, James Coltham wrote up some excellent notes from a meeting up in Scotland on the subject recently: There is definitely a groundswell of interest, though, as well as a growing demand from the public, making for interesting timesRead… Read more »
“Just How Realistic is ‘Government 2.0’?” – not
Having been inside many governmental organizations, I can tell you that it will take a LOT more effort to get people to change. One of oft misunderstood positives of a government organization is that they aren’t driven by profit or the bottom line. Sometimes lethargy can actually be good in a giant and vast bureaucracy.Read… Read more »
This Friday: Forum on geospatial/place-based public management
Geospatial technology has become a reality of everyday life. We map out locations on Google, send tweets with geotags, and find food trucks nearby (especially the last one). But increasingly, these capabilities are proving to have profound potential for reshaping how government delivers services. With that in mind, the National Academy of Public Administration willRead… Read more »
First day
I am at this moment getting ready to walk out the door and to my first day of work at GovLoop. Without having yet started or even met most of my colleagues, I already feel most welcome, and I can’t wait to get going. Very much looking forward to what the next three months holdRead… Read more »
Employees need to be concerned about their health
The U.S. has an obesity crisis, and we all need to take personal responsibility for our health. This is, I think, especially important for those of us in federal service. Check this news item for some interesting recent scientific finds: http://news.yahoo.com/20110515.if_nm_life/us_obesity_genes
Do You Hear Bells?
About 10 years ago, I helped a colleague build a case that managing government websites is “inherently governmental.” A-76 (OMB Circular A-76: Performance of Commercial Activities) was rearing its head again, and some agencies were asking the question: could web management be done more efficiently and effectively by the private sector? A few agency webRead… Read more »
Following are the titles and links (where available) of items posted online in The Weekly SPARK, May 13, 2011, published and e-distributed FYI by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. The complete text of this abbreviated FYI posting is available at the SPRC website at http://www.sprc.org/news/index.asp ~~~~~ SPRC/AFSP add After a suicide: A toolkit for schoolsRead… Read more »
Life in a Day
Yesterday I witnessed something digital. I witnessed A Shiny World. I watched Life in a Day. On the 24th July 2010 80,000 people filmed their lives on assorted devices and submitted them – responding to a call made on YouTube for people to shrink the world and share their lives. Just ordinary lives. Nothing special,Read… Read more »