Another high profile public official has fallen by the wayside with the resignation over the weekend of the US State Department’s PJ Crowley for making public, on-the-record comments on his views with respect to the detention of PFC Bradley Manning. When you look at this in the context of the resignation of General Stanley McChrystalRead… Read more »
This week – March 17-18 – is the annual Government Web and New Media Conference in Washington DC. This conference, which is sponsored by the Federal Web Managers Council and the General Services Administration, is THE event for web communicators at all levels of government. In addition to having great “how-to” sessions, you’ll hear inspirationalRead… Read more »
This week’s featured member is Dick Davies – check him out! 1. What was your path to public service? “I have always been active in civic projects, it’s a responsibility of being a citizen. I first got heavily involved in federal government service during the Y2K transformation, and have had leadership roles in several transformativeRead… Read more »
SXSW in 2007 SXSW Interactive is an annual conference of social media and web geeks in Austin. It’s a huge, exhausting event that takes place over a long weekend in March and is popularly known as the conference that introduced Twitter and other new forms of communication. The criticism now is that it’s gotten tooRead… Read more »
A free Workshop on Green ICT will be held at the International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, Greece, 17 March 2011.The International Hellenic University organizes an event on Green ICT on Thursday March 17th 2011, in the University Auditorium at 17:00 – 19:30 Based on the interdisciplinary strategic research agenda of the European Union towards the 20-20-20Read… Read more »
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued bulletin number 27 cancelling the Pacific regional tsunami warning at 0636Z 12 MAR 2011. In all, 27 bulletins were issued for the earthquake near the east coast of the Japanese island of Honshu, at 0546 UTC 11 March 2011. Bulletin number 1 for a Tsunami Watch was issued atRead… Read more »
Maybe those are the best kind? I am struggling to find the space to fit the words in. Or rather, the space to let the words out into. So we shall have a go here and see what comes. Local government is a strange place, I’ve decided. Nothing happens at all for months. Or atRead… Read more »
Sahana General BriefTo assist with recovery from the earthquake and tsunami in the Pacific,the Sahana Free and Open Source Disaster Management System Software is available in several languages, including English and Japanese.The Sahana Foundation (which I am a member of) has issued a request for volunteers to assist with software support.The Sahana project was initiatedRead… Read more »
NCDD member Steven Kull asked me to share this interesting job description with the NCDD community, for Executive Director of a new advocacy organization for renewing democracy. If you are interested in this position, send your resume and cover letter to Steven at [email protected]. Executive Director, New Advocacy Organization for Renewing Democracy Seeking an ExecutiveRead… Read more »
Open Government through Participation: Designing Successful Online Consultations View more presentations from Intellitics, Inc. I had a lot of fun this morning presenting at the SXSW Future 15 session on Government and Technology. Thanks again to Julie Germany for the invitation. Ten minutes is not a lot of time to get into much detail thoughRead… Read more »