Top “Twitter Towns” revealed
Washington (DC) is the most socially networked U.S. city, according to a new survey by Men’s Health magazine, and El Paso (TX) is at the bottom of the list. Original post
Weekly Round-up: March 11, 2011
Gadi Ben-Yehuda The 411 for when You’re 404: TechCrunch reports on a whitepaper by Microsoft and Psychster that details how companies (and by extension, government organizations) can use Twitter to communicate when their sites go down. Whose House? 25 – 44 Year-Olds’ House! Take a look at this chart detailing the demographics of various socialRead… Read more »
Pay to play day, flight news, CU in the city, and today’s non-cynical political law links
PAY TO PLAY DAY. I’m declaring Monday National Pay to Play Day in light of the March 14th initial compliance date for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules involving investment advisers and political contributions. LOBBYIST DONATION BAN. Politico looks at where lobbyists are giving here. “The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Democratic Congressional CampaignRead… Read more »
Online Ambition
Online Ambition is a great project run by Edinburgh Napier University, brought to my attention by the comment that Ella Taylor-Smith left on another post. The aim of the project is to bring together young people, their parents and advisors to discuss using the web to enhance careers, rather than hinder them! This will involveRead… Read more »
Metro backlog will take years to clear up
Officials from the WMATA (DC) said that maintenance problems extend throughout the agency and reversing the trend will take years. Original post
Developing a social media policy
Governing takes a look at how public agencies are tackling the challenge of developing policies to govern their use of social media. Original post
Three Reasons Why the Social Media Guidelines for UAE Government are Vital
Few days ago, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) eGovernment has officially released a set of guidelines documents; one of them was Guidelines for Social Media Usage in UAE Government Entities. The document offers a set of guidelines for the government entities in UAE to manage their presence on social media websites and take actions onRead… Read more »
SLG Business Brief: Smart cities, walkie-talkies, and EHRs
This week in SLG business, IBM announced a host of recipients of its Smarter Cities Challenge, first responders in Wisconsin will soon have new walkie-talkies, CSC has made headway on North Carolina’s EHR incentive system, Massachusetts re-ups with its Health Connector IT provider and the streak of ERP wins continues for Tyler Technologies. Also someRead… Read more »
Founder of India Online Free Law Service Honored as a Top Innovator by MIT Technology Review
Dr. Sushant Sinha, creator of the free access to law service IndianKanoon, has been honored as one of India’s 18 top innovators, by MIT’s Technology Review, according to a post at rediff.com. Click here, then click to slide number 18, to see the article. The article states: [Indian Kanoon] has been designed to provide theRead… Read more »
Cost Proposal Strategy for Proposal Managers
Although the government often states that cost is the least important factor in proposal evaluation, and that they buy on best value, statistics show that cost is the deciding factor in more than 90% of the federal contract awards. In other words, cost is incredibly important if you want to win. Proposal managers, however, workRead… Read more »