You heard that right. Always wanted to know what 34 years in a Federal Acquisition career would be like? Come to the Gov Up February 10, 2011, 6-8 PM, at Public House in National Harbour and find out! A twist on the “Ask the Gov Expert” series. Have questions? Come to the event. Out ofRead… Read more »
Over the MLK holiday weekend, I did some organized thinking on what a good local government social media seminar would entail. I advise few rules in use of social media, but internal processes, guidelines and training are important for improving coordination and value of official efforts. Additionally, there are simple risk management practices that canRead… Read more »
This isn’t a post on web privacy. It’s a post about www.police.co.uk and I’m afraid it isn’t pretty. Leyton on www.police.uk News that the website was up hit Twitter last night and of course everyone beat a path to the website to have a play. After discovering it didn’t recognise my postcode (I’m absolutely 100%Read… Read more »
Not sue if anyone else saw the FCW article on the new critique of Open Government. It discusses a new report by IBM’s Center for the Business of Government that finds lots of challenges for agencies attemtping to implement Open Government, including “a lack of resources, organizational roadblocks and legal, contractual, procurement and policy problems.”Read… Read more »
This spring PdF is excited to open its doors to the GovLoop community. So come on in, make yourself comfortable, and gain access to the leading government innovators, political practitioners, and so many more that we count among the PdF community. Every other Thursday from now through May, at 1pm EST, techPresident.com‘s Editor, Micah Sifry,Read… Read more »
In an effort to move local government public engagement strategies from complaint-driven affairs to problem-solving sessions, the National League of Cities has produced an action guide to help elected officials create a framework for civility and democratic governance. The guide mentions strategies, from utilizing Web 2.0 technologies to promoting volunteerism as ways to allow citizensRead… Read more »
Check out these fabulous resources from Community Door in Queensland, Australia! There are several great materials that focus on health engagement and collaboration here. According to the website, the materials have been gathered to ass Original post
After this week’s exciting trip to Scotland, I’m venturing slightly less far north a couple of weeks afterwards, to Lancaster. It’s for the ‘Digital networking and community safety partnerships conference’, taking place at the town hall in Lancaster on 16th February. It’s a joint LGID and NPIA event, and features really interesting discussions about howRead… Read more »
Here are some upcoming accessibility events. CSUN – The 26th Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference – March 14-19, 2011 in San Diego, CA 2011 Web and New Media Conference– the annual Government Web Managers Conference – March 17 and 18, 2011 in Washington, DC Note that the CSUN early bird discount rateRead… Read more »
The good people at Tesla know how to make an impression. Their display at the Detroit Auto Show got a lot of attention, and the car wasn’t even complete. Tesla decided to show off its aluminum-frame Model S for the Detroit crowd, and in doing so showcased the various features that make this EV goRead… Read more »