Can government be cool enough to attract talented young people AND keep them on the job? In a report for Federal News Radio — “The Need for the Next Generation” — I highlight what some agencies are doing to recruit and retain young people. (Special thanks to Mr. GovLoop Steve Ressler for being interviewed forRead… Read more »
GovCamp this Saturday was a delight, thanks to the wonderful people who attended, those that helped out, and the good folk at Microsoft who looked after us all so well. This year there has been so much written online that I don’t know what else I can add! The easiest place to go for contentRead… Read more »
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the city will be launching its own internal collaboration community last week. The community will run on Spigit’s crowdsourcing software and represents the largest city project of its type. The Mayor announced the project as part of his State of the City Address. CivSource spoke with SpigitRead… Read more »
Jaycar Electronics sell a Sensor LED Light Strip Kit. This consists of a 300 mm flexible self adhesive strip with 12 LEDs in it, a PIR detector the strip plugs into and a 240 to 12 volt power supply.The LEDs are rated at 130 lumen and are 2 Watt per strip. With the light spreadRead… Read more »
The Queensland Government is providing housing for displaced residents in the declared flood areas. One option in some areas is prefabricated housing. Such housing is normally thought of as being flimsy, low quality single story, temporary disposable buildings. But there are systems for permanent, high quality, multi-story modular building. I suggest the Queensland, Victorian andRead… Read more »
Jaycar Electronics sell a Sensor LED Light Strip Kit. This consists of a 300 mm flexible self adhesive strip with 12 LEDs in it, a PIR detector the strip plugs into and a 240 to 12 volt power supply.The LEDs are rated at 130 lumen and are 2 Watt per strip. With the light spreadRead… Read more »
In “Australian Learning Commons Proposal” I outlined how all Australians could be offered free online publicly accessible education from pre-school to university level. This would be supported through public libraries and schools. The new $72.4 million Gungahlin College in Canberra provides a good example of this approach.The College will accommodate 900 upper secondary students andRead… Read more »
In “Largest screen for a smart phone” I suggesteda 4 inch screen was the largest which could be used for a easily hand held device: the size of a credit card: 85.60 × 53.98 mm (standardised as the ID-1 format). Following this approach the size for a larger, but still pocket size tablet computer wouldRead… Read more »
Bob Fine talks about his new book of social media case studies, and the experience of organizing 20 social media conferences around the world over the course of just 7 months in 2009. As a bonus for Gov 2.0 Radio fans, Bob is offering a 50% discount on his book to anyone who uses theRead… Read more »
“HowTo.gov” is a new website from the US General Services Administration for government staff on how to communicate online with Web Content, Social Media, Contact Centers (call centers), and Technical Solutions (Cloud computing, mobiles, apps…). This is similar to the guidance which the Austrlaian Government Information Management Office provides on topics such as Web Publishing.TheRead… Read more »