These were three of the thousands of projects funded and made possible through Combined Federal Campaign of the National Capital Area (CFCNCA)-supported charities. The more than 4,000 charities supported by the campaign reach out to help people in our neighborhoods, across the nation and around the world. From funding a project that introduces reusable lunchRead… Read more »
Robbie Kunreuther posed the question (I’m paraphrasing) “Why do people who benefit from the government as employees and retirees tend to bash it so much?” He has some interesting insights and answers in this provocative article that first appeared in Fed Smith. http://www.fedsmith.com/article/2539/loyalty-contempt-shadow-uncle-sam.html
(My title comes from a former colleague who buried this bon mot in a client deliverable – if she wishes me to name her, I shall. Else, know this headline gem is just something I wish I’d written.) I interjected myself into a listserv conversation last week, stating “documents present a barrier to knowledge –Read… Read more »
The Government Can Use GPS to Track Your Moves TIME.com By Adam Cohen Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night, put a GPS device on the bottom of your car and keep track of everywhere you go. This doesn’t violate your Fourth Amendment rights, because you do not haveRead… Read more »
I am very excited to tell you that we have a lot planned for you this fall: webinars, live workshops, articles, and brand new materials finally being released after years of preparation. This is a heads up that after this summer’s hiatus, you will probably see much more frequent communications from us letting you knowRead… Read more »
Kudos to Sue Feldman and Ann Poritzky of NIH. They may be first out of the gate with implementation of Persistent Cookies on the NIH/NCI web site under the new OMB policy on Web Measurement and Customization. Read their privacy statements at: http://www.nih.gov/about/privacy.htm and: http://www.cancer.gov/global/web/policies/page2
It’s interesting to reflect back on the not too distant past and think about how governments have used open source software. For many state and local governments – as recently as a few years ago – the use of open source software was something of a foreign concept. Many a government IT worker made anRead… Read more »
SharePoint is a powerful platform that can provide various Government 2.0 solutions such as citizen empowerment, project transparency, inter-government agency collaboration and public reporting. At Best Practices Conference 2010, I discussed real-life case studies of how SharePoint was deployed and the benefits it provided to: – Washington DC Department of Transportation– DOD/VA Interagency Program Office–Read… Read more »
The power of the commons: Don Reisinger: NASA brings historical photos to Flickr Commons Alex Howard: Collaborative innovation in open gov’t – is there an app for that? Jennifer Van Grove: How CEOs Will Use Social Media in the Future Stan Czerwinski: GAO must plan for future of local governments Christine Pierpoint: The Gov 2.0Read… Read more »
It‘s not always enough just to know your job. Be known for something different than everyone else, become a Subject Matter Expert (SME). It has to be useful and relevant and in doing so it will not only attract the attention of your boss but also your friends, co-workers and others who upon learning aboutRead… Read more »