The latest draft of The Authentication and Preservation of State Electronic Legal Materials Act, and its accompanying report, were accepted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) on 15 July 2010, according to a report by Professor Barbara Bintliff of the University of Colorado School of Law, the reporter to theRead… Read more »
IMPLEMENTING THE MOVE ACT As I mentioned earlier, late last year President Obama signed into law the MOVE Act (Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act). Soon, 33 states will be using some form of Internet voting for their voters overseas, or UOCAVA voters (named after the 1986 Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act). VotersRead… Read more »
Facebook continues to morph into the most massive social networking site known to man. As of a few days ago according to Facebook Statistics there are now over 500 million user accounts on this social networking monster. The amount of people on this site and the time people are participating (700 billion minutes monthly) onRead… Read more »
All, I just posted an event to GovLoop. My program, The National Security Professional Development Implementation Office will be hosting a symposium. Where: National Defense University, Ft. McNair (Washington D.C) When: August 4-5, 2010 For more details: http://www.cpms.osd.mil/lpdd/nspd/NSP_Symposium.aspx. See you there, Mayra
Danielle Brigida is the Digital Marketing Manager for the National Wildlife Federation (NWF). Her work has garnered national attention. She will be speaking at the Advanced New Media Strategies for Federal Government in October on “Monitoring and Measuring Traffic on New Media Sites.“ Danielle has been working at NWF for the past four years whereRead… Read more »
Republished from the original post at acidlabs. Please comment as well there if you can. Earlier this week, I attended the FutureGov Forum Australia. It was an interesting event, not least because the talking head component was kept to a reasonable minimum, with the model focussed on rotating tables with each new table hosting aRead… Read more »
The dog days of Summer: Brian Purchia: An open source union movement Gunnar Hellekson: Who had the first government open source policy? Alex Showerman: President Obama and a Supporter’s Hollow Feeling (A Call for Online Engagement) Shira Lazar and Tim O’Reilly: What is Gov 2.0? (video) AASHTO Honors State DOT Photographers for their ‘Faces ofRead… Read more »
So I’ve read (or am currently reading) two pretty interesting books: If We Can Put a Man on the Moon: Getting Big Things Done in Government by William Eggers and John O’Leary and The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion by John Hagel, Lang Davison and JohnRead… Read more »
Barack Obama is one of the most recognized politicians of our generation. His historic inauguration flooded The National Mall with over a million people, and according to Nielsen Ratings, 37.8 million people tuned in to watch it on TV. When you add the 7. 7 million people who watched it streaming live online, the totalRead… Read more »
A recruiter is trying to fill a job requisition and thinks she has found the perfect candidate. The recruiter is ready to make the job offer but decides to check some social media sites as a further background check on the applicant. On Facebook the candidate has posted that he only plans to stay inRead… Read more »