When people speak of Web 2.0,And how cloud computing can make it so.Wikis, blogs, and all of these;My mind fills with possibilities.But even in light of this gifted son,I have to ask: “Whither Web 1?” Web 1 was once the shinning star.We were certain people would flock from near and far,To see the grand siteRead… Read more »
To a crowd of over 500 largely government web development managers and public relations professionals, panelist Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, Macon Phillips, Special Assistant to the President and White House Director of New Media, and GSA Office of Citizen Services Associate Administrator David McClure, spoke to the GSA’s Web Developer Management University audienceRead… Read more »
Peter Kinnaird (a member of our community), Mario Romero, and Professor Gregory Abowd, all of the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing, have posted Connect 2 Congress: Visual Analytics for Civic Oversight, a paper presented at CHI 2010: The 28th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, held 10-15 April 2010, in Atlanta,Read… Read more »
Historic AFGE Membership Increase also to be Addressed on “Inside Government” WASHINGTON—“Avatar” Director James Cameron, Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry, and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) will be featured this week on the American Federation of Government Employees’ (AFGE) “Inside Government” radio show. The show will air on Friday, April 30 at 10 a.m.Read… Read more »
Nation’s Largest Federal Employees Union Reaches Quarter Million Mark (WASHINGTON)—The American Federation of Government Employees, the nation’s largest federal and D.C. employee union representing more than 600,000 government workers, today announced that it passed the quarter of a million mark in dues paying members. AFGE represents federal employees in 75 agencies including the Department ofRead… Read more »
You’re offended by this skit? Really? Really?? Get over it. Yes, it isn’t the greatest humor. Yes, it might make fun of your specific job. But, ladies and gentlemen, we have bigger issues to worry about like fixing our government. So what if SNL makes fun over public employees? They make fun of everyone else.Read… Read more »
CONVENTION is a documentary made about the behind the scenes in the Denver community – focussing on the Denver Municipal Government employees and their role in the success of the Democratic National Convention. This is a wonderful film showing the professionalism, dedication and talent of government employees. It starts on ON Demand May 15th onRead… Read more »
The patient arrives unconscious in the emergency room as physicians search for clues to the cause for her condition. A quick look in her purse reveals a single light orange oval tablet with ML-P17 imprinted on one side—is it related to her state or unimportant? Thanks to a new application created by Gov 2.0 superstarRead… Read more »
Although I am member of Ning Social Network for Govt. – govloop having Ning ID [email protected] I can’t sign in HWC
Here’s a couple random ideas I’m writing out. I have this need to start writing down ideas that come to my head. I feel like I sometimes get these eureka moments at times and if I don’t write them down, no one will ever believe me. So, one idea that may be in the works,Read… Read more »