Happy Monday! And Happy Snow Day (for most)! Washington area federal offices are closed today, which means the region’s largest employer will keep most workers away from the office. The decision marks the first time the government has shut down this year due to the weather and only the second time during the Obama administration.Read… Read more »
So the Census Bureau decided to spend $2.5 million to run an ad last night during SuperBowl XLIV, which caused some on Capitol Hill to finger wag about the investment and poor reviews from ad experts. Fair enough, we should be questioning how our government agencies spend taxpayer money as they strive to meet theirRead… Read more »
In the process of redesigning our city’s web site a few years ago, we studied the comments of Gerry McGovern in Ireland. Gerry is the author of a newsletter called NEW THINKING which has insightful content about the use of our web sites and the content we provide on it. I really liked his thoughtsRead… Read more »
Luis M. Álvarez Sabucedo of Universidade de Vigo Telematic Engineering Department, and colleagues, have published Knowledge-based platform for eGovernment agents: A Web-based solution using semantic technologies, 37 Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal 3647 (2010). Here is the abstract: Currently eGovernment is clearly gaining momentum in our society. Many solutions and projects are beingRead… Read more »
This is a crosspost of dotgov.com In his review of New York City’s website, the esteemed web accessibility expert Jim Thatcher docked the site points for not having headings, which assist readers in navigating the content. WebAIM’s Screen Reader User Survey found that headings are the primary mechanism for finding information within a page. ARead… Read more »
Click the following link for the love vs. cancer program: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pt4T8IoCH4
This post was originally published on the Intellitics blog: Ten Things to Monitor As Agencies Invite Input On Open Government Plans Now that a whole lot of agency.gov/open websites are live and many agencies have indeed set up a ”mechanism for the public to […] [p]rovide input on the agency’s Open Government Plan” it’s timeRead… Read more »
“You can’t take advantage of the connectivity, reach and viral nature of the beast without also being willing to connect, reach many people and let others share. It’s like wanting to enjoy the sensation of flying over the water in a boat at high speed but without the engine noise. It’s the “other people” partRead… Read more »
WebLaws.org is a new, free legal information resource — with added functions available for a fee — providing access to the statutes of multiple U.S. states, and created by Robb Shecter. Robb is well known as the developer of OregonLaws.org, the free access to law site for Oregon statutes, legal news, and Web services thatRead… Read more »
Note: I’m live-blogging today’s sessions at the Gov2.0 L.A. City Camp. Our twitter hashtag is #gov20la, and since I’m live-blogging this post is incomplete. Please check back next week for the edited version with more links, plus video, audio, etc. This post references the Harvard Kennedy School’s Government 2.0 Research Survey. If you haven’t takenRead… Read more »