I think this blog, although it focuses on technical solutions, would interest GovLoop readers because of its relationship to public participation. Here is the intro. — For almost a decade, thanks to privacy laws, U.S. government web sites have been prohibited from using cookies to maintain information on visitors between sessions. (Session cookies are allowedRead… Read more »
Republished from eGov AU. Charlene Li, one of the writers of Groundswell and ex-Forrester analyst, has launched a new initiative which compares the financial success of organisations with their level of online engagement and allows organisations to compare how engaged they are online. Named Engagementdb, the site provides graphs and case studies on how variousRead… Read more »
I wrote about this on my personal web site but thought that the GovLoop community might be interested. In a nutshell, an artist found a photo I took and used it to help him finish a painting. He was able to do this because I had my photo online and I had assigned it aRead… Read more »
Roanoke County once again claimed the top spot among counties in the 150,000-249,999 population category, reaffirming the County’s committment to providing first class information technology services for its citizens. The Digital Counties Survey is a comprehensive list of everything digital, from infrastructure to IT-based services for citizens. Conducted by the Center for Digital Government, theRead… Read more »
***See the original post at Wikinomics.com*** Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Open Government and Innovations Conference in Washington, DC. The two-day conference was a fantastic opportunity to hear some of the leaders in open government thinking, including: Aneesh Chopra, Federal CTO – “The Innovation Imperative“ Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO – “TownRead… Read more »
In the latest example of a government official leaving public service for television, the CDC’s Dr. Richard Besser will join ABC News in September as a senior medical editor and correspondent, according to an internal ABC memo obtained by The Eye. “Dr. Besser’s distinguished background in public health, emergency preparedness, and epidemiology will enhance theRead… Read more »
I was interviewed by an interesting website called OurBlook this week. I’m sharing the text of the interview with GovLoopers as I’d welcome any feedback or comments on my perspective. I always find these questions on trends, etc. to be difficult and open to a lot of interpretation. Lately, I’ve been more concerned with tacticalRead… Read more »
A bill granting full health-care benefits to domestic partners of gay and lesbian federal employees cleared its first legislative hurdle today, as a House subcommittee approved the measure along a party-line vote. The House subcommittee on federal workforce issues approved the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act by a 5 to 3 vote. The measureRead… Read more »
This post originally appeared in my blog: http://wethegoverati.wordpress.com Back in the Spring I went to a panel at the Social Enterprise Conference 2009 at HBS called “The Real-Life Wiki: the Promise and Limits of Technology for Mass Collaboration in Social Enterprise,” and the first thing that all the panelists agreed upon was that it wasRead… Read more »
Yes, this worked just fine. The problem graphics are all coming from the same source. Can you give me a technical description of what you believe to be the cause and what you had to do to correct it so I can let the people at the XXXXXXXXX Institute know? Thanks, Bill While I canRead… Read more »