It is too early to say whether or not Bing (Microsoft’s new search engine) is more hype or substance. They are certainly pulling out all the stops for marketing it including a live infomercial on Hulu next Monday at 8:00 PM ET. Google is probably safe for now but I do like the way thatRead… Read more »
On the 1st of June, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) in the UK published online the paper “Empowering communities to influence local decision making: A systematic review of the evidence”. In this paper, Prof. Lawrence Pratchett and his colleagues provide evidence-based lessons on six empowerment mechanisms: 1) asset transfer 2) citizen governanceRead… Read more »
Congressman Mike Honda, 15th District of California Representative, recently announced the launch of his new initiative to crowdsource the redesign of his website. His goal of this project is to move America closer to Government 2.0, where Rep. Honda’s constituents can play a role in the creation of a site that will better serve them.Read… Read more »
The House will vote either today or tomorrow on granting federal employees four weeks of paid parental leave for the birth or adoption of a child, but it won’t happen without at least one more attempt to water it down. Lawmakers will consider an amendment sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) that would require federalRead… Read more »
Republished from eGovAU. If you’ve been attempting to advocate the use of Twitter for your Department or Agency, as I know a couple of people have been attempting to do, this article by MediaShift on How Journalists Are Using Twitter in Australia provides some large calibre ammunition. So does this Internal Comms Hub report discussingRead… Read more »
Supporters of paid parental leave for federal employees just picked up some big (though not unexpected) support from the White House. The Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement: Being able to spend time at home with a new child is a critical part of building a strong family. The initial bonding betweenRead… Read more »
Below is a near-final draft of Roanoke County, Virginia’s Twitter Guidelines. This is structured as a working guideline document to help guide our local county departments on how to implement Twitter, appropriate usage, while lending some oversight authority to our Web 2.0 Working Group (cross-departmental collection of Web 2.0 geeks). Our county could probably fieldRead… Read more »
Hi all, Starting next week, I’ll be writing a new blog for NextGov.com called Wired Workplace. I’ll be focusing on workplace issues of particular relevance to employees who work in the federal information technology arena. Those issues will include the generational divide, use of collaborative technologies, training issues, pay and benefits and recruitment and retentionRead… Read more »
Following the enormously successful second BarcampUKGovweb, held at the Ministry of Justice in January, digital enabler Dave Briggs got to organising our first localgovcamp. LocalGovCamp is an event for local government folk that will take place on Saturday 20 June at the Fazeley Studios in Birmingham. This blog is the main source of information aboutRead… Read more »
There’s always a lesson to learn in a project failure. And this time, it involves RetireEZ, the Office of Personnel Management’s project that would give potential government retirees the tools to figure out their pensions. OPM said it was too tough to accomplish and has gone back to the paper-based drawing board to figure outRead… Read more »