The White House Open Government/Transparency Initiative online wiki-style comment period extended thru July 3rd: http://ow.ly/fWMf I just found out about it via Twitter & apologize if this has been covered elsewhere on GovLoop, but I didn’t see any recent posts about it. Update 06/26/09: A number of you have told us that there is greatRead… Read more »
Good morning! I am still a little behind, but I’m begging for your mercy …;) I have trouble deciding how to handle FollowFriday. I have been screening it out entirely due to space constraints, but we were missing some great contacts. So today, I am trying something new. I tried to leave the first mentionRead… Read more »
I remember writing a blog post entitled ‘we want Web 2.0, whatever that is’ a couple of years back drawing attention to the challenge of hype in connection with the new technologies and their capabilities as laid out by Tim O’Reilly in his original definition of Web 2.0. http://oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html My plea was to understand theRead… Read more »
http://blogs.sun.com/BVass/entry/reason_no_6_to_move
Hi, there. My name is Yun-Mei Lin, and I currently work for the USDA Forest Service, in Albuquerque, NM. Personally, I have been involved in multiple Social Media networks, but have only recently discovered that businesses and government agencies are actually starting to utilized these tools to enhance communication and productivity. I am a majorRead… Read more »
We’re exploring Twitter. KDOT has issued area-specific road/traffic/weather tweets for several months, thanks to the foresight of Tom Hein, our Wichita public affairs manager. Tom was hip to Twitter early on, way before me, and was issuing road update tweets even before K-TOC launched. Kim Qualls started doing the same thing for Kansas City andRead… Read more »
One type of event I seldom attend is the Brown Bag Lunch. Where I work, there use to be a rare brown bag lunch as part of the mentoring program or to impart information from the Health Unit. Recently, though, my workplace has taken to having presentations on work related topics during lunch hours. IRead… Read more »
Yes, 06.25.2009 … I am running a bit behind. What with Farrah and Michael and Cap and Trade … what’s a girl to do? Oh, and I have a suggestion for our next GovLoop Project of the Week: Design a comprehensive, fool-proof way to rid my roses of Japanese Beetles … I can not tellRead… Read more »
EIG on July 20th is almost sold out with over 300 federal managers expected to see John Berry and other thought leaders discuss the impact of the new administration on agency operations. Hear insights on how to adapt to the new programs and policies while also continuing to drive performance and maintain staff loyalty. ForRead… Read more »
Does anyone know this site and whom manages it? http://www.accountability.wa.gov/ My performance monitoring teams likes the site and I was hoping that I could get more information.