Sweet Government Conference Tweets – Crisis Camp Day 1 (#crisiscamp)

Crisis Camp was held on June 13, 2009 and June 14, 2009 in Washington DC. Below is the Twitter stream related to this conference along with some stats of the #crisiscamp hashtag on Twitter. Related Tweets made on the few days following the conference are included because they have links to some great blog postsRead… Read more »

What are the “Rules of Engagement” for Twitter?

The subcouncil team has had some active discussions about policy aspects of Twitter for government agencies over the past few weeks. At a time when Government agencies are starting to actively engage with constituents using social media tools, there’s still different schools of thought about how to approach Twitter. On a recent episode of GovernmentRead… Read more »

Federal Eye: Obama’s Firing of AmeriCorps IG Probed

Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) has demanded that the Corporation for National and Community Service provide “any and all records, e-mail, memoranda, documents, communications, or other information” related to President Obama’s no-confidence dismissal last week of the Corporation’s inspector general Gerald Walpin, including any communications with aides to the president and first lady Michelle Obama.Read… Read more »

Are you a government star? Tell us about it.

Tell us your story. The Bright Side of Government (www.brightsidegovernment) has a section on their site for user-generated content. We are asking everyone in government to tell us how they are shining in their agency by redefining how they accomplish their mission. Are you doing more for less? How have you saved money using webRead… Read more »

Great Seminar in the Boston area

Wednesday, August 5th The Westin, Waltham, Boston MA FREE SEMINAR FOR GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY PROFESSIONALS A half-day seminar to explore the challenges of Information Assurance in an interactive forum. Engage with your local Boston military leaders and industry experts in dialogue about IA and its critical role in DOD operations. Learn firsthand how war fightersRead… Read more »

Can technology improve driver behavior & create a cleaner environment?

By Kristin Bockius Originally posted on www.brightsidegovernment.com In the public sector, we have the opportunity to participate in many innovative programs that are beneficial to cities and citizens across the U.S. One such program involves what most of us do everyday – get on the road and drive. Ever wonder how a driver’s behavior canRead… Read more »

Sweet GovTweets 06.16.2009

Good Morning! Today’s tweets feature numerous updates from @dslunceford @GovTwit providing information about all of the new additions to the Government Twitter directory, including the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management from my home state. This is a great resource, continually expanding resource, check it out. My favorite tweet today was from @timoreilly quoting Vivek KundraRead… Read more »

Interesting study

Perhaps rephrasing to “wordy PowerPoint Presentations and their effect on learning” From The Association for Psychological Science More Talk, Less Chalk: Lexically Sparse Slides Improve Recall of Taught Material Classroom use of presentation software, whereby information is simultaneously delivered verbally and visually, risks overloading students’ working memory and impairing learning. We compared traditional and lexically-sparseRead… Read more »