In our third floor safety meeting yesterday, we drifted to the subject of change. The webmaster weighed in with the currently accepted conservative message regarding public input on the website. I was able to respond, “Change is like the bus. You can either get out of the way, stand in front of it to stopRead… Read more »
Good morning! Don’t forget to sign up for The Eye’s twitter feed, submit your questions about the Federal government for The Eye to answer and submit your news tips, comments and questions to [email protected]. Now to the news… • Chicago Schools a U.S. Model?: Barack Obama’s pick for education secretary, Arne Duncan will bring hisRead… Read more »
Since the beginning of the Internet, there have always been bad people waging cyberattacks against both the private and public sectors. While many security solutions have been put into place — and more developed each day — the bad guys often stay one step ahead. In addition, the Computer Emergency Readiness Team of the HomelandRead… Read more »
adrielhampton.com – Not long ago, I blogged about the need for the traditional media (I won’t call them “mainstream” anymore, because they are slipping so badly) to tap into what the federal government is doing in terms of embracing Web 2.0 tools and culture. Sadly, the legacy media is showing itself to be even moreRead… Read more »
Most of us cannot wait to wash our hands of 2008 – It was a tumultuous, emotional, surprising and bitter year for so many. But scrub as we might, it’s going to be difficult to remove the stains of fear, uncertainty and doubt from our collective conscious. So perhaps it’s foolhardy to continue with theRead… Read more »
Stocks put in another typical holiday trading session on Friday as the major indices moved higher on very light volume. The TSP stock funds gained 0.5% to 1.2%, with all funds, including bonds, moving higher. The S&P 500 is still unable to climb above the overhead resistance and this would be a negative except thatRead… Read more »
Summary: introductory post about my current work and why I’m here. The title of the post is the motto of the work I’m leading at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), where I’m also lucky of having John Sheridan (The [UK] National Archives) and Kevin Novak (AIA, formerly Libray of Congress) as co-Chairs and severalRead… Read more »
This weeks GovLoop member of the week is City Engineer, Pam Broviak who works for the City of LaSalle Illinois. I got a chance to ask her a few questions about working in Civil Service, being a mom of 6, and her thoughts on the Web 2.0 and social media in 2009. 1. Where areRead… Read more »
Today I read a recently released white paper, Government 2.0: Building Communities with Web 2.0 and Social Networking. Overall, I thought the paper did a good job summarizing much of the ongoing, online discussions and research on this topic. However, I sensed an underlying attitude that concerned me as a government employee. This unspoken, read-between-the-linesRead… Read more »
My job as a civil investigator for a metropolitan City Attorney’s Office means seeing the best and worst of citizens and government employees. Happily, it often involves rooting out abuse and fraud. I’ve done everything from helped inspect homes owned by hoarder-clutters overflowing with old computer parts, to raiding massage parlors in an operation toRead… Read more »