At the moment, we have 686 fans of EPA’s Pick 5 for the Environment page on Facebook. I thought it was interesting that women outnumber men 2:1. The age distribution seems reasonable to me, though. 686 Fans Age Female Male Overall All 67% 33% 13-17 1% 1% 2% 18-24 5% 5% 9% 25-34 24% 9%Read… Read more »
Last month I setup a wiki, using Wetpaint, to introduce my students to Web 2.0 tools. In thinking of a name, I came up with Collaboration Squared as I was asking them to “collaborate about collaborating.” It seems to me we could use some of the same, unless it’s happening somewhere on GovLoop and I’veRead… Read more »
I ran across this today. Apparently VistA is being taken into the classroom at George Mason University. It certainly makes sense to use VistA in the educational setting: no licensing fees, students can download and run their own private version of the VOE appliance to practice their lessons on, and the price is certainly right.
Vice President Biden’s advice that during the flu epidemic people should avoid subways and planes earned criticism from a representative of the travel industry. Well, I say, good for you Mr. Vice President, and to the travel industry I say – sit down, shut up, and worry more about your fellow citizens and less aboutRead… Read more »
The Whitehouse has official taken the plunge into microblogging and launched their official twitter account @whitehouse today. Another milestone in government 2.0 and social media has been reached. The Official White House Twitter URL: http://twitter.com/whitehouse The account was set up and first tweet posted about 2 hours ago putting the time of official release atRead… Read more »
This week’s “attaboy” goes to Dr. Richard Besser, the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who stands as the best example to date of the capabilities and professionalism of the nation’s career federal employees. As we reported earlier this week, President Obama has filled only five of 20 nominated positions atRead… Read more »
Whew… Just published my first idea on the nationaldialogue.gov. Here’s a teaser. Social Enablement consists of architecting, developing, and ultimately using a network of transparency services along with developing the social context within government to encourage its maximum utilization. Social Enablement as a strategic element assures that transparency gains sufficient reach and capacity to beRead… Read more »
MC4’s 10-year anniversary kicks off right by expanding its use to garrison clinics. http://www.army.mil/-news/2009/04/30/20427-stateside-clinics-switch-to-battlefield-medical-recording-system/ For more on MC4’s history, check out the timeline of events at https://www.mc4.army.mil/about.asp. Click on “Timeline of Events” at the top.
There are trends and drivers in government proposals that companies need to know about to acquire and maintain a winning edge. People have to either keep up with the trends in the fast-changing government contracting market, or get out of the game altogether because their chances of winning go down exponentially. I put together aRead… Read more »
OK, this doesn’t have anything to do with government work or Gov 2.0 or my other favorite topics, but I’m pretty proud of myself. I rode my bike in to work today for the first time this season. Don’t be too impressed, it’s less than 5 miles from my house to the Civic Center accordingRead… Read more »