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Random government fact: 12 million U.S. passports are issued annually by the U.S. State Department. Source: Partnership for Public Service 2007 Annual Report
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Random government fact: 12 million U.S. passports are issued annually by the U.S. State Department. Source: Partnership for Public Service 2007 Annual Report
Several executives from well-known high tech firms are in Iraq this week as guests of the State Department, part of an effort to boost the use of online and social media in the war-torn country. While in Iraq, the tech representatives will meet with government officials, educators and other community leaders to talk about howRead… Read more »
Ironically my division at work used to have the acronym RSS. Confusing for a web management division. A change of acronyms later, and I am still holding onto my own RSS principle. Real. Simple. Social. More and more often I am being called upon to provide small groups in the policy and advocacy streams withRead… Read more »
I attended eDemocracyCamp yesterday in DC. In his introductory remarks, Andrew Cohen tied recent Government 2.0 conferences back to President Obama’s January 2009 Transparency Memo nicely by saying: – TransparencyCamp was about transparency – Government 2.0 Camp was about collaboration – eDemocracyCamp is about participation OGI — the Open Government & Innovations conference — isRead… Read more »
What is the nature of online facilitator and what is the impact to IS implementation if any? More and more businesses use online facilitation where meetings face-to-face with others online rather than travelling to and from another city or country. This function works well if technology are the same and works as well. But theRead… Read more »
Along with robins and pollen, another sure sign of Spring is dandelions. I wage my annual war against these weeds every year, but I think the dandelions are winning. When our children were younger, we use to pay them 25 cents per dandelion if they included at least two inches of root. Not only didRead… Read more »
Last week my blog was going to be about the pirate situation in east African waters but after I started writing, I opted to write a plug for the cruise industry instead. Yeah, I wimped out. As it turns out my younger son, the filmmaker, forced me to face my conscience on this one. HeRead… Read more »
Following is a review I wrote recently of a fascinating book, “Adam’s Belle: A Memoir of Love Without Bounds,” by Joyce Burnett in collaboration with the late Isabel Washington Powell, first wife of the late Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. This book can be obtained from DBM Press, LC . Adam’s Belle rings true AdamRead… Read more »
President Obama holds his first full cabinet meeting today (without the still unconfirmed Kathleen Sebelius) to order spending cuts at each of the government agencies. The goal is to trim $100 million in the next 90 days, an impressive-sounding figure, but don’t be fooled: The cuts announced today amount to just one quarter of oneRead… Read more »
President Obama named his CTO on Saturday, April 18. With the addition of Aneesh Chopra to his team, does this mean IT is ready to roll to new heights in this administration? Hopefully, there are no remaining obstacles, and the first tech president in U.S. history will meet his goals of better tech, more transparencyRead… Read more »
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