The question of how we work in a digital world is occupying me quite a lot at the moment. Prompted in part by my involvement with the project to deliver technology good enough for work, I wrote a post here a few weeks back on whether offices are redundant, with a couple of follow upRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Let it snow! NOAA tweeted a satellite image of the snow that blanketed the Northeast, and FedScoop gathered some tweets from DC-area as it weathered the weather. A blizzard of data: Joel Gurin, formerly of the FCC, has released his book, Open Data Now. School for Startups has a short interview with Gurin,Read… Read more »
Join us for Free Webinar: Top Challenges Facing CLO’s and other learning professionals Friday, January 24: 11:00 – 11:45 AM EST During the session, I will share best practices from leading Fortune 1000 corporations and Federal agencies on how to build internal HR credibility and capacity To logon to session @ 11:00 AM EST, clickRead… Read more »
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Redefining the Digital Divide | @helenmilner The system is failing, hack the system – via @annemcx The Four Freedoms – wonderful piece on #opensource by @photomatt The dangerous appeal of the Silicon Valley narrative G+ Hangout: open source CMS for local government Interested in social leadership?Read… Read more »
I’ve just started a LinkedIn group on the topic of digital skills in the workplace. You are very welcome to join. I have to admit – I’ve not done much with LinkedIn groups before, and while much of it is pretty intuitive to anyone who has used similar features on other networks, I’ve had toRead… Read more »
Hi! We’re really happy about this! We just installed a sensor+totem for counting bikes, and we are proud to say we did all of the software in our office, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This is all part of our strategy of transforming the city to an “open by default” mode, and specifically, the first stageRead… Read more »
I was sitting in a board meeting when the subject of sponsors came up. It has come up in several organizations, actually. Usually goes around the table and then doesn’t go anywhere. When all is said and done a lot more is said than done. The refrain is we’re outa money, they’ve got money. Let’sRead… Read more »
I was reminded the other day, at a symposium our agency put on for HR staff across government, how important what I like to call “the epistemological challenge” can be. What do I mean by “the epistemological challenge”? Essentially, all the obstacles that exist to knowing, in a deep sense, what one wishes to know.Read… Read more »
Work will support incident management information sharing and open standards for VirtualUSA® Ashburn, VA (January 23, 2014). The IJIS Institute—a nonprofit organization that focuses on mission‐critical information sharing for justice, public safety, and homeland security—has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate, First Responders GroupRead… Read more »
Are you looking for creative and effective ways to keep people engaged in your engagement projects? Then we have something you might want to look into. We have been following the development of something called Textizen – an ingenious, text-based platform designed to help facilitate public engagement that emerged from a collaboration between Code forRead… Read more »