The other week Martin Tisne, the UK Policy Director at the Omidyar Network, as well as one of the key architects of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), posted a blog post expressing concern that Civil Society participants have misunderstood the OGP. Specifically Tisne is concerned that by focusing on entrance into the OGP rather thanRead… Read more »
I am one of those people who considers myself relatively active on social media. I have been on Facebook since 2007 (it was only available to college students before that and I was already well out of undergrad) and have been an active tweeter since 2009. I am also on LinkedIn and Instagram and Google+Read… Read more »
One of the things that I believe most organizations could do a better job of is explicitly understanding what decisions they need to make. Now most organizations certainly understand that they need to make decisions. They may also understand what information goes into those decisions fairly well. They may even have some standard reports availableRead… Read more »
Monday July 1, I gave an hour plus talk about how I use Google Plus to 40PlusDC. Best thing I learned at the meeting was about the baggage we make up about being unemployed. If you’re not interesting a potential partner, lack of employment is an easy a way out of a boring meeting. IfRead… Read more »
Drupal Gov Days is back and it’s bigger than last year’s smash event! The 2012 Drupal Gov Days had 300+ attendees for a day of sessions on cutting-edge open source applications and topics. For the 2013 event, we have expanded to two days and anticipate 500 attendees from the open source government and contractor community.Read… Read more »
…It’s Only Your Money and Corporate is To Blame That You Aren’t Getting It. –We all know people who follow their supervisor’s every whim – blowing the way the wind blows. For some reason, you can’t do that. You’re too independent, too creative, but competent nonetheless. Still, you’re being set up to fail. Sad thingRead… Read more »
July Fourth marks the United States’ Independence Day. The central celebrated document, the Declaration of Independence, that rejected British rule, was the masterpiece of democratic expression written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776. The most profound lines aren’t the more famous “When in the course of human events” or “all men are created equal” but ratherRead… Read more »
Six months ago I blogged about the success of e-tax as an egovernment service. Over the last 14 years the service had grown to an annual 2.5 million submissions, with growth of around 5% per year. I called it an egovernment success story for Australia – and stand by that view. E-tax has done aRead… Read more »
For you Smart Phone Users…. BE AWARE! from bluebox’s blogUncovering Android Master Key That Makes 99% of Devices Vulnerable The Bluebox Security research team – Bluebox Labs – recently discovered a vulnerability in Android’s security model that allows a hacker to modify APK code without breaking an application’s cryptographic signature, to turn any legitimate applicationRead… Read more »
It was a holiday shortened, light volume trading week, but a good one for stocks, and a bad one for bonds. The jobs report had some mixed messages, but the 195,000 jobs created in June, and the upward revisions to prior months, gave investors reason to buy on Friday – at least those who wereRead… Read more »