Continuing the development of my thinking around the Framework for Digital Local Public Services I wanted to share some really basic thoughts around how the connectivity challenge can and perhaps should be approached. This isn’t really a post about what is happening in Devon either, but i’ll naturally use examples locally to help illustrate theRead… Read more »
Yesterday, GovLoop and WordPress hosted the event, Do More With What You Have: Experience WordPress in Government, highlighting the power of WordPress to modernize and optimize government websites. The event included numerous case studies of websites that use WordPress CMS services, which are robust, scalable and adaptable with numerous plug-ins and add-ons. At the event,Read… Read more »
A General Services Administration procurement vehicle for office supplies has saved the agency $200 million and supported small contracting businesses. GSA Chief Acquisition Officer Anne Rung announced the number during the Small Business Administration’s National Small Business Week Phoenix and Procurement Awards ceremony in Washington, the agency said Friday. Small contractors won 13 of 15Read… Read more »
I went to my local council’s customer service centre this morning. The service was broken, and it worked much better. That’s a slightly odd finding, with some interesting implications. I wrote about the same experience a couple of years ago, when everything was working as it was designed to, including the fiendishly clever automatic ticketingRead… Read more »
ELGL’s Communication Tools, Including Knope of the Week, Highlighted by American City/County Magazine What is the Knope of the Week? It’s ELGL’s way of recognizing an individual or group of individuals who have excelled in promoting the public sector. Recipients may come from the public or private sector and are nominated by ELGL members. RecipientsRead… Read more »
I find myself not in Kansas anymore. This month of June has been a journey along the yellow brick road. It has provided me with a unique lens to view my office and myself through—and no I didn’t borrow those fancy green ones from the wizard. Looking at my office and reflecting on myself, IRead… Read more »
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Gadi Ben-Yehuda Vines, Spreading like Kudzu. Joseph Marks reports that US Embassies are sending out Vines. (Bonus: he also writes about how agencies are filling out their Facebook Timelines.) You’d be surprised. Ryan Holmes, the CEO of HootSuite, write about “7 Unexpected (but Great) Ways the Government is Using Social Media“ And You Might LearnRead… Read more »
Things which caught my eye elsewhere on the web In defence of bright ideas from people who have absolutely no idea how to implement them | The Source BlogI’m worried that there will come a day, ten years or so from now, when teams of brilliant implementers are sitting around itching to implement the livingRead… Read more »
It isn’t news that the LGA are considering closing the Knowledge Hub and the consultation comes to a close this week, so I urge people who haven’t yet responded to do so ASAP – All replies need to be sent to [email protected] – or post your thoughts and comments on the Public Knowledge Hub group.Read… Read more »