This article has been updated to include Dan Chenok’s contribution. Gadi Ben-Yehuda Mobility helping government caseworkers. In Governing, William Eggers writes about his new report “Gov on the Go: Boosting Public Sector Productivity by Going Mobile,” Pinterest helping home-cooks everywhere. A few weeks ago, I wrote and spoke about 10 Pinterest boards that I’d likeRead… Read more »
A study conducted by the Association of Women Voters of America {AWVA} in 2012 revealed there are several characteristics female voters find attractive in male candidates running for local public offices {i.e. County Boards, City Councils, School Boards, Township Offices, Village Boards, Parishes and Boroughs etc.}. The characteristics that seem to attract to women votersRead… Read more »
I’ve mapped the 222 local government Twitter accounts I track to their geographic locations around Australia (excluding NT), and it forms an interesting picture. UPDATE: I’ve updated the map data to include NT data, thanks to the help of @Maxious, who found an ABS dataset which includes them. Local government use of Twitter in AustraliaRead… Read more »
So, here they are. To continue the list meme things that struck me after commscamp an unconference for pr and comms people. I wish there was more of these. I hope that some people who came to commscamp left as inspired as I did when I left localgovcamp in 2009. I wish there was moreRead… Read more »
Gavin Tapp has done his magic and so, with the assistance of the ACT Government, I’m happy to present both videos from the Gov 2.0 event I ran in Canberra on the 14th. I’ve embedded both videos in order below with the bios of the speakers. Darren Cutrupi Darren Cutrupi has been the Manager, MediaRead… Read more »
I appreciated this opportunity to comment on this matter of extreme importance to the federal government and its dedicated public servants – http://washington-dc.tullylegal.com/news/rights-of-federal-employees-under-budget-cuts-and-sequestration/
By Bob Gourley In this podcast we explore the topic of Cyber Threat Amnesia, the observed historical tendency of people in leadership positions in organizations to forget that they face a dynamic, changing threat that will always be there trying to find a way in. We also talk about ways that Cyber Threat Amnesia canRead… Read more »
As much as I would like to jump on the “sequester bandwagon” and write yet another article about the impact this enormous change will have on our country, I’m going to take a different approach on the topic that is monopolizing water cooler discussions these days. I, like the rest of us, have been readingRead… Read more »
Death and Taxes Nate Reagan, CPA, Handy and Reagan, LLC [email protected] or 503.635.6100 Stay connected with Handy & Reagan: Facebook, Website and LinkedIn Tis’ the season for procrastinating about filing your tax return. To put an end to your procrastination we have enlisted Nate Reagan, CPA, Handy & Reagan. (Full disclosure: Handy & Reagan volunteersRead… Read more »
I think IT security and physical security are converging. It’s a part of the overall trend towards the integration of technology with our everyday lives. It just shows how separated certain aspects of corporate business have been from the technology that could, or does, underpin them. You see there a separation from the mission, orRead… Read more »