A Highlight from the upcoming NAGC Communications School. Many of us communications professionals find ourselves serving as our organization’s de facto staff photographer, whether or not we’ve had any formal training in photography. This is especially true for those of us who work in smaller government offices with small staffs, or, perhaps, are a staffRead… Read more »
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Information Professionals Blog Series In an increasingly digital world, information management professionals are taking center stage. But outside of the IT tech guys we associate with online world, we forget about the original records managers: the Archivists and Librarians. This blog series will attempt to highlight how culture is changing within federal archives and librariesRead… Read more »
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By Bob Gourley In this podcast we provide an update on the recent Chinese espionage stories including discussion of Mandiant’s recent reports, and we talk about Jason Healey’s well articulated opinions on what should be done about the threat. We also provide other context on the technology news and analysis you will want to track.Read… Read more »
Today my home broadband got upgraded. A few hours ago, 7Mbps down and a tenth of that up was as good as it ever got. Now it’s close to 50Mbps down and, even more dramatically, about 15Mbps up. Once there were no computers visibly in my life, still less devices which happened to compute. NowRead… Read more »
I am a graduate student at George Washington University and I am fortunate enough to be taking a leadership class with a former high-level government official. My professor has served at the highest levels of government, and provides a first hand account how to lead large, complex and bureaucratic government agencies. Every Thursday I’ll postRead… Read more »
From the Participedia news page… The FACTS Initiative and CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation have announced a call for proposals on local democratic innovations for publication in a special issue of the FACTS Reports, on the 2013 website of the journal, and on the CIVICUS website. This special issue of the FACTS Report, inRead… Read more »
Washington attorney John Mahoney talks about your rights when in furlough status. http://www.federalnewsradio.com/176/3228995/Sequestration-and-its-impact-on-you
With well over 90 cities now scheduled to partake in Open Data Day and with several events expecting 50+ and even 100+ participants I wanted to outline some thoughts to help people who are thinking about participating but not sure what to expect or if they have anything helpful to offer. First things first. YouRead… Read more »