Allen Magtibay

AFCEA Bethesda Chapter
Healthcare Information and Management and Systems Society (HIMSS)
American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
Asian Healthcare Leaders Association
Various clubs in the US Public Health Services (USPHS)
Commissioned Officers Association of the USPHS

Lets bring in a cake for the event. You can’t have a birthday party without one. Also, party favors are a nice touch. I do like the idea of streaming both events live. Maybe we can create a short video of the event and post it here, FB, Youtube, etc. Nice way to market Govloop and its members.

Andy,

I posed a question very similar to your topic to the members of my social networking site at USPHS World. I had read an article on MSNBCon how the Army was using Facebook and Twitter to target recruits and the success they were having with this program. After reading this article, I started thinking that perhaps the US Public Health…[Read more]

Since its been referenced so many times here I picked up What Would Google Do? I totally agree that for anyone who is interested in Web 2.0 this is great book to start off with. I’m also reading Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell. My wife read this book and passed it onto me about two weeks ago. I normally don’t read two books at once but they are so…[Read more]

David,

I believe NIH has a central office for IT called CIT. I think it stands for Center for Information Technology. Also, I think each of the institutes have their own IT divisions as well. I assume they report up to CIT. The CIT offers services not only to programs within NIH but other federal agencies as well. I know that they offer hosting…[Read more]

Mary

I’ve worked with GSA in the past on a contract that was procured through the Millennia Lite GWAC. Overall, my experience with GSA on this contract was very good. The staff who I interacted with were very knowledgeable in what they did. I would definitely look to GSA again for future proucurements.

However, like Steve suggested I believe GSA…[Read more]

You bring up some interesting points. I think the government in general tends to lag behind private industry when it comes to implementing new technology such as social networking. There are probably a number of reasons for this to include lack of funds, lack of understanding by users, and a lack of support by management. Hopefully more and more…[Read more]

Lovisa

I created a social networking site specifically for US Public Health Corps officers called USPHS World at http://www.usphsworld.org. PHS officers work in all of the HHS agencies plus several other federal departments to include DHS, DOD, EPA, NOAA, DOJ, and DOI. One of the biggest problems that the PHS Corps has is officers communicating…[Read more]

Excellent reference. Thank you for taking the time to compile this list. It definitely saves me a lot of time from having to Google this topic. Again, thanks for all the hard work.

I agree with Thera that many times people are requesting friendships due to common interests in people’s profiles. This way you can keep track of the individuals whose input or comments you tend to keep track of. Also, it sets up the opportunity to pose questions and bounce ideas of that person later.