We are super excited at GovLoop to partner with Young Government Leaders on the Next Generation of Government Summit. Ever since I joined government in 2004, I’ve been passionate about creating the future of government service – from creating and connecting future leaders to reimagining how to deliver services. This is the first-ever conference forRead… Read more »
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My experience attending the Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds Conference 2010
I was able to attend from the comfort of my home office. There were many panel discussions but these bullet points are from the discussions on vGov and Virtual World studies to stay in line with the initial discussion about Second Life. I would encourage others to go to their website and check out theRead… Read more »
Social Media Revolution 2 (Refresh)
Eric Qualman of Socialnomics has updated his four minute video about the impact of Social Media here When I blogged about the first video, my friend Jason came barreling up the next day and said, “That’s the greatest thing I’ve ever seen on the Internet! Can I steal it?” Steal it from YouTube? But why?Read… Read more »
The City of Edmonton pushes the envelope with Second Life
I had the opportunity to chat with Chris Moore, CIO for the city of Edmonton, Canada. Chris and I have chatted before and it is always a pleasure. Chris is entirely focused on delivering results and is unafraid to leverage new strategies and tools to meet these goals. One of the new tools Chris isRead… Read more »
Project of the Week: BetterBuy Project – Ideas in Action
As described in an earlier blog post the BetterBuy Project was launched to bring collaboration, transparency and participation into the federal acquisition process through the use of collaborative processes and technology. Since last October, people from industry, federal, state, local government and private citizens have submitted over 130 ideas on the BetterBuy Project platform. OurRead… Read more »
Got a Question? GovLoopers Got Your Back (in 60 Mins or Less)!
Start from the bottom up. To paraphase Vanilla Ice: “If you got a problem – yo, we’ll solve it. Check out the Loop while my G-man revolves it.” Comment by Erica A Morin 30 seconds ago Got to love this site. Thanks everyone for this fantastically quick response! Comment by Emi Whittle 21 minutes agoRead… Read more »
Bring On the Plain Writing Act!
It’s looking more and more promising that Congress will pass the Plain Writing Act (S574), the law that so many have championed for so long. The Act passed the House in March by a vote of 386 to 33; and it’s being considered in the Senate now. If it is enacted, get ready, web communicators.Read… Read more »
All I Really Need to Know (About Collaboration) I Learned in Kindergarten (Last Week)
[Originally published here on cpsrenewal.ca] Last week I volunteered in my daughter’s junior kindergarten class. Afterward I realized that building online communities is not all that different than building trust with a large group of children. In the column below I will speak directly about my experience in the classroom; while in many cases theRead… Read more »
Interview with DAU’s Mike Lambert
Below is an interview conducted with Mike Lambert, who is active in improving knowledge management and training systems for the defense acquisition workforce. In particular, I advise you find Mike on GovLoop. How did you get to where you are in your life? I’ve taken an interesting tour of a variety of career fields overRead… Read more »
The Postmaster General speaks out
Happy Monday! The way Postmaster General John E. Potter sees it, he has less than six months to convince Congress and the nation of the urgent need to retool the U.S. Postal Service for the 21st century. By fall, the Postal Service won’t have enough money to make payroll, Potter predicts. But big customers, regulators,Read… Read more »