One of the interesting this about taxonomy work is that it exposes value systems and mental models of the participants. Take for instance a simple organizational design and development project. Various terms are thrown around in a casual manner and have different meanings depending upon your background. The term Business Function has been used toRead… Read more »
Your Fear of Social Media—It’s Too Hard to Understand Http://LeonardSipes.Com First in a series on the fear some people in government, associations and nonprofits express when whey contemplate social media. People exchange information and photos in all sorts of informal groups. You learn from friends and associates their preferences, likes and dislikes. Social media isRead… Read more »
TGIF GovLoop Community! For those of you who don’t know, GovLoop Founder Steve Ressler is tying the knot in Tampa, FL today! We all wish the best for Steve! I am on my way to a wedding in Portland OR – so congrats to Jen and Jon. These joyous occasions can cause great stress, butRead… Read more »
Today’s job search has gone high-tech. From career networking online to using social media to build your online brand, being web savvy is to every job seeker’s advantage. One phenomenon of the Internet age is the Skype interview. An increasing number of recruiters are using online web interviews to screen candidates and conduct initial interviews.Read… Read more »
Washington State school officials are planning to install traffic cameras on school buses to catch drivers who pass the buses illegally. A new law authorizes school districts to install the cameras, which will automatically generate tickets for vehicles that pass school buses when students are boarding or alighting. The revenue from the $394 tickets isRead… Read more »
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has substantially increased the number of surveillance cameras at two stations on the Orange Line. Fifty-eight cameras were added at Forest Hills, which serves as the southern terminus of the subway line as well as a commuter rail station and major bus transfer point. Intrusion-detection systems were also added inRead… Read more »
A Google-branded bus will travel across Egypt seeking the next generation of technology entrepreneurs.”We will put someone’s dream through a seven-month crash course that will help turn it into a commercially viable business,” said Google’s manager in Egypt Wael Fakharany. “We have been working on this concept for nine months. We had signed a contractRead… Read more »
Deltek Health Care and Social Services Analyst Amanda White reports. September proved to be rather eventful for health care. Deltek celebrated the Sixth Annual National Health IT Week, September 12-16, 2011, by releasing a series of blogs highlighting IT progress in the states, along with vendor recommendations based on those trends. National Health IT WeekRead… Read more »
The image of business travelers working productively on intercity trains is a myth according to research conducted for the UK Department for Transport. Despite the availability of wireless connections and cell phone coverage, the report found that business executives were more likely to spend their time on board reading for leisure, looking out the window,Read… Read more »
To understand better how to develop open data competitions and to inform our own competition, we asked those of you that had hosted these already. We’ve had some thought provoking interviews from the shires and from the south west on hills and hearts. From one port to another as we move from Bristol to Amsterdam.Read… Read more »