Tweet The Road Less Travelled in Worth It! With my wife, I am constantly trying to raise two daughters to be prepared for life in a sometimes turbulent world. The daily conversations are primarily mundane (Spongebob or Disney), but from time to time, more often lately, the topics turn to deeper philosophy and how toRead… Read more »
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Greek Monks and Open Government #gov20 #opengov
Tweet Did the Greek Monks Destroy the Country or was it Lack of Government Transparency? Reviewing some of the older pieces on the true greek tragedy (in economic terms) and finally read through the whole of the great Vanity Fair article by Michael Lewis (“Beware of Greek s Bearing Bonds”). The detail in the articleRead… Read more »
How to Help: Government 2.0 is too important to stop the fight #gov20 #opengov
Tweet Wisconsin Public sector Workers Fight for their collective bargaining rights I have been through some very interesting times as of late, the kind of things that make you think about who you are, what you fight for and your position in the order of things. I have absolutely incredible friends and family that helpRead… Read more »
Inspiration for all of us #gov20
Tweet Doctor King I will be a bit quiet for a bit. But, an incredible woman sent these quotes to me, and I thought their words were much more fitting than anything I could say right now. Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so weRead… Read more »
Digital Transformation: Interoperability as the Bedrock of #gov20 Efforts
The multi-vendor interoperability test board at the University Of Warwick My friend Craig Shank wrote an article over at Microsoft on the Issues about the transformative power of ICT in government. And he has rightfully placed interoperability near the top of the list of items that must be done right to be successful. He focusesRead… Read more »
We will win together, or fail individually: The #gov20 challenge
I love great movies (even when they are American Sports references, sorry to ll of our global readers). I love great speeches. I love motivation. And I do so, because of many of the things inside this speech. And the Government 2.0 movement is at this place, right now. The founders of the movement toiledRead… Read more »
#SocialMedia chat meets #Gov20 this week (#sm88)
I have been a fan of many of the weekly Twitter-based chats as they provide a great place for education and for networking. This week I will be hosting the #SocialMedia chat at Noon, ET, and we will be discussing Government 2.0, I would encourage both public and private sector people to jump in, weighRead… Read more »
How would you assemble your #gov20 dream team? Tonight on #localgovchat
This has post has been written before. But it can’t be written enough. I was having a discussion about how to structure a good communications staff. What level/grade should staff be? Does staff doing online engagement report to public affairs? How does IT fit into the picture? Those sorts of questions were being tossed around.Read… Read more »
Screencast: SharePoint as a #Gov20 Platform
SharePoint is a powerful platform that can provide various Government 2.0 solutions such as citizen empowerment, project transparency, inter-government agency collaboration and public reporting. At Best Practices Conference 2010, I discussed real-life case studies of how SharePoint was deployed and the benefits it provided to: – Washington DC Department of Transportation– DOD/VA Interagency Program Office–Read… Read more »
Chat with #Gov20 Innovator @DustinHaisler Tonight at 9EDT on #Localgovchat
Anyone complaining about not having enough staff to launch innovative projects needs to talk to Manor, Texas, CIO and Asst. City Manager Dustin Haisler. Haisler, one of just 35 government employees, has found amazingly creative ways to innovate. Manor, population 6,500, has become a model for local government innovation and has done everything from creatingRead… Read more »