Strategic communications, education or information outreach when applied effectively means really knowing your taget audience as a critical component to any campaign and its success. Often times, informaiton is put out, but at times there is a major “disconnect” between the outreach and the end user. I thought of this video of an elderly womenRead… Read more »
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Who’s Leading the Charge to Web 2.0?
Today I read a recently released white paper, Government 2.0: Building Communities with Web 2.0 and Social Networking. Overall, I thought the paper did a good job summarizing much of the ongoing, online discussions and research on this topic. However, I sensed an underlying attitude that concerned me as a government employee. This unspoken, read-between-the-linesRead… Read more »
Responsible engagement and dialogue
For my first installment I offer for your opinion my thoughts on working in this New Media environment. I must caveat this with the comment that this represents my personal opinion and is not to be construed in any way to be official DoD policy. My views do not necessarily represent those of the DepartmentRead… Read more »
NIST Web 2.0 (Live) Working Group
“The NIST Information Coordinators Committee has established a Web 2.0 group with representation from across NIST to suggest and facilitate new ways that NIST’s Web site can create two-way communication with our stakeholders and to update our policies to explicitly provide guidance for using Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs, public comment functions for WebRead… Read more »
Unions: Good or Bad?
When the American auto industry became the next in line for a big government bailout, there were those who immediately tried to blame the unions. The topic of unions seems to come up in my world rather often, so I thought I’d make it this week’s subject. Are unions bad or good? Being a socialistRead… Read more »
Why The World Suddenly Seems Smaller
As soon as a bill gets passed in Washington, I am usually notified within a few short moments. That’s right me, in my little suburban home office, I get a message with a link to the details. As soon as there is an earthquake, fire, or it starts snowing in Minnesota, I am generally madeRead… Read more »
Ten Guiding Principles for E-civil Service
I Introduction Is there anything called e-civil service or electronic civil service? If so, what is it? How does it differ from the traditional civil service? How can it keep pace with technological developments? What role does it have in Government 2.0? Is there any conflict between old conduct rules for the civil servants andRead… Read more »
A Patriot’s Reading List
No matter which side of the political fence you’re on, these books should prove engaging and enlightening, not to mention pertinent to our time. (If you are uber pro-Bush then you might enjoy the Fareed Zakaria and Reza Aslan books more than the more lefty works). This is just a small collection of some thatRead… Read more »
Change We Can Learn From: Lessons of the Obama Campaign
Many have already commented on how the Obama campaign took the leap into the Web 2.0 world in the same way that Kennedy beat Nixon by harnessing the power of the TV. … While many of the Obama strategies had been tried before, they really came of age this year. The questions for engaged citizensRead… Read more »
Revolution Now – Gov 2.0 for the Local Sphere (from adrielhampton.com)
I’ve been intrigued by the possibilities of communications technologies since reading the Isaac Asimov Robot and Foundation books as a young teen. Asimov was a futurist without equal. His vision of the far future included the imagining of the Spacers, a first-wave of extraterrestrial settlers who had grown sedentary in reliance on robot servants. InRead… Read more »