Congressman’s twittering while traveling in war zone lands him in hot water This is an interesting read. I’m very interested in using and leveraging the web 2.0 applications into government websites. I think we are in sort of a wild west stage of development – depending upon where you are and what the attitudes inRead… Read more »
“Hello. My name is Dan Bevarly. I live at 206 Pleasant View Avenue. My zip code is 40206. I’d like to speak to the Downtown Action plan that is being presented here this evening…” At 145 characters and still w/o my statement, you can be sure this is not a “tweet” on Twitter. It’s notRead… Read more »
Excerpt for govloop… To get the blog rolling, I think it would be best to level set what “The Rise of the Third Estate” really means. I will assume most interested readers will have a background in Social Media and what can be termed as Web 2.0 / Web 3.0, etc. It is my hopeRead… Read more »
from http://treadaway.typepad.com/notice/2009/02/beginners-guide-to-government-20.html I have talked before on a few occasions about how I think Government 2.0 will be a defining theme in our business over the next few years. It’s an inevitable change because the 2nd wave of the Web (notably social media, true collaboration, societal acceptance of user generated content, etc.) has taken hold.Read… Read more »
Librarians have been using this “new” media for 15 years. No surprise when they were the last bastion of relevant information during a recent constitutional rights dustup in America. Library listservs are like a Twitter email stream. And they do get going at an incredible pace with statewide and national networks. Information exchange on aRead… Read more »
I thought it would be interesting to point out how the global community faces very similar challenges to those in the United States. I have been working with the Municipality of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates for over 2 years as they deployed an automated system to manage Building and Construction projects. While we facedRead… Read more »
President Obama has called for government to become more transparent, participatory, and collaborative. The National Academy’s Collaboration Project has issued a paper highlighting three priorities that the new President must focus on to make this vision a reality. The paper, Enabling Collaboration: Three Priorities for the New Administration, encourages the President to: Create an openRead… Read more »
A few people have asked me why should they care about a person eating soup or someone buying new shoes on Twitter or Facebook status updates? Good questions! I had searched my mind for good answers. Then I read a New York Times Magazine article a few months ago about Twitter and Facebook updates inRead… Read more »
In the UK a Power of Information Taskforce has been looking at the use of web 2.0 technologies for public service purposes. I am providing part of the secretariat to the Taskforce. Yesterday we published a detailed report, in a form which encourages others to comment, and a set of recommendations. The report is availableRead… Read more »
I write a personal blog with the goal of advancing Government 2.0 ideals and adoption. A post this week, “Nickname? Lose It,” generated a lot of discussion. You can read and comment on it here. The GovLoop audience is much broader than the folks my blog reaches on its own. And if you haven’t checkedRead… Read more »