Good morning, Govloopers… here’s your daily government shutdown update… looks like it’s going to be touch and go. I think we will make it, though, and the government should operate until the end of Fiscal Year 2011. The next battles will be the Fiscal 2012 appropriations process, a vote to extend the budget debt ceiling,Read… Read more »
One problem for IT Directors is how to judge the success and failure of their IT deployments and how to calculate return on investment (ROI) for technology. Because government does things due to law, rule and regulation, it is required to undertake some tasks and this clouds the issue for how to gauge the valueRead… Read more »
Many blogs and news outlets recently expressed concern with the drastic $32 million cuts to the Electronic Government Fund in the proposed Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act (see Huffington Post, Cairns Blog, and Computer World, among others). As an open government advocate, I am also disappointed in the proposed cuts to the Electronic Government Fund andRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda We Need an Idea, and We Need It Now! The Collaboration Project is offering federal leaders a primer on “Tools for Online Idea Generation: A Comparison of Technology Platforms for Public Managers.” On a related note: New Yorkers Have No Shortage of Ideas. Alex Howard reports on how New York City is usingRead… Read more »
Originally published: http://collaborynth.com.au/blog/congress-cuts-datagov Once again someone is doing it wrong on the internet and I feel I need to point it out. In this case, the someone is the United States congress, which as part of its budgetary battle with the whitehouse has decided to reduce funding for a range of Gov2.0/Open Government initiatives fromRead… Read more »
Goal: Find a way to quit fighting with a roommate or loved one over whose turn it is to pay which bill and stop late fees from piling up. How to Get It Together in 5 easy steps: 1. Once paid, save all bills in the same place for 3 months. 2. Go through theRead… Read more »
Something new from my friends at Google. A weekly update. Well I won’t be draining my bank account at this rate to pay for my Adwords. Permalink | Leave a comment » Original post
There is a lot going on in the Federal government right now – as we’re sure you know – and most of it has to do with budgets. What will be cut? What will be saved? Which budgets will be trimmed? And will any budgets see increases? We keep an eye on news that involvesRead… Read more »
The Partnership for Public Service, the Public Employees Roundtable and GEICO are hosting “Public Servant Day” at the Washington Nationals on Sunday, May 1 during a 1:35 p.m. game against the 2010 World Series Champions, the San Francisco Giants. The event is part of Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW), an annual celebration of the menRead… Read more »
THE POLITICS OF TRANSPARENCY. The Hill. “The Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a report on Wednesday that details what he says are attempts by the Obama administration’s political appointees to thwart and delay the release of information.” 2012 SLOW TO DEVELOP. Politico. CAMPAIGN LEGAL FEES IN THE NEWS. Obama’s.Read… Read more »