The National Association of Government Webmasters (NAGW) is now accepting speaking proposals for the 2012 NAGW National Conference in Kansas City, MO, September 12-14. NAGW is seeking presenters who are willing to share knowledge and ideas and present on new technologies and trends. The deadline for submitting proposals online is March 16, 2012. The focusRead… Read more »
As we enter 2012, the pace of change in mobile technologies is on hyper-speed, while government is still moving at the pace of, well, government. Here are some thoughts on how government can catch up with what I call Mobile Development Life Cycle (“MDLC”) 1.0, when MDLC 2.0 is already in full swing: • PhaseRead… Read more »
Just a quick heads up for you public health folks on Twitter – our Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin, has joined the platform. You can find her as @SGRegina Did I mention that I am pretty excited about this and looking forward to seeing her updates? I wonder if she is actually behind the tweetsRead… Read more »
I came across an interesting post on headshift by Anne Bartlett-Bragg. 5 Ways to Disengage your Workforce. It struck me as being interesting post. Partly as I have long been a fan of the the antithesis lens. Have you ever noticed that HR types start getting all warm an fuzzy when the prospect of anRead… Read more »
It seems odd that consumer electronics companies would choose to showcase their wares after the biggest gift-giving holiday of the year, but here we are in early January and the Consumer Electronics Showhas again pitched its tent in Vegas. There’s a lot of coverage already–including this contrarian take inveighing against the show–and one journalist hasRead… Read more »
As a long-time teleworker myself, I have seen first-hand that teleworking, under the right circumstances, reaps significant benefits for both the employer and employee. The goal of the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 was to redefine the workplace expectations of federal employees, and make those benefits available to more eligible workers. One year later, weRead… Read more »
Today was the beta launch of MyFCC.gov Couple interesting items from their blog post announcing the release: that caught my interest The ability to customize an online experience is pretty unique for government: “MyFCC is a new tool designed to let you create a customized FCC online experience for quick access to the tools andRead… Read more »
December 19, 2011 Columbus, OH – Mission Essential Personnel, LLC (MEP) today announced a strategic partnership with HealthSpot, a revolutionary technology company that will improve access to high quality, affordable healthcare. HealthSpot’s Care4 Station is a kiosk that serves as a virtual doctor’s office. MEP will be the exclusive provider of the Care4 Station toRead… Read more »
Interesting report on state of .gov web from .gov taskforce Some interesting tidbits: 1/5 of domains are inactive 50% of agencies use 2-9 CMS systems 29% use more than 15 web hosting providers Lots of awesome details – full report below .gov Taskforce – State of-the-web View more documents from GovLoop
Three years ago, I used the #Gov20 hashtag for almost all the content I posted to Twitter. The community of government folks on Twitter was smaller and most of them were pushing the Government 2.0 movement forward, so the lion’s share of what we talked about centered on social media and the innovative use ofRead… Read more »