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Searching for My Inner Craig
Topic One at the big Government 2.0 Summit here in Washington last week was "What is Gov 2.0, and how do we get there?" This isn't a new question. Twenty-seven months after HHS launched the first...
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Serving the Public Better, Together
Bev Godwin, Director, USA.gov and Web Best Practices at U.S. General Services Administration, gave a warm shout out and outlined the incredible accomplishments of the government web manager community...
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When You Wish Upon The Cloud
Government cloud computing is being touted as the next new thing. Promises of cheaper costs and a reduced carbon footprint, along with consumer experience with the ease of free e-mail and document...
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Hey dot-gov! Don't Believe Your Hype
Success! Popularity! Fans! Page views! I win! Seems everybody wants to be Internet-important. Not to bust anybody's bubble, but government success and engagement numbers benefit from some...
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On the Side: Sidewiki and SideKick
First, a side of Google. A few weeks back, Google introduced a new feature on it's Toolbar letting people comment on any web page. Called Sidewiki, people with Google accounts can comment on the entire...
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Talk Talk vs. Do Do
Just what we need to move the policy discussion forward, another conference?Back in March, Mark Drapeau from National Defense University wrote about the mid-life crisis of gov 2.0.Government 2.0 has...
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Shorts: Twitter Grows, Report Cards, Drupal and Memos
Twitter grows. Pew released some data last week about growth in Twitter use--from 11% of Internet users to 19% in just six-months. Other findings? Three groups of internet users are mainly responsible...
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Yellow Brick Roadmap: Five Examples of Getting Gov 2.0 Done
Since my post talking about the frustration in talking about making government more transparent, participatory, and collaborative, I had an epiphany. We are all Dorothy Gale.Dorothy, from the Wizard of...
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Ripe for Change: Compliance and Hiring
Government 2.0 is more than social software. It's also updating processes that are barriers to a nimble, effective, collaborative government. Processes like hiring and compliance.A hearing last week...
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YouTube Captioning Makes Video More Accessible for All
Dear Google/YouTube,We want it. We want it NOW!xoxo,Your Dot-gov BuddiesA big barrier to making video content available to people who can't hear is creating captions for the audio--like the closed...
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Thanks
Yesterday I posted a bit of frustration to my social networks. In about 10 or 15 minutes, I received support and encouragement from all over the place. From colleagues and friends in dot-gov, from...
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3 Reasons To Get With The Program Already
First, the change has already happened. It's done.What has changed is the way people communicate and interact--with each other, with companies, with government. We don't yet know what that means. We...
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Facebook: What's The Point?
It's time for end of year rankings. This week the top fifty brands on Facebook were identified....a ranking of the brands that are currently making the best use of Facebook. Various metrics—including...
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Open Government Needs Data (not just provide it)
Last week was a "Big One" in dot-gov. The much anticipated Open Government Directive was announced. Peter Orszag, the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, summed it up.The...
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21st Century Snow Removal
Snaps to the Mayor and to the terrific folks at D.C. Public Works. After 20 inches of snow fell for 26 hours through Saturday night, the street in front of my house--a side street no less--was plowed...
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Round Up for 2009
Here are some of articles, papers, and videos that shaped my thinking this year.Putting Government Data Online Tim Berners-Lee most excellent article challenging us to take the risk and be open before...
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7 Social Media Takeaways for Dot-gov
As we traverse to a new decade, here are seven takeaways to help small, medium and large agencies use social media to be more transparent, participatory and collaborative. Take what you can...
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Three Privacy Tales
A very smart, millennial new media colleague was talking online privacy over a beer. He said that he didn't really have an expectation of privacy and that he trusted Google to do right.Last month,...
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A Few Things on the New Paperwork Reduction Act Guidance
Lot's of big news in "open government" today. Most federal Cabinet department and agencies published their open government plans, making good on the requirements of December's Open Government...
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2 Wrong & 1 Right Response to "What Are You Afraid Of?"
New things make people nervous. They just do. New things don't have track records. They are hard to predict. We don't know what to expect.New things are also very exciting. They can be rejuvenating,...
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