Modernizing government, egov, and government 2.0

February 19, 2012

Social Media Quick Tip: Set a Custom URL on LinkedIn

by Lauri Stevens with 14 views

It’s always a good idea to set your own uniform resource locator (URL), aka Web address, on every platform that allows it. We’ve already covered how to do that on Facebook here. Because more and more police officers are joining LinkedIn these days,... [read more]

February 18, 2012

Public Sector Jobs: Finding a Path to Sustainability

by Nicholas Charney with 18 views

Photo by Jerry Pank via Flickr

Cutting public sector jobs may decrease overall expenditures, but it doesn't amount to the fundamental change we've been talking about, nor does it put us on a path to sustainability. At least that is what the recently released Drummond Report... [read more]

February 14, 2012

The 5 Conditions of A Woman's Freedom (In Memory of Soraya M.)

by Dannielle Blumenthal, Ph.D.
with 20 views

Odd. I haven't written a directly feminist post in a while but yesterday I did. Just 12 hours later we sat down to watch The Stoning of Soraya M. None of us could sleep afterward. Cover of The Stoning of Soraya M. [Blu-ray], now also available on Netflix. If you haven't seen the movie it... [read more]

Living on the Edge in Social Media - Two Case Studies of Australian Social Media Issues

February 13, 2012 by Craig Thomler
with 18 views

Photo by Andy Clarke via Flickr

Back in November 2010 I attended a Garner conference to speak about Gov 2.0. I was also able to attend a workshop about social media use in the banking industry. At the time I estimated that the banking industry was 2-3 years behind government in... [read more]

Kim Jong Un: Is he Dead or Undead?

February 12, 2012 by Bill Schmalfeldt
with 35 views

Many horrors! China microblog translate poorly English into. Say Beloved Successor of Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Kim Jong Un dead from dying after assassin kill. No verification. Checking. OK, let’s not get all “Debbie Spenditnow” here…... [read more]

Which Areas Will Lose Out in Voter Registration Data-Matching?

February 11, 2012 by Richard Parsons
with 7 views

Last November I highlighted a report from the Commons political and constitutional reform committee which contained some pretty negative views about the use of 'data matching' to improve the electoral register. "The evidence we have received...... [read more]

It's Amazing We Get Anything Done At All

February 9, 2012 by Dannielle Blumenthal, Ph.D.
with 9 views

Photo by Sean McEntee via Flickr

Been reading Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do And Why They Do It by James Q. Wilson. Aside from realizing that Gov 2.0 isn't all that new - they called it "Reinventing Government" back in the Clinton era - I am starting to realize that... [read more]

Evaluating Citizen Participation

February 8, 2012 by Mick Phythian
with 26 views

Photo by Garry Knight via Flickr

One of the major difficulties accepted in the discussions around citizen participation was how do we measure it. This was presented more recently in the post ‘Participating in a Democracy’. Whilst being fully referenced and including her a new... [read more]

Back to the Basics: Taking Care of Folks

February 6, 2012 by Dennis Smith
with 100 views

Photo by Robert Thivierge via Flickr

First and foremost, this is a mindset that embodies the truth of caring for all people and putting them first. This belief set crosses every strata of our community life, whether private or public. All people are customers in a way,... [read more]

As CNN and Fox News Fail to Put #Syria on TV, Twitter and the Internet Spread the News

February 5, 2012 by Alexander Howard
with 21 views

Image by Jan Sefti via Flickr

I’m seeing upset from and others on Twitter about a disconnect between what’s on CNN now and the violence that many outlets are reporting in Syria. It feels like 2009 the #IranElection all over again, when the world finally awoke to how the real-time Web was disrupting mainstream media by driving conversations and coverage of an... [read more]

How Should Government Agencies Moderate Their Online Channels?

February 4, 2012 by Craig Thomler
with 19 views

While government agencies often have limited options in the approaches they choose to use for moderating third-party social media channels, there's a number of ways they can choose to moderate channels under their control, including blogs, forums and wikis. There's limited official guidance, and no real mandates or instructions for... [read more]

It's Tough To Write A Good Social Media Policy. Here's Why.

February 3, 2012 by Dannielle Blumenthal, Ph.D.
with 42 views

In the community where I grew up, at the time when I grew up, there was no Internet. If you were bored on the weekend you went outside to ride bikes. You listened to bad music (I mean late '70s...we are talking really bad. Serious.) You went to the mall and basically did nothing. You watched TV on those big old floor... [read more]

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