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Congress may be moving forward on the public safety broadband network, but some Governors say that there isn’t enough involvement from state officials – the primary users of the proposed network. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) and Wyoming Gov. Matthew Mead (R), co-chairmen of the homeland security committee of the National Governors... [read more]
An announcement earlier this month that the federal government will not establish a national health benefits standard to go along with requirements in the new health care reform law is already impacting some state insurance exchanges. Oregon exchange director Howard “Rocky” King, called the decision “a grenade.” The Obama administration... [read more]
On Wednesday, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development called on its members to defend Internet freedoms. “It’s really a milestone in terms of making a statement about openness,” said Karen Kornbluh, the U.S. ambassador to the O.E.C.D., quoted by Eric Pfanner in the New York Times. “You can’t really get the innovation... [read more]
Given our propensity for micromanagement I suspect many will look at the idea of micro-tasking with come skepticism, but I think the idea is worth exploring (as do others). A primer For the uninitiated, micro-tasking is simply the breaking-down of more complex tasks into smaller, more manageable chunks. The most widely talked about... [read more]
Policy Informatics Book Chapter: Knowledge Incubation in the Public Sector – Ines Mergel. I am participating in book project that is featured over on the “Policy Informatics” blog. Here is the abstract for my chapter to be published in 2012: The use of social media applications has become acceptable practice and is adopted by many... [read more]
Last week we were talking about air travel etiquette. As we saw, there is a time and a place for using your cell phone. With smart phones, we find it easy to be connected all the time, but are there instances when we simply need to be disconnected? When is it necessary to silence or turn off your phone completely?... [read more]
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for us, but I’ve been paying attention to the Occupy protests that have been going on in Manhattan, London and elsewhere. There are two interesting blog posts on the topic today, one from Paul Mason at the BBC, and the other from Anthony Painter at LabourList. On the face of it, they look opposed... [read more]
Make no mistake our culture is one largely defined by trump cards and gatekeepers. You undoubtedly have run into one or the other, or perhaps more rightly, the latter deploying the former as some sort of delay tactic, tripping you up on whatever you are working on. For the uninitiated, the term trump card can refer to any sort of... [read more]
A new report written by the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), the Partnership for Public Service (PPS) and the IBM Center for The Business of Government, “Partnership Fund for Program Integrity Innovation: Expanding Ways to Provide Cost-Effective Services," discusses the goals and progress of the Partnership Fund... [read more]
Via my in-house French politics work, I’ve been taking a look at the “Citizen Primaries” website that’s been put up by the French socialist party. French presidential elections are due next year, and the Parti Socialiste (not the other parties) are holding an open primary to choose between the six candidates. The glossy website (... [read more]
This fact sheet from UNISON is superb. We need to demolish the lies put out by the Daily Hates and the Tax Evaders Alliance about pensions."MYTH - People are living longer which means they're claiming their pensions for longer - this needs to be addressed. The schemes were revised to take account of this three years ago -... [read more]
The government today announced that it was scrapping the implementation of the Co-ordinated Online Record of Electors. CORE would have standardised local electoral registers to make them fully interoperable, with a new set of data standards covering the storage of the voter's key details. It had been a long-running saga, with £... [read more]
Social Media offers good opportunities for your department to get information out to the public and tell it’s own story without the help of the media. But sometimes the story could use a bit more audience reach in a short period of time to achieve your goal. This means getting your story to the press. Here are some tips for getting the... [read more]
According to a new Brookings study, there is a transit paradox in our country: 70% of citizens in large metropolitan centers can access public transportation but can only get to 30% of the jobs in their area. Based on first-of-its-kind research utilizing data from the nation’s 100 largest metro areas, Brookings has been able to show... [read more]
For over a year, intrapreneurs within the federal government have been working hard to increase the capacity of public servants to produce citizen-focused websites and applications. The self-organized group of specialists has completed a number of projects as part of the Web Standards Update. Simona & I have the auspicious role of... [read more]
Dean Halstead is a Lead Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton and serves on the Advisory Board for the SmartBrief on Social Media. More »
John Kamensky is a Senior Fellow with the IBM Center for The Business of Government. More »
Steve Radick is a Lead Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton and serves on the Advisory Board for the SmartBrief on Social Media. More »
Maybe they'll get it right this year, they can't afford to fail again, the competition is too tight on the electric car market. Sure there's still room for breakthroughs, I read some interesting articles about it on www.partsgeek.com, we should expect some interesting electric car technologies in ...
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