On Tuesday morning, I am attending 1105 Government Information Group’s Open Government conference. I don’t know if the event ended up being profitable, but… they have put together a very good line-up. (NOTE: 1105 asked…
There are some remarkable parts of the ongoing controversy about the Recovery.gov contract award — and most of them aren’t what most people have been focusing on. It seems to me there is a much…
The devil is in the details and using Web 2.0 technologies for government might be a bit more difficult than some realize. Dr. Alexander Schellong is the senior consultant with CSC and a former research…
We’ve been following the controversy around the $9.5 million contract to redesign the Recovery.gov Web site that was awarded to Smartronix. (The chairman of the Recovery Board spoke to Federal News Radio 1500 AM on…
We’ve been reporting on the Recovery Board’s $9.5 million award last week to Smartronics for the redesign of Recovery.gov, the Obama administration’s Web site that seeks to provide transparency — and therefore accountability — for…
Paul Gillin Consultant, speaker, blogger Paul Gillin Communications July 13th, 2009
The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board late Friday posted a response to all the questions about its $9.5 million award for the redesign of Recovery.gov. The big question: * Isn’t $9.5 million a lot of…
The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board late Friday posted a response to all the questions about its $9.5 million award for the redesign of Recovery.gov. The big question: * Isn’t $9.5 million a lot of…
Former winners of the Nobel Peace Prize include the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela and Woodrow Wilson. Now, one man is suggesting that Twitter should be the next peace prize winner. Mark Pfeifle is the former…
It has been all of about one day since the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board — yes, the RAT Board — and Smartronix, the company that was just awarded a $9.5 million deal to (re)build…
Let me start out by noting that this is a discussion going on in Britain, but there are many organizations — including parts of the media — that I think would just like this whole…
I’ve been working throughout the day to catch up on what I missed over the past week while I was away with some time off. (I often post while I’m away. It is somewhat surprising…
Some big changes have happened recently in the world of new media at the Pentagon. Social media sites are available again to members of the military; blogging is being encouraged; and the official presence of…
By now you know about the work the federal government is putting into social networking. Will Facebook, Twitter, You Tube and other sites work for your agency? Are they worth it? What’s the risk? We…
There is a different side of social network other than your facebook and twitter. They are enterprise social networking. Neighborhood America is a provider of these enterprise social software solutions to businesses and government agencies.…