Armageddon is upon us, and it isn’t even 2012 yet. Based upon his observations from the tweet stream and the blogosphere coming out of the Gov 2.0 Camp LA, Andrea DiMaio has posted on his Gartner blog that he feels we are at the peak of the hype for Gov 2.0 and that things will [...]
I had the good fortune to attend and present at the Gov 2.0 Camp in LA this last weekend put on by Alan Silberberg (@You2Gov) and Lovisa WIlliams (@Lovisatalk). Kudos to both Alan and Lovisa for the great event that they put together. It was an impressive gathering of people and ideas – both in [...]
Like every other amateur prognosticator, I wish I had a crystal ball to tell what is coming tomorrow. But I don’t. The nearest I can give are the nine trends that I expect to see when it comes to government and technology that may give indications about the future. Those trends include:
Shared Services Becomes More [...]
Yesterday, President Obama was the first president in history to send a tweet, sent via the @RedCross account during a visit to the Red Cross’s Washington DC headquarters. There were tweets from the @BarackObama account during the campaign, but these were from campaign staffers. This was the first time the President, our most technologically advanced [...]
Let’s be honest – technology is changing fast. I think tying your agency to a particular social media technology or platform, whether it be Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, or another technology is a mistake. The technology platforms that are here today may significantly change or not be here at all tomorrow. Instead, agencies should focus on [...]
Today’s Wall Street Journal carried a good article about the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies by the Federal government titled Federal Government Mulls Web 2.0. It was, for the most part, a positive article about the Federal government’s efforts to implement social media technologies. In the article, Aneesh Chopra the new Federal CTO, does a [...]
It is fun to watch the conversation around Web 2.0 in government right now. Thousands of voices inside and outside of government are talking about government agencies and employees twittering, writing blogs, putting videos up on You Tube, making agency walls in Facebook, etc. GSA has gone so far as to start its own You [...]
It seems like every agency – whether Federal, state, provincial, or local is putting up some sort of blog. Blogs are a great way to communicate and keep the public informed, right? Well, when it comes to government blogs not exactly.
I keep an eye on USAJobs just to see what positions the Federal government is trying to fill. Lately, there have been a lot of postings for Chief, New Media, New Media Specialist, and similar positions. Most of these positions are in agency communications or public relations groups and are responsible for aspects of the [...]
One of the most common questions I receive when it comes to content is how do I know if my content is relevant? In their book Creating Breakthrough Products by Jonathan Cagan and Craig M. Vogel, the authors write that what makes a great experience for a user is a combination of three elements – [...]