Weekly Round-up: August 03, 2012

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  • Not a Beatles Song: 16 years an hour. Government Computer News reports that Eric Hackathorn, the program manager of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fragile Earth Studios wants us all to play more video games, and he thinks that if we spend more time gaming (noting that World of Warcraft has eaten up 16 million years of time), we could solve global problems.

Government Reform: An International Snapshot of Progress on Performance Management (Part 1)

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nations – with implications for the more developed countries.

The World Bank held a series of forums and invited presenters from Europe (Ireland, Britain), Africa (Kenya, South Africa), South America (Columbia, Brazil), and Southeast Asia/Pacific (Malaysia, New Zealand). The presentations and following discussions were both inspiring and cautionary, and I’ve been mulling over the past couple of months over what it all means for the future of the movement.

Let a Thousand @s Bloom

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At the most recent Tech@State, I moderated a panel on Organizational Collaboration.  Befitting a State Department event, the panel was composed of members from three continents.  Jutta von Dinklage spoke about her experiences implementing a wiki for Cancer Council Australia.  

Weekly Round-up: July 27, 2012

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A Boyle's Law for Data? The Pew Internet and American Life Project has released a report titled "The Future of Big Data" that begins with the line "We swim in a sea of data … and the sea level is rising rapidly."  What pressure does all that data exert on us?  Or on Twitter?

Dan Chenok's Full Testimony

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Good afternoon, and thank you Chairman Goodlatte, Ranking Member Watt, and the entire Subcommittee for the opportunity to speak with you about cloud computing.  

Dan Chenok's House Committee Testimony: Innovation and Cloud Computing

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Overview of the Technology and the Issues facing American Innovators."

I am testifying today before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet.  I outline how Cloud computing can transform our society and government, save money, and increase efficiency and effectiveness.

Here are the top five benefits I will discuss at the hearing:

Recovering from the Recovery Act - Part 5

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 A new report looks back at states’ experiences in implementing the federal reporting requirements and offers insights for the potential of extending such requirements.

Since 2009, the public has been able to track the outlay of more than $275 billion in federal contracts, grants, and loans as a result of the unprecedented transparency and accountability provisions included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act), part of the federal economic stimulus program.

Review of "The Rise of Social Government" by the Fels Institute

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report on the use of social media in local government.

Weekly Round-up: July 20, 2012

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Ludwig Wittgentsein is Weeding Wilting Tuts.  Bill Gates thinks game-play will become more prevalent as a mode of teaching and learning.

Creating Culture Change That Sticks

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not an impediment.

Business writers Jon Katzenbach, Ilona Steffen, and Caroline Kronley wrote an insightful article in the July-August issue of Harvard Business Review summing up their observations of how leaders of large companies, such as 150-year-old Aetna Insurance, turned around a failing organization by reshaping the culture.  They say that too often leaders see culture initiatives as icing on the cake.  But it should be seen as “an accelerator and an energizer,” not a distraction.

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