Peering down the Corridor: The New Social Network's Features and Their Uses

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Previously, I've written about State's new internal-only social media portal, Corridor, and some of the ways its administrators can measure its success.

Weekly Round-up: May 06, 2011

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This week, a lot of Social Media in Government stories came to my attention.  The first two are older, but they set the stage:

Weekly Roundup May 6, 2016

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GAO: FEMA needs framework to improve IT systems. The Federal Emergency Management Agency needs to develop a governing framework for the oversight and modernization of IT investments, and needs to address holes in its tech workforce, according to a Government Accountability Office report released May 5. Not doing so limits the agency's ability to adequately respond to major disaster, GAO said. New White House guidance charts future of shared services.

Starlings, Transparency, and Thad Allen

Submitted by on Tue, 12/26/2017 - 15:27

Complexity theory and complex adaptive systems are relatively new ventures in the field of public administration, but they are old hat in other academic disciplines such as physics and biology.

So what did I learn?

A quick start for the next administration

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Blog Co-Author:  Alan Howze, Fellow

When the transition is completed and the next President sworn in on January 20, 2017, the new administration will get to work. But what actions should be prioritized? How can the wheels of government be leveraged most effectively?  How can the new team avoid re-inventing the wheel?

President Obama Kicks Off Transition Planning with Executive Order

Submitted by on Tue, 12/26/2017 - 15:23

The release of President Obama’s Executive Order (EO) “Facilitation of a Presidential Transition” on May 6, 2016, comes six months before the election and 259 days until the next President is sworn into office. The EO marks the start of the efforts that the outgoing administration and agencies will undertake to support the transition of power. As the beneficiary, in 2008, of what has been described as the smoothest transition in history, President Obama’s EO signals his intent to pay it forward with his own administration’s preparations.

Managing the Social-Media Paradigm Shift: Ride the current, or be swept aside

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Everyone who’s ears have been assaulted with talk of “paradigm shifts” can thank Thomas Kuhn, author of “The She Structure of Scientific Revolutions.”  I’ve often wondered why that phrase beguiles so many consultants and technology cheerleaders, and it’s a shame that it has, because in the glare of that overexposure, we may have blinded ourselves to some true paradigm shifts.

Weekly Round-up: April 1, 2011

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Gadi Ben-Yehuda

 

Good Cybersecurity Requires Action From Many Players

Submitted by on Tue, 12/26/2017 - 14:57

Cybersecurity continues to be a major focus for Congress and the Administration, and a major investment area for government and industry (see prior blog summary).  Efforts to strengthen security are often based on a traditional cause and effect model – agencies do x, hoping for a result of y.

Creating "Virtual Agencies"

Submitted by on Tue, 12/26/2017 - 14:52

We had no idea what he was talking about when he was describing the Virtual Department of Mary Washington (one of his constituents when he was the senator from Tennessee).  But he was just ahead of his time (and clearly ahead of where the federal government was in the early 1990s).  Since then, several countries have tried to create virtual agencies, most notably Canada, Australia, and Belgium.

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