Weekly Round-up: August 17, 2012

Submitted by on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 10:44

Despite this annually-repeated Slate  magazine article, I love August.  In Washington, DC.  Where British officers and diplomats used to receive benefits and pay for Tropical Duty.

And this August, I have an extra reason to like this time--the panel picker for SXSW is open and I have an entry.  I've also seen some other great Gov 2.0 submissions which deserve your attention:

Review of "Guarding the Social Gates," by the Altimeter Group

Submitted by on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 10:35

A virus that lives in only one kind of medium will not be terrifically successful.

The most dangerous--and thus successful--viruses can live in their host, where they replicate their own code, but also in media like air, water, and even other hosts in which they cannot replicate, but can hitch a ride from one ideal medium to the next.  That is true for viruses based on RNA, as well as those based on ones and zeros.

 

Go (South by South)West, Gov 2.0!

Submitted by on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 10:23

As in prior years,South by Southwest (SXSW, or just SX for initiates) is crowdsourcing their panel selection, and as in prior years, there is a host of Gov 2.0-related offerings.  Of the 3,123 proposals this year, 82 have been tagged as "Government or Citizen Engagement."  Those tagged include presentations on law, coding, public participation, open government/innovation, and news from the nexus of politics, technology, and social media.

OMB Guidance: What Is a Program?

Submitted by on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 10:20

Earlier this Spring, Senator Tom Coburn grilled an OMB witness at a hearing about why OMB had not yet implemented a provision in the GPRA Modernization Act requiring the creation of a government-wide inventory of all existing programs.  He pointed to a list developed by the Department of Education and wondered why this was not done by every agency in government.

OMB Guidance: Prepare to SOAR

Submitted by on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 10:17

Agencies will have to put this new approach in place over the next two years.

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