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Gallup poll suggests agency leaders should focus on branding

by Richard Hartman Nov 18 2009, 08:01 AM A recent Gallup survey of nearly 42,000 Americans conducted to examine public attitudes about the "overall customer experience" across all federal agencies found that Americans are generally not satisfied with the performance of government agencies, save for the military. Nearly half of Americans polled viewed federal ...

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Proposed rule aimed at contractor conflicts of interest

by Richard Hartman Nov 17 2009, 08:58 AM Last Friday, the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) proposed a new rule in the Federal Register to prevent personal conflicts of interest by contractors performing acquisition functions. For those who thought that only federal employees conduct federal ...

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NASA weighs in on 2012 apocalypse myths

by Richard Hartman Nov 14 2009, 11:51 AM NASA says not to worry: the world is not coming to an end on December 21, 2012. The National Aeronautical and Space Agency has embarked in an unusual, to say the least, campaign to dispel widespread rumors fueled by the Internet and a new Hollywood movie. Contrary to what you may read elsewhere on the Internet, a rogue planet named Nibiru ...

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Recovery.gov revamped with an unexpected helper: SharePoint

by Richard Hartman Oct 23 2009, 08:44 AM "And we expect you, the American people, to hold us accountable for the results. That is why we have created Recovery.gov, so every American can go online and see how their money is being spent." — President Obama, Feb. 17, 2009 By now almost everyone is aware of the "Obama Stimulus Plan," more formally known as the ...

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Ways To Make Government Data Sing

by Richard Hartman Oct 16 2009, 12:03 PM While many of us marvel at the beautiful and creative data designs and Google mashups that pepper sites like FlowingData, 10000words, Smashing Magazine and The Next Web, those of us seeking to reproduce such designs for our agencies are plagued by plenty of challenges. There's mastering the software needed to do these things, collecting the ...

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Jive Software: The next leader in the Gov 2.0 market?

by Richard Hartman Oct 14 2009, 09:48 AM When the founders of a small software shop started on their open source, basement project in 1999, they never dreamed their work would be responsible for catching terrorists. But fast forward seven years, and that's exactly what their product does.  In the aftermath of 9/11, when the intelligence community was being restructured to ...

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Columbus day: Another Federal Holiday?

by Richard Hartman Oct 12 2009, 08:19 AM On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set out on his first voyage to what came to be known as the New World. With three ships and a crew of ninety, Columbus hoped to find a western route to the Far East. Instead, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria landed in the Bahama Islands. While Columbus was not the first European ...

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Gov 2.0 Shakeup: GovLoop merges with GovDelivery

by Richard Hartman Sep 28 2009, 08:01 AM GovLoop, the social network for the government community, has joined forces with GovDelivery, provider of government-to-citizen communication solutions, the organizations announced today. Although GovDelivery might not be a household name, it actually reaches millions of inboxes every day. More than 300 government entities, including federal ...

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re: NBC lets the F-Bomb drop once again...will the FCC take action?

by Richard Hartman Sep 27 2009, 09:21 AM edtva21...You're right on target! We covered that issue in the reference story OhMyGov! reported  earlier this year on the "The Biggest Loser" which was  edited and on prime time.  Not sure about the time delay on SNL but there was no excuse for the prime time blooper on "The Biggest Loser."

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NBC lets the F-Bomb drop once again...will the FCC take action?

by Richard Hartman Sep 27 2009, 06:47 AM Last night on Saturday Night Live (SNL), NBC did the unspeakable again when new cast member Jenny Slate dropped the F-Bomb in her very first skit on SNL.    Earlier this year OhMyGov! reported that Tara of the green team dropped the F-Bomb loud and clear during the first few minutes of "The Biggest ...

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