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Have you seen the latest issue of the U.S. General Service Administration’s Intergovernmental Solutions newsletter? It’s chock full of great articles aimed at improving communication between public servants and citizens. I have embedded it below for you to view or download. Do you have any thoughts about the articles? Keep Reading ->

A few months ago, I was conducting some research on international mobile phone trends and came across the Open Gardens Blog. Open Gardens is maintained by Ajit Jaokar, the founder of the London-based publishing and research company futuretext which focuses on emerging Web and mobile technologies. I reached out to Ajit and we started discussing the possibility of building a virtual bridge across the Atlantic to share insights and ideas. As a consultant to the European Internet Foundation, he indicated that members were interested in hearing varied perspectives and recommended that we create a “blogger carnival.” Keep Reading ->

4,423 tweets (150+ pages of data) from 629 contributors at 35 conference sessions, 8 volunteers and 5 days…proposed and produced on GovLoop in partnership with the 1105 Group. Those are the core elements of the story behind the ebook below. Rather than say much more about it (you can learn about the process here and here), I invite you to read through this compilation of 140-character tweets that capture the essence of the Open Government and Innovations Conference. Enjoy! Keep Reading ->

Last Sunday and Monday, I presented two workshops at the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) 2009 Annual Conference – one entitled “Everything You Wanted to Know About Web 2.0″ and the other called “Generation Shift: The Emerging Federal Workforce.” Below are the slides from those sessions. Thank you to all who attended! Keep Reading ->