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0We’re giving away one free ticket to next week’s Next Generation of Government Summit in Arlington, VA, hosted by GovLoop
We’re giving away one free ticket to next week’s Next Generation of Government Summit in Arlington, VA, hosted by GovLoop
GovLoop and Young Government Leaders will host the Next Generation of Government Summit to “tackle issues the next generation is facing in their daily government lives.” The 2-day conference will be held July 6-7 at the Westin Arlington Gateway in Arlington, Virginia
I’m all for public-private collaboration.
GSA’s Office of Citizen Services is one of my favorite ideas for a government agency and inter-agency service. The work it does is fantastic, and its leadership is exceptional.
I’m also a big fan of GovLoop and have a great relationship with founder Steve Ressler. Steve has been gracious enough to feature me as a ‘GovLoop Member of the Week,’ and I regularly try to post updates on what’s happening over there.
Having said that, I’m wary of GSA’s implied endorsement of GovLoop, notably on it’s Resources page (Figure A) and in its recent ‘Government by Collaboration’ newsletter (Figure B) that includes an article by GovLoop with the headline ‘GovLoop’s “Extraordinary Collection of Talent.”‘
In light of recent changes at Ning, the social network service that powers GovLoop, I asked founder Steve Ressler to comment on what impact this will have on the GovLoop community
GovLoop announced Adventures for the Cure has won the AwesomeGov Fund contest and will donate $1,789 to the charity, founded in 2005 by Adam Driscoll and Patrick Blair.
The donation will support Kupenda for the Children, a camp for disabled children in Kenya, and Extreme Weekend for Children with Diabetes, a camp for children with diabetes
GovLoop announced today it surpassed 20,000 members in October and added Andrew Krzmarzick as Director of Community Engagement. Krzmarzick will be responsible for “outreach, partnership, and engagement to help the community grow and bring even greater value to members.â€
Krzmarzick has played a key role in building GovLoop and has worked closely with GovLoop founder Steve Ressler on other projects. Prior to joining GovLoop, Krzmarzick was Senior Project Coordinator at the Graduate School, (formerly the Graduate School, United States Department of Agriculture).
It was a big week for Gov 2.0 Radio co-host Steve Ressler, as his social network, GovLoop, joined G2C communications provider GovDelivery and Steve left the feds to manage the community full time. As GovLoop nears 20,000 members, we discuss how real collaboration between local, state and federal govies is catalyzing reform. Hear about new developments and initiatives on the network that’s helping make Gov 2.0 a reality. Joining the discussion will be Scott Burns of GovDelivery; Meghan Harvey, co-producer of Gov 2.0 Radio and new media producer for WomenCount.org; and Gov 2.0 Radio co-host and GovTwit founder Steve Lunceford
GovLoop founder Steve Ressler answers the question ‘What does Gov 2.0 mean to you?’
Gov 2.0 Hero and GovLoop founder Steve Ressler.
What was your path to Gov 2.0?
I co-founded a group called Young Government Leaders, a professional organization that now consists of over 2,000 federal employees. I was responsible for launching our first website as well as our presence on sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, and MySpace. Based on my experience with YGL and these other social networks, I saw a true need for an online community devoted to the government sector where we could focus on sharing best practices and ideas to improve government. Thus GovLoop.com was born and it is often used as one of the case studies of Gov