Posts Tagged ‘government’

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October 14, 2008 - 10:37 am PDT - by Mark Drapeau

This is part of an ongoing series about government 2.0 written by Dr. Mark Drapeau. To view previous posts in the series click here.

In his Gettysburg Address, President Lincoln mentioned that government is “of the people, by the people, [and] for the people,” but interestingly among [...]

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Second Life’s virtual world is providing real-world recruiting help to Ontario Public Service.
10/8/2008 5:00:00 AM By: Brian Jackson
A firefighter turns his hose towards the sparse collection of tall pine trees surrounding the building and aims its stream of water into the flames that are exploding outwards from the branches and foliage.
Protected by a heavy, [...]

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21 July, 2007
According to PHYSORG.com, “[...] police in Canada are turning to an unusual candidate pool for crime fighters: the virtual world of Second Life.
“Policing has to reflect society, and as technology becomes more pervasive in society, we have to make sure that officers we hire are familiar with the technology,” said Inspector [...]

Via Virtual Worlds News
September 2, 2008
New World Notes has been following the use of a Second Life-based simulation for training Canadian border guards designed by Loyalist College’s Virtual World Design Centre. It’s saving money and having real-world impacts on the interview section of the students’ final test. “2007 - Without using Second Life, student interview skills average [...]

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October 6, 2008 - 10:02 am PDT - by Mark Drapeau

This is part of an ongoing series about government 2.0 written by Dr. Mark Drapeau. To view previous posts in the series click here.
Abraham Lincoln once said, “With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.” These words are no less true today, over [...]

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by JOHN MARKOFF
Published: October 1, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO — A group of Canadian human-rights activists and computer security researchers has discovered a huge surveillance system in China that monitors and archives certain Internet text conversations that include politically charged words.

The system tracks text messages sent by customers of Tom-Skype, a joint venture between a Chinese [...]

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By Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service\New York Bureau, IDG
Published: October 1, 2008

A New York-based startup called ZocDoc that provides people with a way to schedule health-care appointments online got some backing from two industry heavy-hitters Wednesday Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezosand Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff.
ZocDoc did not disclose the exact amount it is receiving from Bezos and Benioff, [...]

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October 1, 2008 - 9:06 am PDT - by Mark Drapeau 
This is part of an ongoing series about government 2.0 written by Dr. Mark Drapeau. To view previous posts in the series click here.
Recently I had the chance to attend an event called “Government 2.0 and Beyond… Harnessing Collective Intelligence,” which was hosted by [...]

The following is a list of Government of Canada groups that exist on Facebook.  For the most part, these groups appear to have been created for social purposes; employee groups, etc.  This is not a complete list.  The groups below have been reached with the official Department or Agency name being used as search terms. [...]

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September 29, 2008 - 4:52 am PDT - by Stan Schroeder

If you’re a Facebook user and are at the same time interested in doing whatever you can to help your country, you may have seen an odd advertising campaign there from Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service.
The Facebook ads bear text [...]