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Posts tagged ‘intranet’

2
Feb

DoD Wikis and Scientific Collaboration

The DoDLive blog, an official Department of Defense blog, writes about how the Defense Department has used wikis to increase scientific collaboration.

9
Jan

Saving Money with an Internal Blog

To follow up on yesterday’s post on using internal blogs, Government Technology talks about how Oakland County uses an internal blog to save money:

Phil Bertolini, CIO of Oakland County, Mich., established a Cost-Reduction/Investment blog in summer 2009 on which employees, regardless of rank, could propose cost-cutting ideas. Suggestions from the blog have slashed $600,000 from the county’s annual IT budget so far.

8
Jan

How to Use an Internal Blog

In this video on Government Technology, Seattle CIO Bill Schrier talks about how he helps his organization with an internal blog.  On the blog, he can communicate with his employees, explain technology changes to other department heads, and recognize high-performing employees.

2
Jan

Intranet Efficiency Initiative

Los Angeles County implements an intranet efficiency initiative, to include idea generation from employees, better communication, and cost savings tracking.

24
Nov

Harvard Business Review on Twitter

The Harvard Business Review has two great articles on using Twitter in business (very relevant to government): on getting your CEO to use Twitter and using current technology instead of looking for new trends in social media (like your website, intranet, blogs, Facebook, and Twitter).