http://www.faflrt.ala.org/president Official Blog for the Federal and Armed Forces Librarian Round Table Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:14:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A memo was sent out from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management announcing an interest in improving collaboration and information sharing between Federal, state, tribal and local government, as well as with private sectors. See the memo here: http://www.chcoc.gov/Transmittals/TransmittalDetails.aspx?TransmittalId=2585 http://www.faflrt.ala.org/president/?p=352 How social media give the Army an advantage: http://gcn.com/Articles/2009/10/27/Army-see-benefits-in-social-media-presence.aspx?s=gcndaily_281009&p=1 http://www.faflrt.ala.org/president/?p=350 Got some ideas on how to improve the Paperwork Reduction Act?  OMB wants to hear from you!  Call for comments. http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=35&sid=1795492 http://www.faflrt.ala.org/president/?p=348 When you open up your files for Peer to Peer Sharing, you may be exposing yourself more than you planned http://gcn.com/Articles/2009/10/05/Cybereye-P2P-file-sharing-dangers.aspx?s=gcndaily_081009&p=1 http://www.faflrt.ala.org/president/?p=344 A Defense draft memo obtained by NextGov states a ban on Facebook and Twitter will be reversed for troops and family members. Full story: http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090929_3750.php?oref=rss?zone=NGtoday http://www.faflrt.ala.org/president/?p=342 September 14, 2009 (REVISED September 22, 2009) FLICC Announces Annual Awards for Federal Librarianship The Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) has announced the winners of its national awards for federal librarianship, which recognize the many innovative ways that federal libraries, librarians and library technicians fulfill the information demands of government, ... http://www.faflrt.ala.org/president/?p=340 Here is an interesting article from the NextGov website: Students and Digital Diplomacy BY BRITTANY BALLENSTEDT | 9/23/09 | 11:57 A.M. ET The State Department has launched a new program that leverages the Internet and social media to conduct diplomatic missions. The program, called Virtual Student Foreign Service, is part of State's efforts ... http://www.faflrt.ala.org/president/?p=336 Virginia Sanchez was honored by the National Organization for Mexican American Rights (NOMAR) at their annual conference "for meritorious service and sustained peformance by a Hispanic American on  the Global War on Terrorism. The DoD and NOMAR committee presented the award to one civilian DoD employee and one uniformed sevice ... http://www.faflrt.ala.org/president/?p=328 Very clean steps from W3C to publish government data are shared in this draft document. http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-gov-data-20090908/ Step 1: Publish raw data in well structured formats (rdf, csv, xml) Step 2: Create a catalog with a description of what data is available Step 3: Ensure the data is human and machine readable Of course, the ... http://www.faflrt.ala.org/president/?p=321 Top 10 agencies with the most Facebook fans http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=3359697:207330 Kundra's great experiment: Government apps 'store front' opens for business http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=3359698:207330 Facebook launches government page http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=3359699:207330 10 social networking sites to keep you in the loop http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=3359700:207330 6 out-of-this-world government sites in Second Life http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=3350961:207330 http://www.faflrt.ala.org/president/?p=319