Archive for November 4th, 2008
Hear the Navy CIO talk about the Navy’s Web 2.0 policy
Last week, I told you that the Navy has issued the government’s first Web 2.0 policy. Today on Federal News Radio’s Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris, we spoke to Robert Carey, the chief information officer for the Department of the Navy, about the policy.
Some highlights:
Carey says he doesn’t feel this is going to constrain anyone and is trying to keep the guidelines fairly broad, while providing examples of how the technology could be used.
Carey says the memo is just the beginning. He says he envisions guidelines that evolve with the technology, which will ultimately create what he calls Web 3.0.
Read the full story here. You can also hear both parts of our interview. Hear part one here. [MP3] Hear part two here. [MP3]
You can also read the five page document for yourself here [PDF] and find it on the Navy’s CIO site here [link to a PDF].
UPDATE: You can also find the policy after the break.
Election night — what to watch
So it is in your hands now. All of the reporting has been done. You decide.
And then, we’ll all sit back and watch tonight.
And it doesn’t make much sense for me to post about anything else because, as we media type say, the election is sucking the oxygen out of the room — there simply is no other story. It is the story.
What should you be watching for when you tune in tonight?
The best recap I have seen about what to watch for — hour-by-hour — was put together by CBS News senior political correspondent Jeff Greenfield for CBS’s Sunday Morning program. He deliniates out what you’ll know — and when you’ll know it — when the polls close, state by state. And we’ll be able to tell fairly quickly whether it is going to be a early evening… or a long night.
Newsweek also has a story about what to watch for tonight.
There are also urban legends. For example, the Washington Redskins lost last night. I’m sure you’ve heard that the final Redskins game before the election has been a predictor of the presidential election results, right? Well… actually — wrong. Snopes.com found that just isn’t true.
One other site I’ll point to: TechPresident.com has a wonderful map where you can track the vote. The map has separate layers for Presidential, House and Senate races, showing results down to the county level. The map updates in real time as the AP posts votes, and shows data at the county level if you zoom in, or at the state level if you’re zoomed out. For the presidential race, it also be keeping track of the electoral count as states are called for one candidate or the other.
Stay tuned.
The run of the geeks — their term, not mine
This weekend was the inaugural Run! Geek! Run! 8K road race along the Potomac River here in DC. More than 600 runners participated and proceeds benefited the Equal Footing Foundation, a nonprofit focused on youth development and education.
For those keeping score…
IBM’s Anne Altman was one of the runners. Congratulations to her… and the other 600.
The event was organized by Welz & Weisel Communications.
Get more details… more photos… after the break.
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