While I don’t normally like to touch too strongly on politics in any article or blog I write, I saw something today on the GovLoop site (posted by Andrew Krzmarzick) that is so potentially life-changing, you need to see it. This very short video presents a thought-provoking and powerful message about how government is and [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Lose the Politician
December 30th, 2008 
Pam Broviak 
Posted in Gov 2.0, Government in the Metaverse 
Tags: General Government, governing, politicians 
Comments OffWho’s Leading the Charge to Web 2.0?
December 26th, 2008 Pam Broviak Today I read a recently released white paper, Government 2.0: Building Communities with Web 2.0 and Social Networking. Overall, I thought the paper did a good job summarizing much of the ongoing, online discussions and research on this topic. However, I sensed an underlying attitude that concerned me as a government employee. This unspoken, read-between-the-lines [...]
Posted in Gov 2.0, Government in the Metaverse, Public Works in Second Life, Public Works in the Metaverse, Social Media Tags: Bill Greeves, Government 2.0, MuniGov 2.0, Web 2.0 Comments OffCivil Engineering in the Virtual World
December 20th, 2008 Pam Broviak For the past two years, I have been exploring Second Life as a potential tool for civil engineers, public works professionals, and local government. Now, thanks to Silverwing Benoir, a friend of mine from Second Life, I will have the opportunity to present what I have discovered, try to offer some insight into future applications, [...]
Posted in Civil Engineering, Government in the Metaverse, Public Works, Public Works in Second Life, Public Works in the Metaverse Tags: civil engeering, Public Works, second life, virtual worlds Comments OffLow Hanging Fruit for Your Stimulus Basket
December 14th, 2008 Pam Broviak Ever since our city first became aware of the possibility of a federal stimulus package focusing on public works, we have been busy as bees finding “shovel-ready” projects to submit for funding. Because I realize efforts like ours are now going on all over the U.S., I thought it might be helpful to post some [...]
Posted in Construction, Energy, Public Works Tags: leak detection, reflectivity, street signs, water meters Comments OffInviting Utilities to the Public Works Feast
December 10th, 2008 Pam Broviak Yesterday, while our water crews were repairing a major water main break in our city, I spent some time talking with a guy from our local gas company. He had been sent to the site to watch out for the gas main that was located in the same trench. Our conversation made me realize that [...]
Posted in Construction, Energy, Public Works Tags: Obama, Public Works, stimulus package, utilities Comments OffVisualizing the ADA in 3-D
December 7th, 2008 Pam Broviak Tired of trying to get a curb ramp built that meets the ADA? Instead of photos of your kids are you carrying around pictures of a compliant curb ramp to show the contractor? Join the club – ever since the curb ramp section of the ADA was finalized, sidewalk design and construction have never been [...]
Posted in Civil Engineering, Government in the Metaverse, Public Works, Public Works in Second Life, Public Works in the Metaverse Tags: ADA, curb ramps, second life, sidewalk Comments Off
