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It’s Your Job to Edit GCPEDIA: Add It to Your PLA
I consider editing (and administrating) GCPEDIA a part of my job, and I always have. If you read the wording of your job description, there’s probably some significant wiggle room for creative interpretation, provided that your primary product or goal continues to be produced or achieved on time. For example, do your duties specify that [...]
GCPEDIA Peer Helpers – “Official” Rollout
Back in September of last year, sometime after I was already entirely swept up by obsessive compulsive wikignoming—grafting and pruning the site in a way I hoped would make it prosper—it occurred to me that a similar role should exist to help users grow and prosper. I created the Peer helper category on GCPEDIA, made [...]
On Parental Leave
When my wife became pregnant with our third child, I’d just ‘officially’ graduated with my Master’s degree and was working on casual contract for the Government of Canada. A few months later, I became a permanent (‘indeterminate’) and among the benefits I was eligible to receive was Parental Leave Without Pay. Admittedly, this sounds like [...]
Should the Canadian Government Pull the Plug on WebEx?
Last month I attended the O’Reilly Gov 2.0 Conference from the comfort of my desk. It brought together attendees from around the world using WebEx, a web conferencing technology that includes audio and video conferencing, desktop sharing, and other valuable communication and collaboration features. Later this week, I’ll be attending a meeting with colleagues in [...]
Open Formats and Open Source for Better Government
The Government of Canada is currently reliant on proprietary file formats and proprietary software applications, which lock it into a licensing bind with a single software manufacturer — Microsoft. There is not only a question of cost — as we pay a monopoly corporation for per-seat licenses to run software that already dominates the market [...]
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