Comments on: 3 points on why government isn’t ready for 2.0 yet http://arielwaldman.com/2009/08/14/3-points-on-why-government-isnt-ready-for-2-0-yet/ digital anthropologist Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:24:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paul Weaver http://arielwaldman.com/2009/08/14/3-points-on-why-government-isnt-ready-for-2-0-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-1005 Paul Weaver Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:35:24 +0000 http://arielwaldman.com/?p=59#comment-1005 @Ariel @Andrew Hoppin I can now see why the NASA CoLab project failed to really get off the ground and we lost you both from CoLab. As a Volunteer in NASA CoLab in Second Life (the virtual world part of the physical NASA CoLab based at Ames) from England I always felt that communication with the public from NASA was at the least strained. Now I begin to understand why this was so, it wasn't people didn't want to communicate its that the iron fist of the country known as 'the land of the free' was controlling them. Its a shame that the powers that be within NASA have not understood how to properly use Social Networking as there were so many people wishing to work with them. Much of the work that they offered would have been done free of charge as they also believe in NASA's aims. @Ariel @Andrew Hoppin I can now see why the NASA CoLab project failed to really get off the ground and we lost you both from CoLab. As a Volunteer in NASA CoLab in Second Life (the virtual world part of the physical NASA CoLab based at Ames) from England I always felt that communication with the public from NASA was at the least strained. Now I begin to understand why this was so, it wasn’t people didn’t want to communicate its that the iron fist of the country known as ‘the land of the free’ was controlling them. Its a shame that the powers that be within NASA have not understood how to properly use Social Networking as there were so many people wishing to work with them. Much of the work that they offered would have been done free of charge as they also believe in NASA’s aims.

]]> By: Lisa Ballard http://arielwaldman.com/2009/08/14/3-points-on-why-government-isnt-ready-for-2-0-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-962 Lisa Ballard Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:40:44 +0000 http://arielwaldman.com/?p=59#comment-962 This is an appalling invasion of privacy: "people being forced by their managers to unblock people who are harassing them from their *personal* social networking accounts" No employer should get away with interfering or mandating what workers do lawfully in their spare time, including how they set their personal social media privacy controls. We wouldn't allow an employer to mandate that the CEO could stop by any time and inspect your car or house or read your diary. A worker's freedom to pursue social media experience in their spare time should be out of an employer's jurisdiction. NASA should take a stand that they will not attempt to interfere with an employee's right to use social media in their free time as they see fit. Obviously some managers are sorely in need of guidance on this issue. They can do this even without tackling the perhaps more complex issue of social media use while at work. This is an appalling invasion of privacy: “people being forced by their managers to unblock people who are harassing them from their *personal* social networking accounts” No employer should get away with interfering or mandating what workers do lawfully in their spare time, including how they set their personal social media privacy controls. We wouldn’t allow an employer to mandate that the CEO could stop by any time and inspect your car or house or read your diary. A worker’s freedom to pursue social media experience in their spare time should be out of an employer’s jurisdiction. NASA should take a stand that they will not attempt to interfere with an employee’s right to use social media in their free time as they see fit. Obviously some managers are sorely in need of guidance on this issue. They can do this even without tackling the perhaps more complex issue of social media use while at work.

]]> By: REMarkify! | Hacking Space With Ariel Waldman http://arielwaldman.com/2009/08/14/3-points-on-why-government-isnt-ready-for-2-0-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-934 REMarkify! | Hacking Space With Ariel Waldman Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:17:13 +0000 http://arielwaldman.com/?p=59#comment-934 [...] Navigating the social web as a bridge between personal and professional and not shutting down personal blogs or seeing the use of social web tools akin to playing Solitaire. This applies more to NASA, as it’s a wide-spread government issue that I recently discussed here. [...] [...] Navigating the social web as a bridge between personal and professional and not shutting down personal blogs or seeing the use of social web tools akin to playing Solitaire. This applies more to NASA, as it’s a wide-spread government issue that I recently discussed here. [...]

]]> By: Celeste Merryman http://arielwaldman.com/2009/08/14/3-points-on-why-government-isnt-ready-for-2-0-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-929 Celeste Merryman Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:19:31 +0000 http://arielwaldman.com/?p=59#comment-929 Thought provoking post. I think also that this is one area that has complex solutions. I worked for NASA for nine years. At the end of my years, worked on projects related to knowledge sharing and employee networking. I think Andrew Hoppin brought up an interesting example too that made me think--why can't NASA be like other government agencies? I do think that NASA employees should be able to share their personal experiences about work. But they need to understand the difference between sharing confidential/ITAR/ like information that can be used in harmful ways by "mean" people. Gen Yers in the workforce have a completely different approach to sharing, a lower bar and openness that older generations who did not did not grow up on the Internet have. I think that is where some of the clash is occurring. I not sure I put my figure on it yet. However, I am thinking that state, senate, and mayoral offices are elected offices and need to be connected to the people. I think it is expected that “their” people have direct access to what is going on. NASA’s mission includes engineering and technology that can and has been used in the US military which makes SOME of the information sensitive. Since NASA employees do the work, they have access to this information, and unless they have a really good filter, they could share the WRONG information with the public. In fact, I think there was an incident recently of a NASA employee sharing and selling ITAR information online. Don’t quote me. But, there are so many people that work for NASA that don’t do those kinds of jobs, that work in support roles who just want to share what it is like to work for a really cool organization that is out of this world. There is a sweet spot for sharing that NASA has not yet found. Thought provoking post. I think also that this is one area that has complex solutions. I worked for NASA for nine years. At the end of my years, worked on projects related to knowledge sharing and employee networking.

I think Andrew Hoppin brought up an interesting example too that made me think–why can’t NASA be like other government agencies?

I do think that NASA employees should be able to share their personal experiences about work. But they need to understand the difference between sharing confidential/ITAR/ like information that can be used in harmful ways by “mean” people. Gen Yers in the workforce have a completely different approach to sharing, a lower bar and openness that older generations who did not did not grow up on the Internet have. I think that is where some of the clash is occurring.

I not sure I put my figure on it yet. However, I am thinking that state, senate, and mayoral offices are elected offices and need to be connected to the people. I think it is expected that “their” people have direct access to what is going on.

NASA’s mission includes engineering and technology that can and has been used in the US military which makes SOME of the information sensitive. Since NASA employees do the work, they have access to this information, and unless they have a really good filter, they could share the WRONG information with the public. In fact, I think there was an incident recently of a NASA employee sharing and selling ITAR information online. Don’t quote me.

But, there are so many people that work for NASA that don’t do those kinds of jobs, that work in support roles who just want to share what it is like to work for a really cool organization that is out of this world. There is a sweet spot for sharing that NASA has not yet found.

]]> By: Links: 14 August 2009 http://arielwaldman.com/2009/08/14/3-points-on-why-government-isnt-ready-for-2-0-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-928 Links: 14 August 2009 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:08:23 +0000 http://arielwaldman.com/?p=59#comment-928 [...] 3 points on why government isn’t ready for 2.0 yet. [Ariel Waldman] [...] [...] 3 points on why government isn’t ready for 2.0 yet. [Ariel Waldman] [...]

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