Government Bits

With coffee in hand this morning at 8 am, I snapped out of my weekend mode quickly as I dialed into a conference call that our PR team had set up. The familiar mechanic voice prompted me for my name. I quickly cleared my throat and stated, "Loni".

The meeting had already began and I recognized the familiar voice of Adrian from Vangent and Dominic from Southwark Council in the UK crackling over my phone. It was late on a Monday across the ocean and I was grateful that we were on a level playing field; early for me, late for them.

The first time I had met the two gentlemen was in San Francisco, at the Adobe MAX conference. We all had a good chuckle over the fact that Dominic couldn't walk two blocks in San Francisco without giving money to a homeless soul, such the heart of a public servant.

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Posted by Loni Kao at 11:32 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

In my last post, I shared some of the statistics around paper waste in both private and public sector.

Sometimes, meaning gets lost in abstract statistics. They provide a great way to keep pulse of trends, but what can agencies and departments do to reduce paper waste? And what does it really mean in terms of cost savings?

Just asking these questions is a start to a potential goldmine in green. Both the Mother Nature and the Las Vegas type green.

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Posted by Loni Kao at 08:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

One of the greatest perks of my role at Adobe is I get to work with and gain insight into some truly innovative things that governments are doing worldwide.

Just a couple of days ago, I was able to catch up with Anthony Steve from the Australian federal government to discuss his upcoming trip to the Adobe Max 2008 conference in San Francisco. He is presenting and sharing the success his agency has had with their electronic forms initiative.

We started working with his team several years ago to transform how services were delivered via their business services portal using Adobe LiveCycle ES.

Continue reading "Who says government can't innovate? Ideas from our friends Down Under " »

Posted by Loni Kao at 10:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)