The goal, as stated on the
Web site, is to help state employees share best practices by providing an online resource that supports collaboration, speeds communication and reduces "silos." The tool is a wiki -- defined by Wikipedia as: "A collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language.Wikis are often used to create collaborative Web sites and to power community Web sites."
State employees are encouraged to submit best practices to the best practices wiki. The current categories are:
- Healthcare in Prisons
- Customer Service
- Disaster Preparedness
- Education and Training
- Green California
- Human Resources
- Information Technology
Anyone can read the submissions, but contributors must create an account from a ca.gov or ca.us e-mail address.
Wayne E. Hanson served as a writer and editor with e.Republic from 1989 to 2013, having worked for several business units including Government Technology magazine, the Center for Digital Government, Governing, and Digital Communities. Hanson was a juror from 1999 to 2004 with the Stockholm Challenge and Global Junior Challenge competitions in information technology and education.
