In the spirit of openness, I have decided to publicly share my open-ended responses to the ongoing Canadian Open Government Consultation, which has been taking place since December 6th, 2011 and is scheduled to end January 16th, 2012. The consultation covers questions on Open Data, Open Information, Open Dialogue and the Open Government Strategy. IfRead… Read more »
By Josh Finke, Collaboration Practice Director at Iron Bow Technologies Originally published on Iron Bow TechSource President Obama recently issued an Executive Order that will promote more efficient spending across the federal government as a part of his Campaign to Cut Waste, which has saved billions in taxpayer dollars since its inception two years ago.Read… Read more »
Forty years ago, Congress passed a law to make government agencies more accountable and transparent in how they sought advice from industry and the public. It was called the Federal Advisory Committee Act. But over the years, the way the law was implemented led to less citizen involvement and reluctance by agencies from seeking advice.Read… Read more »
NO BLUMAN FOREIGN MONEY. Politico. “The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld a federal law that bars foreign nationals from spending to influence U.S. elections.” WILEY REIN NEWS. The January 2012 edition of Wiley Rein’s Election Law News is online here. MCCAIN ON SUPER PACS. The Hill. “McCain blamed the Supreme Court for the campaignRead… Read more »
A grad student created an online challenge to seek design ideas for the area around one of the stations on the planned extension of the MBTA’s Green Line. Original post
NY Waterway, which operates Manhattan-based ferry services, launched a mobile application that incorporates payment and ticketing. Original post
A year after introducing Train Tracker real-time predictions, the Chicago Transit Authority (IL) is enhancing the application with two features. Original post
Newly Emergent Collaborative Governance Practices. Online Collaboration is increasingly being used to address complex resource and ecosystem management issues, and for strategic planning and development. In the context of challenges to traditional government practices, we are seeing generation of a variety of new practices that are based on collaboration, deliberation, and dialogue. In a previousRead… Read more »
“It’s okay to talk to yourself. Just don’t tell yourself any lies.” Danny Evans, Carpenter Reality is complex. To understand and predict reality we build models, simplified versions of reality. Managers often confuse their model with reality. The model doesn’t care. When your model no longer works, build a new model. Since New Year’s, I’veRead… Read more »
As we start out a new year, I would like to provide some perspective on the major issues likely to face the states in 2012. My perspective is based on having had the opportunity to meet with a large number of governors and state legislative leaders over the last several months and attending several nationalRead… Read more »