Personal Democracy Forum ramp-up: twenty-five hundred years of Government 2.0
Second blog on upcoming Personal Democracy Forum conference: http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/06/personal-democracy-forum-ramp–1.html
Posts By Andy Oram
First blog on upcoming Personal Democracy Forum conference
The draft I pointed to earlier on GovLoop is now up: Personal Democracy Forum ramp-up: from vulnerability and overload to rage, mistrust, and fear
Intriguing quotes from “Building the Virtual State” by Jane Fountain
This book is nine years old, but still quite relevant in my opinion. I’d like to know who else has read it and what they think–and what similar books you recommend. I put some interesting passages below. I also cite this book a couple times in the list of questions I shared a couple timesRead… Read more »
Research, case studies sought on transparency issues
I earlier posted a list of fundamental questions and dilemmas (which I recently updated) to the GovLoop forum: http://www.praxagora.com/andyo/professional/government_participation_question.html Update: I put the questions on the GovLoop wiki under the name “Questions concerning government participation.” I’ve been asked to flesh this out with research and case studies. Can members of this network suggest things toRead… Read more »
Local forums to implement high-speed networks (broadband), proposal on Open Government Dialog
My own contribution to the request for ideas on the Open Government Dialog site is: http://ideascale.com/r/2932-4049 Because it comes out poorly formatted on the site, I suggest you read it here: http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/05/local-forums-to-implement-high.html I’ll include a couple highlights here. High-speed digital networking (also known as “broadband”) should concern open government advocates in two ways. First, oneRead… Read more »
O’Reilly government conferences: requests for proposals open
GovLoop members might be interested in two upcoming Washington events put on by O’Reilly, a company known for our computer/Internet publishing. One is a showcase this coming September, and the other is a conference we’re planning in 2010: http://www.gov2expo.com/ If you have an interesting project that demonstrates an unusual and successful way to make anRead… Read more »
Seeking to meet GovLoop government workers for article, May 14-20
I’ll be visiting DC from Boston on the May 16-17 weekend and have some time on surrounding days to talk to federal government workers who are carrying on efforts in your agencies on the open government initiative. My intent is to write an article describing the psychological and social side of this work: the excitement,Read… Read more »
Fundamental questions again on government participation
After thinking over helpful comments by Andre Goodfriend and others, I have reposted my list of problemswith one addition and several clarifications. My original posting and the comments can be found here.
Fundamental questions on government participation
I’ve been a political activist most of my life; researching the interaction between the Internet and social policy for a couple decades since I entered the computer field. So I’ve been trying to look beyond immediate tactical problems for fundamental dilemmas and decisions gov workers have to make. I’d love to get comments on thisRead… Read more »