Cross-posted from The Design State. A first draft of a paper I worked on as a member of the W3C eGovernment Interest Group has just been published. It’s called Publishing Open Government Data (OGD), and is meant to help governments get into the right headspace and head in the right direction in the publishing ofRead… Read more »
If the ‘Elastic Cloud’ is for real – as the proponents Amazon, IBM and Sun among many other vendors will want us to believe, how will the transparency and the regulatory constraints be handled and managed. Certification and authorization – how will that be defined in the cloud ? I hope to spark some thought-provokingRead… Read more »
Core elements of what transparency means -Data is a platform that can be added upon. Data means online. Data needs to be online and in real-time. What is government’s role? Wholesaler vs retailer Government needs to democratize data in a machine-readable format. It also is good that it should be displayed for american public. TheRead… Read more »
A proactive business owner understands that communication and problem solving is key to having a growing and thriving business. These three tips will help you to continue in your trek towards entrepreneurship. Invest Time in Problem Solving (and Prevention) The best way to solve a problem is to get to the root of the problem.Read… Read more »
The September 7th issue of Federal Computer Week has an interesting article titled Gov 3.0: The Future Revealed in 7 Lists on page 10. The 7 lists are: 7 federal IT bloggers worth bookmarking 10 blogs on the government IT beat Top 10 agencies on Twitter (by number of followers) Top 10 most prolific agenciesRead… Read more »
The Unicef innovations team came up with an incredible idea to leverage the increased rate of cell phone use in Africa (65% now have access to a cell phone!) to help malnourished children: they built an open source framework for SMS-based systems. In partnership with graduate students at Columbia University’s SIPA school, Unicef designed anRead… Read more »
The night before last – and in the night – Birmingham City Council without much fanfare switched over to its rejigged website. Within moments the twittersphere was alight. It was crashing, it had obvious faults and it looked terrible. Over the next 36 hours reviewer after reviewer found fault after fault. This would not beRead… Read more »
Beth Noveck, Deputy CTO OSTP Early milestones -Open for Qeustions -data.gov -HHS H1N1 PSA -Release of White House visitor logs Open Government Initiative -A model. A pathforward. A way to get policies involved. -Open government policy – requires policy, legal, and tech leadership in every agency with public input. In next couple of weeks. CultureRead… Read more »
On stage with Macon Phillips, head of White House New Media What does President expect of you? 1 – Amplify the president’s message and bring to new spaces 2 – Open up government 3 – Opportunities for public to participate in their government Difference between Obama campaign and White House On campaign there were clearRead… Read more »
Jack Dangermond believes today’s challenge is geospatially enabling Gov 2.0. Geospatial data uses integrated applications to show information from multiple sources. It allows for improved planning, management, and increased efficiency. Unfortunately, the government hasn’t yet brought the data together into one map. Yet, many agencies see data sharing as part of their mission. For example,Read… Read more »