So I’ve been sitting on Dr. Mark Drapeau’s (with Linton Wells) paper entitled Social Software and National Security (download here) for a few weeks. I took a quick peruse the other day and was digging what I was reading but thought I’d take a deeper dive on a Sunday morning. Here are my thoughts: 1)Read… Read more »
I think everyone was surprised on Saturday morning when President Obama used his weekly radio address to announce his new CTO. But the Obama administration is a 24-hour shop, so why not? Now, Obama’s top IT shop is in place, ready to handle a new level of technology in government. How cool is that?
I have registered for this event and look forward to the speakers and discussions. However, I noticed on the registration page at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/328228741, that the Presidential Memorandum on FOIA was referenced, but not the January 21 Directive on “Open and Transparent Government” See http://tinyurl.com/trans21 Will the May 15 event focus on FOIA or the broaderRead… Read more »
Apologies for errors in advance @corbett3000: Have you seen DC’s Digital Public Square? It’s the manifestation of #gov20 – http://dps.dc.gov/ #opengov @gov20camp: New Post: “Calling All Citizen Innovators – Get Ready for Data.gov!” http://tinyurl.com/cgslam #gov20 #opengov #gov20camp #edemcamp @kayawalton: Awesome, RI residents can track daily cash flow through @RITreasury. RI scores one for open govtRead… Read more »
After what seemed like a very long and cold winter in Washington, DC, we are finally experiencing the greatest weather ever! No rain in sight, at least not this weekend. Sunny skies, 70-degree weather, who could ask for more? It reminds me of my time in Tucson, Arizona…how I miss those hot blasting rays allRead… Read more »
If one were to ask any given selection of police departments across the country what they are doing to stay in touch with their citizens, he would receive a mixture of responses but my guess would be that a few or more of them would be that they don’t stay in touch. When asked why,Read… Read more »
President Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address to announce plans to nominate businessman Jeffrey Zients to be the federal government’s first chief performance officer and Virginia Secretary of Technology Aneesh Chopra to be chief technology officer. The announcement came during an address focused on the administration’s plans to root out government waste andRead… Read more »
There has been a number of questions posed in different areas of govLoop about Web 2.0 policies. In developing ours, I originally looked at Sun Microsystems’ and IBM’s policies. A few drafts later, it looked little like the first version, but hit the important points. As we worked through the process we decided that aRead… Read more »
Ever get the feeling someone is closer than you think? or watching you? or worse, listening to your conversations on your cell phone? My cousin sent me this YouTube link and after watching it, I’m left pondering its validity… Any one have any information on this type of technology? or if, in fact, it isRead… Read more »
Apologies for errors in advance: osrin: Open Government… we need UN commissioned Algorithm Inspectors. http://is.gd/sVGM #opengov @lyne_robichaud: Empowerment means handing over control to citizens, and can also mean encouraging community self-help. [Euro #gov20 whitepaper] @Collabforge: New post on Gov 2.0: Better, Faster & Now w/ Added Collaboration: http://tinyurl.com/cf56fo #gov20 #innovation #socialmedia @adrianshort: @dorsetforyou I thinkRead… Read more »