Government 2.0 is a citizen-centric philosophy and strategy that believes the best results are usually driven by partnerships between citizens and government, at all levels. It is focused entirely on achieving goals through increased efficiency, better management, information transparency, and citizen engagement and most often leverages newer technologies to achieve the desired outcomes. Government 2.0Read… Read more »
Over on Federal Computer Week, Dr. Steve Kelman has written several blog posts on The Lectern in a series of issues related to improving federal acquisitions and communications, specifically information technology projects. Although I have commented on the specific blog posts, I wanted to have a more in depth discussion here. Improving Federal IT AcquisitionsRead… Read more »
NASA will host an Open Government Community Summit on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 from 9pm – 12:30pm at NASA HQ. The Open Government Community Summit Series is an inter-agency collaborative event hosted by a different agency each month, facilitated by the Open Forum Foundation. The September workshop was hosted by the EPA and the NovemberRead… Read more »
A couple of weeks ago, after I’d cut loose with some ideas for the government web community (and witnessed the weary and wary looks on my web colleagues’ faces), my good friend Bev Godwin bailed me out by saying, “as long as I’ve known Candi, she’s always asked ‘what’s next?’ We need to keep askingRead… Read more »
Have you met Todd Park? He’s the first CTO of Health and Human Services Department of the United States. Earlier this week, he announced the upcoming launch of HealthData.gov, a new website that will publish open government health data. If you’re unfamiliar with Park, I interviewed him at this year’s Gov 2.0 Expo: Park andRead… Read more »
Ran across a great visual display last night highlighting where all the social activity actually occurs (created by xkcd). This visual is extremely cool for a variety of reasons, but mostly because it focuses on the activity, or dialog, related to the social platforms instead of the pure number of users. Couple other notes ofRead… Read more »
As the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, part of the federal government, Wayne Clough leads the world’s largest museum and research complex with 19 museums, 9 research centers, the National Zoo and research activities in more than 90 countries. Clough previously served as president of the Georgia Institute of Technology for 14 years. Ranked fourthRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda People are paying to play a game while it’s being written. What are the lessons for government? Perhaps that people are willing to pay for unfinished services provided that their input has an impact on the final product. National Public Radio (NPR) released the results of its Twitter survey. What does the profileRead… Read more »
If most of government, and Gov 2.0, is about ordinary people doing ordinary (though necessary, ennobling, and underappreciated) things, Coordinators are the people who are doing extraordinary things. Both within government and beyond it, coordinators are the ones who are looking at the big picture and creating the tools that co-deliverers and creators use. WhatRead… Read more »
Yes it is a rather dated story “The firing of Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod” but with the release of USDA and other executive departments emails it certainly would have been, at least somewhat, less painful if everyone involved in the process had taken the time to communicate. Can’t believe that the world would haveRead… Read more »