Some top privacy news Biometrics US – U.S. Scans Afghan Inmates for Biometric Database Wired reports on the U.S. military’s new detention facility in Parwan, Afghanistan, as “an emerging datafarm” where all detainees brought to the facility are given medical exams and have their irises scanned and fingerprints taken to be stored in a militaryRead… Read more »
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The Challenge of Open Data and Metrics
One promise of open data is its ability to inform citizens and consumers about the quality of local services. At the Gov 2.0 Summit yesterday the US Department of Health and Human Resources announced it was releasing data on hospitals, nursing homes and clinics in the hopes that developers will create applications that show citizensRead… Read more »
Top 5 Most-Hated Types of Gov’t Workers
*********************************************************************** Not a Govloop Member? 30 Secs & Free to Join for Great Info & Perks *********************************************************************** Top 5 Most-Hated Types of Gov’t Workers So you are working at your job as a govie and you get a call from X and all of a sudden you are upset. There are certain jobs that dreadRead… Read more »
WeGO10: Municipal Governments Unite Around e-Gov in Seoul General Assembly
San Francisco CIO Chris Vein and Allison Hornery of CivicTec join us for a wrap of the Inaugural General Assembly of the World e-Governments Organization of Cities and Local Governments, held early September in Seoul.
Project of the Week: Challenge.gov
1. What is Challenge.gov and what was the impetus for the project?Challenge.gov is a platform which allows federal agencies to post challenges, and at the same time, allows the public to find challenges. The impetus: In a March 8, 2010 memorandum, OMB Deputy Director for Management Jeffrey Zients provided legal guidance on the use ofRead… Read more »
Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – September 7, 2010
Get your work week on: Ed Chi: Mind-meld in Group Decision Making Michael Gurstein: Open Data – Empowering the Empowered, or Effective Data Use for Everyone? Dan Woods: 10 Corporate Social Media Mistakes Economist: Untangling the social web Alex Howard: “Spontaneous collaboration” and other lessons from the private sector and Bringing open government to theRead… Read more »
Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – September 4, 2010
BBQ reading: Alex Howard: State CIOs rank cloud computing, green IT and social media as top emerging tech Mark Malseed and Lisa Diane: The Hatch Act and Social Media – 6 Plain Language Answers Josh van Tonder: Interviews with Open Government Innovators (video) Economist: The future of the internet: A virtual counter-revolution Ted Schadler: ITRead… Read more »
cool Open Gov event this week in San Fran
I was out in San Francisco this week and attended an event with that city’s CIO that highlighted how developers are using open government data to provide interesting and useful apps for residents– like “MomMaps” for to find clean city parks. We put together a short video with interviews with some of the presenters– definitelyRead… Read more »
San Francisco’s Open Data Efforts On Display
San Francisco’s aggressive open data efforts were on display this week, as civic and technology leaders took the stage at sf.govfresh, an event highlighting technology innovation in City government. City CIO Chris Vein (who also was recently interviewed by ideation solutions firm BrightIdea) and Department of Technology innovations manager Jay Nath explained how the CityRead… Read more »
Diary of a Great Employee
Dear Diary: What do I really want from my job? I want to be proud of what I do;I want to know that my work has purpose and meaning;I want to be recognized for the good work I do;I want to be productive and contribute to my organization;I want to earn my paycheck. Simply put,Read… Read more »