An application programming interface (API) is now available for Federal Register data from FederalRegister.gov (also known as Federal Register 2.0), according to a 1 August 2011 post by Michael White of the Office of the Federal Register — and a member of our community — on the OFR Blog. According to the post, the APIRead… Read more »
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Open Gov: Period or Dot Dot Dot Conference Round Up
Today, I had the pleasure of taking part in a small conference of numerous workers from the open government field. I was again inspired by their passion to their profession, the work they are doing – and their optimism for the future. I took out a lot of really interesting lessons from the conference. BelowRead… Read more »
Bring on the Drastic Debt Deal Cuts!
So it looks like a debt deal will be reached today. No matter what the final legislation looks like, one thing is certain: there will be massive cuts. And I’ve got to admit something – I’m excited about it. You see, there are two responses in times of austerity: Retraction: Cut programs and personnel toRead… Read more »
Lessons Learned: A Conversation on Getting Big Projects Done
Here is an overview of the Lessons Learned: A Conversation on Getting Big Projects Done Seminar at the Next Generation of Government Summit Lessons Learned A Conversation on Getting Big Projects Done Thursday: July 28th – 10:30 – 11:30 Twitter Hashtag: #NGGS3 Adutya Kumar Deputy Assistant to Vice President Joe Biden Former Special Projects DirectorRead… Read more »
Gen “Y Not?” – Building the Next Generation of Government
If you’re interested in this topic, please consider attending our Next Generation of Government Summit on July 28-29 in Washington, DC, where emerging leaders and thinkers will convene to chart the future course of government. ***************************************************************************************************************************************** In another post, I captured the proceedings of an International Symposium which is discussing “Generation Y and Public Management:Read… Read more »
Open Data Job Posting at MaRS in Toronto
The following job posting can be found on the MaRS website here. So here’s a job for an open data advocate living in, or willing to move to, Toronto. For the right person with the right vision, this could be about getting a group of organizations to open up their data to drive innovation andRead… Read more »
G-Cloud Open Data Platform
A key challenge in IT is dealing with all the different ‘camps’ of different makes and types of technologies. In Government this is particularly challenging right now, because simultaneously Government agencies are meant to embrace, adopt and master a variety of new technologies, including Web 2.0 social media, Cloud Computing, Open standards, Open software andRead… Read more »
Content Management & Taxonomy Development: Does it exist in government? How do we get it started?
As a trained library information professional and from what I see where I work in the Department of Veteran Affairs, I see a definite need for taxonomy development and content management. In many large organizations, the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. This is not intentional; it’s the result of notRead… Read more »
IBM report: Using Wikis in Government: A Guide for Public Managers
IBM The Center for Business in Government has just published my first research report on “Using Wikis in Government: A Guide for Public Managers” in their Using Technology section. You can download a pdf version of the report here. Here is a short description of the report from the IBM website: Public leaders face theRead… Read more »
“Just How Realistic is ‘Government 2.0’?” – not
Having been inside many governmental organizations, I can tell you that it will take a LOT more effort to get people to change. One of oft misunderstood positives of a government organization is that they aren’t driven by profit or the bottom line. Sometimes lethargy can actually be good in a giant and vast bureaucracy.Read… Read more »