How-To: Run a CityCamp (or a Barcamp)
Cool video how-tos on “How To – Run a CityCamp” from Steve Clift of e-democracy that is relevant to running any barcamp Favorite
Posts Tagged: open government
Online Public Engagement – New Grant Program
Online public engagement is huge these days. All of the federal /open pages are launched with online public engagement tools soliciting feedback on how to do participation, transparency, and engagement. There’s been some pretty cool blogs on GovLoop about “making crowdsourcing successful” As this space unfolds, it’s been cool to see companies like Ideascale collaborateRead… Read more »
Ten Things to Monitor As Agencies Invite Input On Open Government Plans
This post was originally published on the Intellitics blog: Ten Things to Monitor As Agencies Invite Input On Open Government Plans Now that a whole lot of agency.gov/open websites are live and many agencies have indeed set up a ”mechanism for the public to […] [p]rovide input on the agency’s Open Government Plan” it’s timeRead… Read more »
The Open Government Directive & Accessibility Shortcomings
After reading GCN’s article ‘GSA takes a fast, free approach to Web dialogue tool‘ I decided to take a look at the tool in question, IdeaScale, to see what the buzz was all about. The article explains that GSA joins several Federal departments/agencies already using IdeaScale including the White House, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), andRead… Read more »
DOE Accelerator Tour in Second Life
Pretty cool to see DOE in Second Life…Shouts to rockstar Eric Hackathorn DOE Accelerator Tour from Eric Hackathorn on Vimeo. Favorite
Lessons Learned from CityCamp
Another good video from CityCamp – lessons learned from CityCamp Favorite
Beltway VIPs Break Through Collaboration Barriers Within ‘Safe Haven’
Mount St. Mary’s University and Yakabod offer secure knowledge-sharing test drive FREDERICK, Md., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ — An unlikely mix of intelligence officers, Capitol Hill executives and students gets together 24/7 in a virtual community launched recently by the Delaney Center at Mount St. Mary’s University. The invitation-only network links bioterrorism experts, bodyguards, aerospace engineersRead… Read more »
A brief look at open government, UK style
I recently exchanged thoughts with Tom Stannard, the Director of Policy and Communications for the Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. While the US is clearly pushing forward with its version of Open Government, leveraging social media, the UK is as well. What follows is my e-mail based conversation with Tom. Q. Thank you for theRead… Read more »
From Citycamp – Code for America
60% of municipal workers will retire in 5 years Inspired from Teach for America, Apps for Democracy… 2.0 + municipal workforce… Bring in some new ideas -Put cities in charge -Focus on collaboration City Recruitment -Looking for cities Fellow Recruitment -Industry veterans – called to serve, team leads -Talent – build resume, team member LeonardRead… Read more »
Day 1 Recap and Off to Day 2 at CityCamp
Great day at CityCamp…over 100 campers of all types talking interesting topics from data to journalism to visualization to cultural changes in government. After a thrilling day, a great dinner was held…personally I met fascinating people from Seattle to DC…from non-profits, for-profits, gov’t agencies…large and small…. See this great video… I’m excited for day 2Read… Read more »