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 »
In the Open Government world, we spend a lot of time focusing on phone apps, e-mail marketing, data sharing, social networking, blogging, etc. All of these are great tangible examples of openness, but really, they are just tools. At the heart of an Open Government there are three guiding principles: transparency, participation, and collaboration. AnRead… Read more »
Oh, it gets weirder … IPAC (via Mike Kujawski): Social Media and Public Sector Policy Dilemmas Jena McGregor: The lessons government must learn from the corporate workplace William Gibson: Google’s Earth Adrianne Jeffries: The Rise of the Anti-Facebooks Steve Ressler: FourSquare and Seven Months from Now – Would Lincoln Be on LinkedIn? John Moore: TheRead… Read more »
The power of the commons: Don Reisinger: NASA brings historical photos to Flickr Commons Alex Howard: Collaborative innovation in open gov’t – is there an app for that? Jennifer Van Grove: How CEOs Will Use Social Media in the Future Stan Czerwinski: GAO must plan for future of local governments Christine Pierpoint: The Gov 2.0Read… Read more »
Start your Monday off knowing more: Cory Doctrow: 10 Rules for Radicals: Lessons from rogue archivist Carl Malamud (video) Conrad Quilty-Harper: 10 ways data is changing how we live Alex Howard: Open Government in California – Connecting Citizens to eServices with Social Media and On Language – Putting Government 2.0 in Context Andrea DiMaio: O’Reilly,Read… Read more »
Listen to internet radio with Gov20Radio on Blog Talk Radio A conversation with Matt Greeley: BrightIdea has powered innovation campaign for the government of Ireland, City of San Francisco, and has a new contract with the U.S. State Department. It’s also the platform behind the $200 million GE “Ecomagination Challenge. We talk with company co-founderRead… Read more »
I’m helping out a friend as he is getting his government agency into communicating using social media. There is a series of steps I’m helping him with in the research phase and thought I’d share. Would love to here others. Prequel – What are you trying to do? – (*From Gwynne Kostin comments on originalRead… Read more »
Keep taking those steps forward: John Foley: A Disconnect in Federal IT Strategy Andrew Wilson: Getting Serious About Bringing Together Social Media Research and Practice Beth Lovett: Chris Vein, San Francisco’s CIO, on sf.govfresh COAT: Report Finds Five State Benefits’ Web Sites Inaccessible to People with Disabilities Alex Howard: Tracking the signal of emerging technologiesRead… Read more »
Yes, I want you to think about this stuff during the weekend: Marshall Kirkpatrick: Why Aren’t More People Excited About Government Data Stories? Gadi Ben-Yehuda: Can You Hear Me Now? Allan Holmes: Turning on to Social Networking Wayne Moses Burke: OpenGov End Goals Alex Howard: Applying the lessons of Enterprise 2.0 to Government 2.0 DannielleRead… Read more »
*********************************************************************** Not a Govloop Member? 30 Secs & Free to Join for Great Info & Perks ************************* Cross-posted from the Open Forum Foundation blog. Maxine Teller and I had a brief conversation at GovLoop’s GovUp last night about what the goal of the OpenGov movement actually is (and how it’s currently rather ill-defined). As I’dRead… Read more »