Posts Tagged: OpenGov

Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – August 27, 2010

Exponential growth: Max Cacas: Feds flock to web app to create short links Alex Howard: How can government adapt to exponential technological change? Ingrid Koehler: 100 examples of social media and open data in localgov Lewis Shepherd: Free Tools for the New Scientific Revolution Jason Magder: Group calls on Montreal to join open data movementRead… Read more »

Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – August 26, 2010

‘The future is already here – it’s just not very evenly distributed.’ Chris Bennett: QR Codes for Crisis ResponseDavid Eaves: Creating effective open government portalsJohn Hermann: How Blind People See the InternetGautham Nagesh: O’Reilly – Government needs to close the feedback loopAllan Holmes: What’re Cyber Workers’ Salaries (call for survey responses)Richard Gray: Intel Developing ComputersRead… Read more »

Creating effective open government portals

Originally posted at eaves.ca————————– In the past few years a number of governments have launched open data portals. These sites, like www.data.gov or data.vancouver.ca share data – in machine readable formats (e.g. that you can play with on your computer) that government agencies collect. Increasingly, people approach me and ask: what makes for a goodRead… Read more »

Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – August 24, 2010

The data, it connects us: David McCandless: The Beauty of Data Visualization Austin Carr: Candidates Turn to YouTube for Geo-Specific Ad Campaigns for Mid-term Elections Sean Reilly: Future of rule making – Pilot project aims to increase public participation Andrew Wilson: Envisioning a More Social Future for Public Health Amelia Chen: Twitter is Buzziest inRead… Read more »

Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – August 23, 2010

Links to get those ideas flowing:Bill Brantley: Does Gov 2.0 Lead to Improved Government? Proving the CaseAlex Howard: Tracking the tech that will make government betterJoel Rubin: Stopping crime before it startsOhMyGov!: Social Media Myths – 5 Roadblocks to DiscoveryLovisa Williams: Everyone is a Public Affairs OfficerGov 2.0 Radio: Podcast – Ideation and Innovation withRead… Read more »

Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – August 21, 2010

Start your weekend early, with tomorrow’s hot links today: Alex Howard: Space IT, the final frontier Courtney Clark: What’s Your Story? User Stories Instead of Technical Documentation Allan Holmes: Craigslist creator tries to bring initiative out of the shadows Shai Sacks: Learning how to lobby Congress Mark Higginson: Social Media Energizes Political Campaigns Down UnderRead… Read more »

Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – August 20, 2010

Learning as we go: Col. John Thompson: Air Force Using Serious Game Technology to Enhance Training Geordie Adams: Failure really is a good thing Alan Silberberg: In You Face Gov 2.0 As Contact Sport Janrain: Measuring the Popularity of Social Media Platforms Across the Web Andrew Weber: Tweeting THOMAS and Connecting with Congress Guidance forRead… Read more »

Gov 2.0 Radio Hot Links – August 19, 2010

We’re all in this together: Alex Howard: Linked data is opening 800 years of UK legal info Patricia Decker: Smartphone apps will soon help you find parking in SF Chris Bennett: CB2 – Twitter Fast Follow for Crisis Alerting Crowdsourcing Communities Attempt to Aid Pakistan Lee Glandorf: Twitter popularity no guarantee of influence, finds HPRead… Read more »