There is no theme here. Really. Andrea DiMaio: Australian Government CIO Reinforces Employee-Centricity of Gov 2.0Marcia Stepank: Context Deficit DisorderMorgen Peers: Open Government. Theoretically, it all started in Canada. 1896.Dannielle Blumenthal: The things we don’t blog aboutAlex Showerman: Skiing, Water Parks, Dating and Politics (Three Ways to Engage Your Online Community)Linda Cureton: Life in ITRead… Read more »
It’s a mad, mad world: Allan Holmes: Craigslist creator tries to bring transparency initiative out of the shadowsPeggy Orenstein: I Tweet, Therefore I AmShira Lizar: Gov 2.0 – The Future of Government Is In Your HandsRobin Hicks: How useful is Twitter’s government service?Vlad Malik: Internet – Defining privacy in a public spaceWilliam D. Eggers: SustainableRead… Read more »
International, visual: James Hutchinson: Gov 2.0, Web 2.0 clash over accessibility Eric Fischer: Overlay of San Francisco vehicle movements for all of June 2010 Joe Eskenazi: Republicans Following Porn on Twitter Felipe Estaban: Colombia 2.0 – The time is now John F. Moore: The Social Ecosystem – Developing Social Usage Guidelines David Forbes: Transparency isRead… Read more »
Give us your cookies, your browser history, your torrid search queries, yearning to breathe free. (Sorry, Emma.) That’s the deepest desire of online marketers, and it is thanks to them that we have so much content and so many applications available to us free, online, every day. Our data is valuable, but not in itselfRead… Read more »
(This article is cross-posted from the IBM Center for the Business of Government Blog) I’ve written before that we don’t pay enough attention to privacy. There’s a lot of information about us all over the digital landscape, and powerful new aggregators are doing a brisk business by bringing all of that information together. Further, marketRead… Read more »
On Friday, June 25, the White House Office of Management and the Budget changed the rules for federal Internet sites. Memorandum m-10-22 “establishes new procedures and provides updated guidance and requirements for agency use of Web measurement and customization technologies.” In issuing the new guidelines, OMB Director Peter Orzag wrote, “The central goal is toRead… Read more »
Just a few today: The Breaking Time: Toxic Privi-lege 10 Groups Call On Facebook To Make More Privacy Changes Jeffrey Levy: Atwitter About Reliability Kristy Fifelski: Video – Next Generation of Government Summit
NOAA launches an interactive mapping tool for the Gulf oil spill Heartbreaking Flickr set – Greenpeace’s Gulf Oil Spill photosServe.gov is seeking trained volunteers to help with the Gulf disasterThursday is Dumpthe Pump DaySan Francisco’s Stamen Design wins a $400,000 Knight News Challenge grant for its CityTracking visualizationsStamen wants your help voting up a requestRead… Read more »
Privacy is of utmost concern to the National Security Agency, according to its head, Army Gen. Keith Alexander. “I know that some have concerns about intelligence community involvement in securing the nation’s cyber infrastructure. Those concerns are valid, which is why the professionals at the National Security Agency have robust and rigorous procedures to minimizeRead… Read more »
The point of this post: The real problem with Facebook’s privacy practices is the failure to manage and live up to expectations. Let me preface this by saying “I am not a privacy professional.” My government has privacy professionals. They’re good people, know the legislation far better than I do and think more and deeperRead… Read more »