Gadi Ben-Yehuda Innovation Conversations Alex Howard tweeted a line from the #SOTU: “There are fewer & fewer technical restraints on what we can do. That forces us to ask questions about what we should do,” which lead Jim Daly to ask “When There Are No Barriers to Technology, How Can the Government Innovate?” which inRead… Read more »
This article was originally posted by Dan Chenok on the IBM Center for the Business of Government blog. The Center has released a new guide on how Federal agencies can leverage Agile development methods to achieve success. Many complex IT programs are encumbered by requirements that continually change over lengthy timeframes. The results are oftenRead… Read more »
This post is part of a series on disintermediation and the internet–how it has failed to live up to its promises, and how it can yet achieve many of its goals. It written as a discussion between Gadi Ben-Yehuda and Dr. John Bordeaux. We invite you to join in the discussion in the comments section!Read… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Let it snow! NOAA tweeted a satellite image of the snow that blanketed the Northeast, and FedScoop gathered some tweets from DC-area as it weathered the weather. A blizzard of data: Joel Gurin, formerly of the FCC, has released his book, Open Data Now. School for Startups has a short interview with Gurin,Read… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Opening Data, Sharing Stories: I read a lot this week about new sources of data being opened, and how people ar sharing their stories (but not necessarily their data) online. Alex Howard writes about an important development: The IRS will now allow people to download their own tax transcripts. Susannah Fox, of theRead… Read more »
“[Through social media, the internet] is changing the relationship between citizens and their government. The better everyone understands the mechanisms of that change, the more we can harness the power, mitigate the risks, and account for the limitations of this new disintermediating platform.” In 2012, social media found itself besieged by discontents, from the literaryRead… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Slow reading, deep thinking. I’m sharing only two links today. The first is to a trend piece from Fast CoDesign on trends for 2014. Some of the more salient ones: Anonymity will go mainstream Quantified Self at the Office Consumers Will Own Their Data The Internet of Things Goes to Art School TheRead… Read more »
A new report presents an innovative framework from which to view citizen “co-creation” of government services. The IBM Center for the Business of Government has released “Engaging Citizens in Co-Creation in Public Services Engaging Citizens in Co-Creation in Public Services,” which continues to explore the of public service co-creation and co-delivery, following the Center report,Read… Read more »
This article was originally posted by Dan Chenok on the IBM Center for the Business of Government Blog. The IBM Center for The Business of Government had the privilege of publishing a wide variety of reports about key public sector challenges in 2013, from some of the Nation’s leading thinkers on government management. As 2014Read… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda The Value of Open Data in Our Economy and Society: The New America Foundation hosted a lively discussion and a few keynotes on the topic of open data. If you couldn’t make it, you can still watch the video, or, if you’re driving home for the holidays, play the audio through your speakers.Read… Read more »