from LocalGov20.com – The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office on Friday soft launched an official Twitter account for City Attorney Dennis Herrera. The policy development behind the launch is an example of Government 2.0 collaboration in action. I assisted in the effort, researching and discussing social-media-for-governance pitfalls and promise with media, outreach and IT strategistsRead… Read more »
I have a set of links to what I call new forms of Knowledge Management, available via a “web tour”, starting at: http://www.agglom.com/webslideshow/1873/New_forms_of_KM. (NOTE: Just use the arrow keys at the top of the page to move from link to link.) Some of the links are technologies, some approaches to managing KM, etc. I alsoRead… Read more »
You can still rock in America with the Hokie Guru!! Here here they come!! Yep, it’s the Frozen Four, the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Semifinals and Finals… right here in Washington, DC at the Phone Booth (Verizon Center) … Star Wars style… our four contestants… the Bemidji State University Beavers (R2D2), Miami UniversityRead… Read more »
Apologies for errors in advance; @govloop: Follow gov news on twitter @govdigest – 3 stories every half hour from the best sources #opengov #gov20 #govloop @g2tt: “What is meant by open government?” see this interesting post on topic: http://bit.ly/2g4BGR #mesh09 #gov20 #opengov (@changecamp) @jelosta: “Smarter Government” #gov20 #opengov profile of Federal CIO Vivek Kundra andRead… Read more »
Apologies for errors in advance: @daveharrity: reading the first Transparency & Open Government newsletter with benchmarks for gov 2.0 http://bitly.com/2LYfxd #opengov #gov20 #government @wubbahed: – rolling out a new site to try and measure Digital Transparency – http://digitaltransparency.appspot.com/ #gov20 @danielrose: RT @remarkk: @danielrose and I uploaded the content from our #opengov workshop at #mesh09: http://wiki.changecamp.ca/OpenGovernmentWorkshopRead… Read more »
After asking for examples via Twitter and govloop- here’s what I’ve received: (thanks to Bryan Klein of NIST and Greg Wilson of LMI) Presentation by Alex Koudry (GSA) given at Gov2.0 bootcamp: Government Policy Needs in a Web 2.0 World from Franciel Dept of Navy policy http://www.doncio.navy.mil/PolicyView.aspx?ID=789 New Media and the Air Force – thanksRead… Read more »
Recently I have been gettin dropped into conversations on cyber security. It is an interesting conundrum that is only going to get thornier as Agencies begin to embrace and implement the web 2.0, new media, and transparency agenda of the new administration. As the notion of cyber war has gained traction people have been lookingRead… Read more »
Background The following is a thought experiment I devised while attempting to find some analogy for web 2.0 adoption as an indirect contributor to ROI and more akin to infrastructure, especially the type of infrastructure in which companies routinely invest nowadays without a passing thought. The Experiment Experiment 1 – New Infrastructure In your prestigiousRead… Read more »
Very cool new capability from web 2.0 firm, Apture. Check it out on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdX5wilmh4M Or hear are some details from Apture: A few months ago Apture announced a partnership with the Washington Post that improved visibility into the workings of the Federal Government by exposing a rich set of information related to elected lawmakersRead… Read more »
A big element of the Obama administration’s plans to distribute and oversee economic stimulus funds is Recovery.gov, eagerly anticipated as the administration’s first stab at opening wide the doors of the federal bureaucracy. The Eye has taken great interest in Earl Devaney’s efforts and recently asked some former colleagues and government transparency experts to weighRead… Read more »