The Wall Street Journal recently featured the San Ramon Fire Department’s innovative mobile app, which enables citizen participation in emergency situations. Their app, “Fire Department,” allows people trained in CPR to sign up to receive text messages when someone nearby is suffering cardiac arrest, and then they can then use the app to map theRead… Read more »
The National Journal just featured Department of Health and Human Services CTO Todd Park and the work he and his department have been doing with technology. In our opinion, they are one of the best — if not the best — examples of open government and Gov 2.0 at the federal level: not only usingRead… Read more »
Most people are probably vaguely aware that last year’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires each state to set up a “health benefit exchange,” where residents can go to compare options and purchase health insurance, by 2014. What people might not realize is that, according to an article in Government Technology, it’s Chief InformationRead… Read more »
This is an excerpt from my regular morning post on BeltWiki Blog from WhoRunsGov.com. Read the full post here. Intern Incoming Summer in Washington brings thousands of interns who make the District home for a few months. With them comes the requisite how-to-live-here (without annoying the living heck out of the natives) posts and articles.Read… Read more »
Last week I facilitated a short workshop for Councillors here in Devon on Social Media – It was pre-introductory, in that if I tried to provide any less detail I wouldn’t have actually said anything Out of the 62 councillors we have 20 attended which I was very pleased with, I’m not sure if itRead… Read more »
Yesterday I was talking with Edd Dumbill, who runs the O’Reilly Strata conference, about big data. Edd said, “I think we’re moving out of the phase of data as pretty pictures and into a phase of data as something actionable…. We (at Strata) want to enable companies to become data-driven companies.” That was an interestingRead… Read more »
“Planning 2.0 about open government” How GIS can be interactive with the public. “Chicago’s chief technology officer has vision of Digital Second City” “[New Data] How can governments better engage the Hispanic population?” The U.S. Census Bureau “released a 2010 Census brief on the nation’s Hispanic population”. It’s got some newly compiled data in it.Read… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda Data, data everywhere! Fast Company reports on the EPA’s revamped fuel economy stickers. Across the pond, Making a Difference with Data reports that cycling enthusiast Gregory Williams has been using the open data from Kent County Council to create a cycling parking heat map. Collecting Data Securely at Social Security. Alex Howard reportsRead… Read more »
Wondering what U.S. Transportation secretary Ray LaHood considers his favorite mode of transportation? The answer is in the May edition of his On the Go video blog, which also tackles questions about high-speed rail, bicycling, and fuel economy. Viewers can submit questions for future editions via Facebook, Twitter (hashtag #q4ray), or the Fast Lane blog.Read… Read more »
Things which caught my eye elsewhere on the web How Alphagov might change UK government for the better – The Dextrous Web Addressing 80% of users’ needs compellingly and ignoring the rest is a sound principle of design, but government can’t do that. So, if we’re to use Apha.gov for the 80% –which we shouldRead… Read more »