Originally posted at Blog.GovTwit.com… While 2009 seemed to be about learning in the world of government 2.0, 2010 seemed to usher in more “doing,” especially in the U.S. federal government. It’s hard to narrow down dozens of efforts down to a single list, but the 10 stories below are ones that stand out for meRead… Read more »
This is the unedited version of a piece published on The Lowy Institute for International Policy’s Lowy Interpreter blog. “Concepts that have proven useful in ordering things easily achieve such authority over us that we forget their earthly origins and accept them as unalterable givens… it is by no means an idle game if weRead… Read more »
I created a Wordle from my blog. Just thought this was interesting and wanted to share with ya’ll
I have been thinking a lot about issues and cultural influencers contributing to the digital divide issues in America. I have mentioned certain aspects and manifestations of Digital divide in my previous blog posts here, here and here. One of the prevalent misunderstandings among policy makers regarding Digital Divide issues is that it is somehowRead… Read more »
The Legal Bug Tracker — an open source database of the National Inventory of Legal Materials — for recording instances in which U.S. jurisdictions do not conform to the free access to law principles advanced by the Law.gov legal open government data movement — is now operating, according to a recent post by Carl MalamudRead… Read more »
The White House Blog Scientific Integrity: Fueling Innovation, Building Public Trust Posted by John P. Holdren on December 17, 2010 at 02:17 PM EST On March 9, 2009, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum on Scientific Integrity emphasizing the importance of science in guiding Administration decisions and the importance of ensuring that the public trustsRead… Read more »
A few months ago the Mozilla Labs and the Metrics Team, together with the growing Mozilla Research initiative, launched an Open Data Visualization Competition. Using data collected from Test Pilot users (people who agreed to share anonymous usage data with Mozilla and test pilot new features) Mozilla asked its community to think of creative visualRead… Read more »
I’m researching a series of articles for Federal NewsRadio on federal agencies experiences with video teleconferencing – who’s doing cool stuff, who’s got challenges, who are the leaders… (continuation of the articles at http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?sid=2102598&nid=424) I’m on deadline but have a few days to go, and would desperately like to chat with you, if only briefly,Read… Read more »
Last week, the public service lost two great advocates for diplomacy and digital engagement. The first was Richard Holbrooke. I didn’t know much about him or his career. But I was struck by the fact that he was so committed to carrying out his public service role that his final words included an appeal toRead… Read more »
Supplement to my blog of Dec 16, 2010 ‘Is Suicide Prevention’ Social Networking? This posting is 1. Consistent with the suggestion [box] in Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) SPARK e-newsletter headings to pass the information along ‘to a friend.’ 2. The membership of the GovLoop organization (the addressee) has more than 30,000 members and stillRead… Read more »