It’s time to say thanks to the dedicated public servants that helped our Fellows navigate City Hall and champion our mission. And to the Cities that opened their doors, their minds, and their databases to the 2012 Fellows. In the last hours of the 2012 Fellowship, we, the Code for America Austin team, wanted toRead… Read more »
Thanksgiving Service Thanksgiving is a pretty special time for me personally. As the oldest of six Thanksgiving has always been a time for family, friends and a very full house. From my earliest memories we have almost always had at least one “extra” at our house and often many more as members of the sportsRead… Read more »
I spent an interesting morning at the Online Information conference on Tuesday – ably chaired by my pal Steve Dale – and the session I enjoyed most was about implementing collaborative technology in organisations – one example was from a big media and communications provider, the other a government department. Here are some of theRead… Read more »
This is a great video regarding innovations in participation, citizen engagement and deliberative democracy, with a panel discussion involving, Professor Archon Fung, Harvard Kennedy School Mr. Richard Dobson, Founder of Asiye Etafuleni, South Africa Mr. Robert Miller, Director of the Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program, USA Dr. Henry Tam, Deputy Director of Community Empowerment Delivery, UKRead… Read more »
“We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us.” – From Star Trek, First Contact As a teleworking manager looking in on a traditional office environment, the dangers of the office often seem frighteningly similarRead… Read more »
Hola GovLoop, Last weekend I pitched and created a startup company at Houston Startup Weekend focused on improving government permitting processes (if you have operated a business, you know the pain). Our startup, PermitMe, won the competition and now is competing for votes in the Global Startup Battle versus 120 other startups from around theRead… Read more »
Most Americans don’t know that the very first Thanksgiving was not about Pilgrims. It was about the US Constitution. Here’s a repost of my 2011 Thanksgiving article. Enjoy! http://voices.yahoo.com/thanksgiving-us-constitution-10508935.html?cat=9
Blogging can sometimes be a bit of a daunting task. Sometimes it’s helpful to think of some the things good bloggers do so our posts are read a bit more or just to inspire us to write when we’re out of ideas. This blog post is based on a presentation I gave last night atRead… Read more »
The dialogue is starting on the Future Federal Government. It is not just a conversation among us in the beltway, but for the whole world to see. Please join us at IX (link below) or make your comments here in GL. The six topics that I believe will reshape us are: Budget Reduction Performance AccountabilityRead… Read more »
One of the most anticipated highs in any transformation is when you begin to capture the value of the project. A major focus of my work has been working with large and complex organizations to develop an organizational capability to transformation. This capability is intended to enable the organization to meet an ongoing need toRead… Read more »