Just after Christmas I wrote a quick post about the prospect of e-petitions for Parliament. Of course, local councils are also supposed to have their own e-petitions systems and processes. My own local council, South Holland, has a system in place (the MySociety one) but sadly it doesn’t look like anybody has created a petitionRead… Read more »
Join in and learn about Sustainability Reporting for federal agencies and how the GRI format can help! Our IC has a sustainability report and our agency, DHHS is currently working on their first report based on the Sustainability Strategic Performance Plan (SSPP) from 2010. Having our own report allows us to set metrics and goalsRead… Read more »
The recent events in Japan, and the subsequent danger looming from a possible nuclear melt down have some U.S. lawmakers calling for a review of regulations in the U.S. This coming on the heels of 20 proposed new U.S. nuclear power plants that are awaiting approval, following a 30 year lull in new construction afterRead… Read more »
Government data is not dull, writes The New York Times. It’s practical and supports everything from transit apps to weather reports. Original post
Losers often say they didn’t have enough time, talent, and treasure. Having been present on both sides, neither did the winners. So what really separates the two? That may be worth figuring out. What do you think?
First, a quick disclaimer: I am currently on a six-month detail for OPM’s Open Government Team. Yes, I am bragging but I also want to stress that anything I write on GovLoop is just my personal opinion and does not reflect the opinions of OPM, the Open Government Team, or anyone connected with the OPMRead… Read more »
Many thanks to Will Perrin from Talk About Local, who basically did my job for me in a comment on my last post about local digital communities and economies. The thrust of my post was that having a lively digital community in a local area is a good thing, which can benefit various bits ofRead… Read more »
STM (QC) has relaunched its new service alert system after glitches forced the agency to shut down the system only hours after introducing it last week. Original post
At a rail summit chaired by Mayor of London Boris Johnson, participants agreed to a series of changes to make travel easier throughout the region. Original post
When I first started this blog, I wrote it because I wanted to share what I knew – because I knew some stuff other people seemed to need/want to know and keeping it all to myself seemed wrong. I joined Twitter around the same time, and there was a big group of people in localRead… Read more »