Open data open government – maybe it is a viral infection from the PDF09 conference, or maybe it’s an idea who’s time has come, but it seems you can’t move in cyberspace without bumping into it: Open Up Government Data – Wired How-To Wiki opendata.org.nz : Open Government for New Zealand It Is Time ToRead… Read more »
Looking for speakers to share successful best practices and case studies on the use of social media in government! Social Media for Government: How To Engage Your Employees And Citizens By Using The Latest Web 2.0 Technologies To Drive Communication Results December 7-10, 2009 in Washington, DC Organized by the Advanced Learning Institute www.aliconferences.com PleaseRead… Read more »
IT project transparency produced and managed by OMB http://it.usaspending.gov/ A News story from FCW Government IT spending put on full display in new Web site IT Dashboard uses visualization technology to display spending details * By Doug Beizer * Jun 30, 2009 The Office of Management and Budget launched a Web site today that usesRead… Read more »
Documents delivered to lawmakers this week expose a frequently confrontational and petty relationship over the past several years between officials at the Corporation for National and Community Service and the group’s inspector general, Gerald Walpin. President Obama fired the Bush appointee last month, citing a lack of confidence. Lawmakers almost immediately raised concerns with theRead… Read more »
A few years ago it was made public that Karl Rove, President George W. Bush’s political adviser, and Vice-President Dick Cheney were using a political party’s email system for work related communication instead of their official government accounts. A political party is under no obligation by law to archive its emails for posterity. This broughtRead… Read more »
As part of a Google fellowship that I received on behalf of Public Performance Systems, I spent the last two days at the Personal Democracy Forum up in New York. I’ll finish up our discussion on a Performance Management Framework in the next few days but I wanted to first report on a number ofRead… Read more »
My blog from the conference: http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/06/personal-democracy-forum-confe.html The first day at the Personal Democracy Forum conference revolved around the freedom to experiment, necessary infrastructure, and the need to change.
Well! I have missed you, and I hope you have missed me. I am just immersed in a project that is so personally satisfying that I can hardly tear myself away from it. It’s a Father’s Day present. My daddy is 80; a retired business executive, a politician, and always very involved politically. That generation?Read… Read more »
San Francisco is starting an open source community to liberate government data. We have several developers on the team and we’re looking for other cities to join us. Our goal is to develop an open source platform to help improve public access to raw government data in machine readable formats. You can get more detailsRead… Read more »
Hello, I am a transportation planner with the District of Columbia Office of Planning, and I’m writing to share news of the District’s recent announcement of a Circulator bus tracking application for mobile devices. I thought the GovLoop community might be interested in learning more about the application and process. For DC’s current Apps forRead… Read more »