“Sweet GovTweets” Tues 7 April, 2009 edition

Apologies for errors in advance:

@sradick: A challenge to the attendees of #gov20camp (http://tinyurl.com/c7ce2q) #gov20

@krishnan: Redhat tries to push Open Government using Open Source and Open Formats. http://bit.ly/3anYNy #opensource #opengov

@conniecrosby: in Open Government session at #mesh09 #opengov with @remarkk

@conniecrosby: @danielrose why we use visual models to explain abstracts-words carry baggage; getting rid of words gets rid of assumptions #mesh09 #opengov

@citymark: #opengov assignment – communicate the concept of open gov’t using only shapes and lines

@josephdee: #opengov at #mesh09 is underway with @remarkk and @danielrose http://post.ly/FZm

@conniecrossby: #opengov #mesh09 with @remarkk http://remarkk.com & @danielrose http://omakasegroup.com -have put together #ChangeCamp & #AgendaCamp for TVO

@conniecrosby: @remarkk: What meaning & content is in the word “Open” that we want to unbundle? What is so compelling about this idea? #mesh09 #opengov

@conniecrosby: @remarkk: #opengov shares values with things like Open Source & open web, but we don’t really understand what those values are #mesh09

@conniecrosby: @remarkk: Open web idea – anyone can connect to anyone. Also the idea of open data (Tim Berners-Lee) #opengov #mesh09

@conniecrosby: @remarkk: Why do some people believe in Open Government at all? We see what is possible with co-creation e.g. Wikipedia #opengov #mesh09

@conniecrossby: @remarkk: (Power + Legitimacy) – Legitimacy seen by people inside the system – often by force of traditional practice #opengov #mesh09

@acroll: #opengov #mesh09 “Accountable” = called to account by an audience _that_is_outside_their_own_system_of_power_ Kangaroo courts fail

@conniecrossby: @remarkk: Efficiency & effectiveness-taxpayers expect value for their money. Radical transparency is averse to risk-taking. #opengov #mesh09

@josephfung Interesting Question: would you prefer an “efficient” or an “open” government? #mesh09 #opengov

@rochlatinsky: what are some examples of governments being open, want to share with #opengov #mesh09

@josephfung: Interesting: 211 (www.211ontario.ca) like 411 brought up as an example of open governement #opengov #mesh09

@silanthia: Reasons 2 NOT jump on Twitter bandwagon 4 companies. Some really good advice 4 everyone #opengov #gov20 #sm http://bit.ly/IfS1e

@josephdee: Our #viz at #opengov workshop with @acroll (who is a friggin rockstar) #mesh09 http://post.ly/Fb4

@curvezilla: http://sunshinereview.org nice site for Govt. Transparency. #gov20 #opengov

@josephfung: @canstageco #mesh09 #opengov ideally you are right. Some in office may disagree 😉 At least Ontario ombudsman seems to want more openness.

@subbob: @DocMichele Thanks – glad you found it interesting. Hoping others find and use http://socialtraining.wetpaint.com & share successes #gov20

@governingpeople: Have you read @craigthomler’s great words on the Twitter adoption rate in the Australian government? See http://tr.im/ims1 #gov20

@ariherzog: Hmm. USA.gov lists the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ blog (https://eportal.usace.army.mil/sites/Blog), but that’s a #fail for me. #gov20

@ariherzog: Anybody want to guess the blog platform used by the Council on Foreign Relations at http://www.cfr.org? Joomla, maybe? #gov20

@ariherzog: Grants.gov has a blog. On blogspot: http://grants-gov.blogspot.com At least the agency is hiring people, per their last post. #gov20

@jefferyrlsmith: FDA and CDC leveraging social media #gov20 #civsource #govit http://twurl.nl/qs25zy

@mweditor: It’s not Twitter, but Nixle message alert system inform subscribers about crime and other happenings in Chula Vista http://ow.ly/2ewt #gov20

@govloop: New GovLoop Member of Week – Geoff Livingston https://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/member-of-the-week-geoff #gov20 #govloop

@mweditor: West Virginia Secretary of State trying to make state government more accessible by being part of Twitter http://ow.ly/2eDN #gov20

@mweditor: Mississippi politicians a-twitter – giving a voice to “people who lost hope or confidence in the political system,” http://ow.ly/2gm0 #gov20

@ingridk: Social media for political campaigning? Ask J Upton how it’s done – live Q&A right now http://ow.ly/2gwq #gov20

@govdelivery: #gov20 event w/ @AndrewPWilson, use of social media in a crisis. Govt communicating with citizens through new channels http://bit.ly/3AFxDb

@adrielhampton: Twitter and I are back in the National Journal: http://bit.ly/29fdPo #ca10 #gov20 #p2 #topprog #rebelleft

@smilinstan: Google force feeds #gov20 to US gov – but gov can’t use the interwebs without printing every page! http://tinyurl.com/c6vlqh

@digitalhumanist: Please consider voting for @wanderingwill’s site, The Petition Archives http://bit.ly/xC1Pg A unique use of @omeka #gov20

@muncibid: @ericldavis Checkout http://tinyurl.com/bps8rv #govloop #gov20

@krazykriz: @aaronflores Posted the “Social Media and Four-Hour Work” notes over at the #gov20camp blog: http://twurl.nl/d46sne #gov20 #govloop

@wsdot: Ever wonder how the information we provide compares with other DOT’s (stimulus funding)? http://cli.gs/jht4b4 #gov20

@drdigipol: @mpetty @henrim I think taking notes on twitter is as legit as taking notes on paper… w/ added value of making notes transparent. #gov20

@mpetty: Good faith governance in the 21st century: my first thoughts. http://is.gd/rf0R @drdigipol #nwasocial @henrim @fvilleflyer #gov20 @gharton

@subbob As Joint Staff J6 says, we must embrace blogs, wikis & other or we will become irrelevant. #gov20 #fb

@IBMFedCyber: Reactive Security fails for the tax payers: $100M in six months… http://tinyurl.com/dxe3vc #infosec #gov20

@govloop: On GovLoop: Moving into the cloud? http://tinyurl.com/cfwnym #gov20 #govloop

@joab_jackson: Making the case for ontologies (GCN): http://tinyurl.com/dftcbp #GovLoop, #Gov20

@spaghetti_p: @tsvetter have you seen this http://dpi.priv.gc.ca – that #gov20 in action, right here in Ottawa

@midwaybeach: I’m writing a blog post–to be published on (http://bit.ly/YKqWw)–about the need to put muni docs online, and who’s helping. #gov20

@municibid: @ericldavis Checkout http://tinyurl.com/bps8rv #govloop #gov20

@krazykriz: @aaronflores Posted the “Social Media and Four-Hour Work” notes over at the #gov20camp blog: http://twurl.nl/d46sne #gov20 #govloop