Note: this article is cross-posted from its original location. This last weekend saw the first hackathon ever to occur in the country of Moldova, and they definitely made it their own. For a country that is just starting to build its civic hacker community, the results were nothing short of remarkable: 85 participants set toRead… Read more »
I’m excited to announce the Open Forum Foundation’s very first official publication: A Guide to Owning Transparency How Federal Agencies can Implement and Benefit from Transparency [Get it here] This work is based on the in-person discussions hosted during the Focus Forum Owning Transparency: People, Processes, and Technology at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)Read… Read more »
*********************************************************************** Not a Govloop Member? 30 Secs & Free to Join for Great Info & Perks ************************* Cross-posted from the Open Forum Foundation blog. Maxine Teller and I had a brief conversation at GovLoop’s GovUp last night about what the goal of the OpenGov movement actually is (and how it’s currently rather ill-defined). As I’dRead… Read more »
Friends and Supporters, As 2009 draws to a close, we consider our past accomplishments and prepare for new ones. As an organization, we are now in an exciting position where our opportunities exceed our capacity: that is to say that if we had more resources, we would be accomplishing more than we are. If youRead… Read more »