From the Innovation Leadership Network an illuminating piece that highlights why we need to be innovative about innovation itself. I believe this applies to the public sector BIG TIME. What do you think? Steve D Originally posted on OZloop
This weekend I attended the rather fantastic Open City Workshop in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. If you don’t know much about what’s happening in Edmonton, you should probably check out Adriel Hampton’s recent post on the critical mass for awesomeness that’s happening there. There’s a innovative team at work in Edmonton which is a great modelRead… Read more »
Note: this is a cross-post from my blog, http://sleepisoptional.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/school-finance-data The following is a letter I sent to member of the Colorado General Assembly regarding HB10-1036, which calls for school districts to publish financial data on-line. A good thing, but how the data is published in important. This issue is of importance in light of aRead… Read more »
Jennifer Schaus of Jennifer Schaus & Associates in Washington, DC – a boutique government consulting firm – comments on SBA’s controversial women’s procurement program, stressing the importance of relationship building in the government procurement process. March, 2010 http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=44698&dcn=e_tma
As you may have heard last week, Google announced that they have added ‘Auto-Captions’ for all videos on YouTube. Google’s hope is to increase its user base and has chosen to focus its attention on accessibility with hopes that users with certain disabilities will leverage the site and find it useful. The reality is thatRead… Read more »
A group of researchers from some of the top schools with programs related to digital government got together last month to discuss the role of research in the digital government arena, it’s importance for the future, and how to get it better funded. The get-together was entitled “Information, Technology, and Governance: A Grand Challenges ResearchRead… Read more »
A great DIY site is http://www.therealtimjones.com. He gives great suggestions for home improvement projects.
One more day until the next #localgovchat (3/10 at 9 pm EST). Miss the first one? Check out the transcript. Want to join in? Go see how, it’s easy. We’ll do some tinkering with the number of questions based on some good feedback. And this week we’ll throw out where we might be headed initially.Read… Read more »
…We need to force innovation into social and educational delivery systems. Innovation means more than just new or larger programs. That can take the form of innovative new policies, technologies that makes existing systems work better, or the introduction of new providers and the competitive dynamic of choice that drives innovation in the marketplace. ReadRead… Read more »
Do you work for or know a nonprofit who is using Web 2.0 technologies to improve efficiency, collaboration, and transparency in government? If so, let us know! We’ll be hosting a Nonprofit Pavilion at Gov 2.0 Expo, just as we do at our Web 2.0 Expo events each year. Go the link below and fillRead… Read more »