The National Journal just featured Department of Health and Human Services CTO Todd Park and the work he and his department have been doing with technology. In our opinion, they are one of the best — if not the best — examples of open government and Gov 2.0 at the federal level: not only usingRead… Read more »
The newly-relaunched Utah.gov is getting rave reviews from across the Open Government community. Here’s one more reason to like it: Not only do they list all upcoming public meetings and public hearings online, they also allow citizens to create their own “Public Notice Widget”, a custom notification filter. Not sure if this feature was partRead… Read more »
INPUT Analyst Derek Johnson reports. Earlier this month, New York City rolled out its first digital road map – a strategic plan that aims to “establish [New York City] as the world’s top-ranked Digital City, based on indices of Internet access, Open Government, citizen engagement, and digital industry growth.” As one of the most technologicallyRead… Read more »
A key challenge in IT is dealing with all the different ‘camps’ of different makes and types of technologies. In Government this is particularly challenging right now, because simultaneously Government agencies are meant to embrace, adopt and master a variety of new technologies, including Web 2.0 social media, Cloud Computing, Open standards, Open software andRead… Read more »
GovLoop is my favourite example of tailoring a social web community towards a particular audience. It’s absolutely the best medium for catalyzing new ideas and spreading best practices at the speed of thought. I have set up a new group to cater for our forthcoming Open Government Canada webinar, you can virtually meet and greetRead… Read more »
As part of my work to promote Cloud Computing globally, I’m focused on a number of core technologies that are also key to Open Government. In particular ‘Open Linked Data’ – See my main summary of this here, where I describe that it will enable “Cloud 2.0” apps. Open Data is a very popular topicRead… Read more »
Government websites are finally starting to come around. Just in the last years there has been several complete overhauls and redesigns that not only make the sites look better but make it tons easier for citizens to get around and engage with the government. Here’s a dataset with some great government website examples: http://data.govloop.com/Government/Government-Website-Design-Examples/drcq-g8fp GettingRead… Read more »
Funding cuts have forced federal officials to cancel plans for two new open government websites. One was intended to allow federal workers to share information and work tips with one another and the other was designed to provide the public with information on the quality of federal services. Existing open government sites will continue —Read… Read more »
Image by Lance Shields via Flickr A key theme for our upcoming webinar will be ‘Open Government Cyberinfrastructure’. This refers to the increasingly pervasive Internet infrastructure that continues to grow around us, from the underlying telco lines through to the new ‘Cloud’ software it is running. As more and more open source and open dataRead… Read more »
From ‘The Big Apple’ and ‘Empire City’ to ‘Gotham’ and ‘The City That Never Sleeps,’ New York City has worn many hats over the years. With the release of NYC Digital‘s roadmap, NYC hopes to add ‘The Digital City’ to its nickname collection. Last week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne announcedRead… Read more »