Originally posted at eaves.ca Yesterday, at 5pm PST the Apps for Climate Action team at the Province of British Columbia released the list of 17 applications created using data from the Apps for Climate Action data catalog. At the moment anyone can register and vote for the application that they think is the best. I’dRead… Read more »
Did people see the White House updated its Open Gov Scorecard? I like the concept and it’s a good way to get started. Next step is really digging in – for example, not just who checked the public consultation scorecard but who is doing it well.. Thoughts? See at http://www.whitehouse.gov/open/around and below To review summariesRead… Read more »
Through freak weather, the links must go: Chris Vein: 5 Open Data Apps that Are Improving Our Cities Lisa Hoover: Open Source Wheelchair Design Aids Disabled in Developing Countries Marc Lifsher and David Sarno: Google accuses California of rigging bidding process for e-mail contract Peter Levine: What is the best participatory project in the world?Read… Read more »
Catch a shooting star: Vanessa Fox: ‘Knowledge is a Mashup’ Andrew Turner: CrisisCommons and Congress Alex Williams: City of Denver Dives Into the World of Open-Source Natalie Binder: Rocking the State – Human Resources Dan Zarrella: How To – Get Tweetable Moments from Your Presentations Mark Paterson: APS 200 Public Sector Innovation Project Amanda Eamich:Read… Read more »
Things are heating up! JD Lasica: Cool Gov 2.0 sites you don’t know about Steve Ressler: Three Sings that Government is More Innovative than Ever Sunlight Foundation: Ten Principles for Opening Up Government Information Steve Myers: 4 Digital Tools to Improve Your Government Coverage Urban Omnibus: Code for America Anthony Stewart: Robocalls to give MPsRead… Read more »
Until last year, I thought SXSW was all about the music and films. Not to mention some pretty rockin’ parties, as friends raved. As it happens, it’s also a forum for sharing some killer interactive projects, case studies, ideas. Even for government. Following SXSW 2010 tweets & blogs and hearing from gov2.0 people I admire,Read… Read more »
A few weeks ago, Mr. GovLoop started blogging for the Huffington Post. We’re pretty jazzed about it and our main goal is to highlight and honor your awesomeness through this increased visibility. For instance, our newest post is titled: “3 Signs That Government is More Innovative Than Ever” Basically, we talk about our new “GovLaunch”Read… Read more »
This post originally appeared on my external blog, “Social Media Strategery.” Who leads your organization’s social media initiatives? Is it someone who rose up and took the role or is is someone who was assigned that role? Social media isn’t something that can just be assigned to someone any more than you can just assignRead… Read more »
All we are is layer upon layer of who we were: Dan Bevarly: Shaken & Stirred – 21st Century Diplomacy w/Web 2.0 Tom Simonite: Whose Tweets Matter Most? Govistics: Open Data – When Uniformity Becomes a Virtue Terry Starbucker: Willy Wonka and the Leadership Idea Factory Terri Jones: Did you bring the map? Three waysRead… Read more »
In a Federal News Radio conversation with reporter Francis Rose and two other guests – Robert Shea, a former OMB executive, and Jon Desenberg, with the Performance Institute – we talked about the Obama Administration’s performance initiatives to date, and the potential implications for agency efforts to measure performance. Shea said “people miss some ofRead… Read more »