This post has been updated to include Dan Chenok’s contribution. Gadi Ben-Yehuda This week has seen a lot of stories about Data–Big, Open, and Social. Ordering Open: Steven VanRoekel and Todd Park discuss the executive order “Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information Interesting data on social media for civic leaders.Read… Read more »

Gadi Ben-Yehuda This week: Securities. On HowTo.Gov, Justin Herman exhorts his fellow govvies: “Government Must Rapidly Respond to Social Media Hacking“ FedTech reports that “Mobile Security Is Top of Mind for Government IT Professionals” which is important, becuase “For Defense Department Agencies, Mobile Technology Can Save Lives, Property and Time“ GovLoop and Symantec put “CyberRead… Read more »

Gadi Ben-Yehuda This week: Success! On HowTo.Gov, Ori Hoffer asks “What Does Social Media Success Look Like?” His answer includes a chart! Joesph Marks reports that GAO thinks the IRS could be more successful with its Web site. HHS CTO Bryan Sivak explains how to write a successful proposal for HHSignite. More successful security throughRead… Read more »

Gadi Ben-Yehuda This week, I’ve notice a lot of articles about the future. And in that future: Chris Dorobek will be hosting a discussion on the future of citizen engagement. Government agencies can mine Twitter for crowd management, social weather, and emergency response. We will eat “the MyPlate Way” (actually, we can do that now).Read… Read more »

This post has been updated to include Dan Chenok’s contribution. Gadi Ben-Yehuda Bright new ideas edition! Here are “A Few Hundred Innovative Ideas for Urban Governance“ And here’s a “New Report: Crafting a Comprehensive Digital Government Strategy“ Now, the “Boston CIO using gamification to bond city workers and constituents“ And did you know that “ThereRead… Read more »

This post has been updated to include Dan Chenok’s contributions. Gadi Ben-Yehuda Digital Currency Examined. I once described “Gov 2.0” as government’s activities in and regulation of the digital landscape. Learning that Treasury is going to be watching virtual currencies to check for money laundering, as the Wall Street Journal reports, is very Gov 2.0.Read… Read more »

Gadi Ben-Yehuda This past week, I attended SxSWi, at which there were numerous panels and meetups of interest to Gov20. The three most prominent strains that I saw developing centered around open government (meaning both opening government data and government processes), expanding government into the digital space, and conversations about the role of government inRead… Read more »

This article has been updated to include Dan Chenok’s contribution. Gadi Ben-Yehuda Mobility helping government caseworkers. In Governing, William Eggers writes about his new report “Gov on the Go: Boosting Public Sector Productivity by Going Mobile,” Pinterest helping home-cooks everywhere. A few weeks ago, I wrote and spoke about 10 Pinterest boards that I’d likeRead… Read more »

Gadi Ben-Yehuda This week was Social Media Week DC, and lots of #SocMed stories (and more) developed. The General Services Administration wants to help agencies use and measure social media more effectively. Information Week’s Elena Malykhina has a good write-up. Bonus: Government Leader’s Guide to Social Media. And speaking of government leaders. . . .Read… Read more »

Gadi Ben-Yehuda Google+ Becomes 2nd Most Popular Social Network? Twenty months after it laucnhed, Google+ has 343 million users. But what are they doing, and what is the implication for Gov20? One reason Google+ continues to grow is that it is integrated into Google’s mobile platform so seamlessly. Keep this in mind when you readRead… Read more »