"open government" entries
OK, I admit It. I have a mancrush on the new Federal CTO, Todd Park
Todd Park is a guy who could do literally anything he put his mind to, and he's taking up the challenge of making our government smarter about technology.
In the age of big data, data journalism has profound importance for society
The 2012 NICAR conference highlighted how new tools and platforms are energizing the practice of journalism.
While the big theme of the 2012 NICAR conference was data, data journalism and the new tools to collect, clean, analyze and publish it, the importance of ethics, storytelling and finding the truth was always present. Open source has also emerged as the glue that binds newsroom developers together, both across the United States and around the world.
Open innovation works in the public sector, say federal CTOs
In his last day in office, federal CTO Aneesh Chopra released an open innovation toolkit.
Speaking at a recent forum in Washington, federal CTO Aneesh Chopra said that the open innovation approach that can be seen across industry, from social networking to pharmaceuticals to manufacturing, has proven to be effective in the public sector. CTOs from HHS and the VA offered more case studies in success.
With GOV.UK, British government redefines the online government platform
The U.K. moves from alpha.gov.uk to beta.
A new beta .gov website in Britain is scalable mobile-friendly, platform agnostic, uses HTML5, open source, hosted in the cloud and open for feedback. Those criteria collectively embody the default for how governments should approach their online efforts in the 21st century.
"The President of the United States is on the phone. Would you like to Hangout on Google+?"
Can a Google+ Hangout bring the president closer to the citizens he serves?
President Obama will join the first presidential Hangout on Google+ on January 30, 2012, as part of the White House's commitment "to creating a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration."
The week the web changed Washington
Collective action halted SOPA and PIPA. Now we're in unexplored territory.
Collective action channeled through the Internet halted the progress of SOPA and PIPA this week. The promise of these communication tools has come of age, and they'll be sorely needed to face the challenges of the 21st century.
Massachusetts Open Checkbook: running through the ledger of choices and challenges in open government
A tour of the new Massachusetts spending site, accolades and critiques from leading open government advocates, and an examination of it takes to produce data you can query for useful information.
Top Stories: January 9-14, 2012
Big data explained and exploited (in a good way), the goals of a chief innovation officer, and why it's a good time for publishing startups.
This week on O'Reilly: Edd Dumbill explained what big data means and how organizations can put it to use, Maryland's first chief innovation officer discussed his job and his goals, and Justo Hidalgo offered three reasons why it's a good time to be a publishing startup.
Can Maryland's other "CIO" cultivate innovation in government?
Bryan Sivak looks for ways to change the status quo.
Maryland's first chief innovation officer, Bryan Sivak, is looking for the levers that will help state government to be smarter, not bigger. From embracing collective intelligence to data-driven policy, Sivak is defining what it means to be innovative in government.
2011 Gov 2.0 year in review
A look at the Gov 2.0 themes, moments and achievements that made an impact in 2011.
What Gov 2.0 issue mattered most in 2011? Disruption caused by an increasingly mobile and networked society certainly ranked high. Other key developments included a new Open Government Partnership, emerging civic media, open source adoption, new civic startups, the growth of open data, and fights over intellectual property and Internet freedom.