All posts in crowdsourcing


UK Govt Crowdsources Ideas to Fight ‘Pointless Regulation’

July 1, 2010 by Richard Fahey
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 A new government website called Your Freedom was launched today, offering members of the public the opportunity to voice their ideas and comments to reduce pointless regulation and unnecessary bureaucracy. The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg explained how this provides a real chance for the public to influence government policy:It... [read more]

Crowdsourcing Application to Stay Cool in Vancouver

July 31, 2009 by David Eaves
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<!--break--> My friend and open city collaborator Tim Wilson has come up with a genius idea for citizens of Vancouver to beat the heat. He's asking everyone to help map all the free water fountains in the city as well as public air conditioned spaces.To do this he's created a public google map that anyone can edit - just on the... [read more]

The People’s ideas for Ireland’s renewal

July 28, 2009 by Richard Fahey
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<!--break--> Last week, the Irish Government announced its response to the Ideas Campaign. The initiative was launched in March to seek citizens’ ideas for Irish economic recovery and renewal. It set a challenge to people in Ireland to be innovative and creative in suggesting idea and planning the country’s economic recovery. The... [read more]

Crafting an EU Innovation policy

July 13, 2009 by Richard Fahey
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<!--break--> The EU launched a new website last week as part of an online debate to discuss new ideas for future innovation policy. The site aims to gather proposals on how to stimulate and promote innovation throughout the EU. This debate, and the ideas it generates, will then feed into a final report to the European Commission on... [read more]

Boston Announces First iPhone App for City Complaints

July 7, 2009 by Sara Cope
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<!--break--> Boston city officials will soon debut the city's first official iPhone application, which will allow residents to snap photos of neighborhood nuisances - nasty potholes, graffiti-stained walls, blown street lights - and e-mail them to City Hall to be fixed. City officials say the application, dubbed Citizen Connect, is... [read more]

Smithsonian Seeding Staff New Media Innovation

July 3, 2009 by Gwynne Kostin
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<!--break--> Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough announced a new project and fund to encourage staff at the world's largest museum complex and research organization to explore and launch ways to "use digital technology and new media" to advance the Smithsonian's work. From Secretary Clough's announcement to staffThe Smithsonian 2.0... [read more]

5 Open tenets of the new NYSenate.gov

June 25, 2009 by Richard Fahey
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<!--break--> The New York State Senate launched a new feature rich website last month. It comes complete with lots of neat open government features. The site is open and clean with a similar presentation layout to many of the new Obama Administration sites, such as whitehouse.gov and recovery.gov. It’s easily navigable, and is... [read more]

7 steps towards social media success

June 20, 2009 by Richard Fahey
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<!--break--> John Monroe’s article on Federal Computer Week earlier this month collates advice from social media experts at May’s Government Leadership Summit in Williamsburg, Va. He outlines 7 key steps towards achieving social-media success within government. These steps quantify the risks associated with social media, and... [read more]

Government 2.0 initiatives in Australia Part 1 (Public Sphere Camp series)

June 16, 2009 by Craig Thomler
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<!--break--> Last week I posted about some of the Government 2.0 initiatives around the world.This week I'm posting about some of the initiatives going on in Australia.There are a number of government and non-government organisations who are very actively participating online and a great deal of experimentation going on. In fact while... [read more]

US reports on open government brainstorm - do Australians share these views?

June 12, 2009 by Craig Thomler
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<!--break--> The US government has been running an online consultation on the topic of open government via the OpenGov suggestions market.A summary analysis report on the first stage of the brainstorm has now been released, outlining the main suggestions and topics US citizens found critical for open government.Some of the highlighted... [read more]

Congressman Wants You to Redesign His Website

June 2, 2009 by Sara Cope
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<!--break--> Congressman Mike Honda, 15th District of California Representative, recently announced the launch of his new initiative to crowdsource the redesign of his website.  His goal of this project is to move America closer to Government 2.0, where Rep. Honda’s constituents can play a role in the creation of a site that will... [read more]

The Power of mass collaboration

May 16, 2009 by Richard Fahey
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<!--break--> Us Now - a film on the power of mass collaboration, the internet and government - is now freely available online to stream or download. The film investigates the use of crowdsourcing, and other forms of citizen participation, to change the nature and role of government. It follows the fate of football team owned and run... [read more]