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Following the very active debate on the UK and Ireland E-Democracy Exchange following the announcement of the publication of the Digital Participation in Scotland report I thought it worthy of a brief summary of some of what had been said and the concepts that had been considered. A key element of the debate was about participation (or e... [read more]
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Some small examples of open data use and public servants who do and don't understand open data from the Province of British Columbia to the City of Vancouver. Open Libraries? For the past several years - ever since the open motion was passed in Vancouver - the city has been releasing more and more data sets. One data set I've encouraged... [read more]
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I’ve found with the new USAJobs update it is not quite as simple to get a straight forward listing of the jobs you’re looking for. So, to help out those looking for government jobs in social/new media, I’ve put together a quick roundup of the web related positions I’ve found. Feel free to message me with other social media related... [read more]
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This is a guest post written by Dan Chenok.fadasdfThis week, GSA’s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies (OCSIT) released its annual report on activities in 2011. This GSA entity, led by Administrator Dave McClure and a very able staff, serves to drive innovation and transparency to support better government for... [read more]
So I loath making this the first post of the new year, but here we go. Today Canada.com published a story "Tony Clement vows innovative new open government, but critics point to poor record." In it, Jason Fekete the journalist responsible for the story, quotes a Democracy Watch spokesperson who sadly gets the facts completely... [read more]
Officials in Arizona are pushing for increased transparency in the state, in the wake of questions raised over dealings between state officials and lobbyists. Secretary of State Ken Bennett and State Representative Kimberly Yee are pushing a new measure that would put more sunlight on the financial disclosure statements and lobbyist... [read more]
In a Fast Company post earlier this week, information architect and UX consultant Hana Schank is highly skeptical of whether New York City takes digital seriously. The city’s approach to digital development” focuses on plenty of sizzle, not much steak,” writes Schank. “It’s time for the city to deeply explore what New York’s... [read more]
December 3 was International Open Data Day with hackathons taking place in cities around the world. How many you ask? We can't know for certain, but organizers around the world posted events to the wiki in over 50 cities around the world. Given the number of tweets with the #odhd hashtag, and the locations they were coming from, I don't... [read more]
The supercommittee isn’t looking super today. The New York Times reported this afternoon that Congressional lawmarkers concede that budget talks are close to failure. "Partisan Fail" by David @Colarusso Why? Politico’s chief White House correspondent, Mike Allen, dug into the issues in this morning’s Playbook. For those who had hopes... [read more]
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard is trying to improve state government service delivery and transparency through updates to the state website. The updates are part of the Govenror’s broader Better Government Intiative which hopes to give state residents a better government experience. The website update includes several... [read more]
The short story: GovTwit.com is dead and I’m looking for ideas on how to get it back up and running. The slightly longer version: I recently sat on a panel hosted by Market Connections, which was releasing their third annual report around the use of social media in government (you can download the overview here), and was excited to see... [read more]
Been meaning to post on this for a while but it got kind of stuck in my drafts folder. If you’re looking for an opportunity to network with like-minded communicators using Twitter, you could do a lot worse than check out one of the regular “chats” that take place among groups of communicators. A few are worth highlighting in particular... [read more]
In the October edition of PA Times, the journal of the American Society for Public Administration (republished on her blog), Ines Mergel reveals some of the learning from what she labels as the ‘Open innovation’ platforms. These are sites such as NYC Simplicity, Transforming Washington’s Budget and Challenge.gov – sites that employ... [read more]
Like it or not, the public sector can’t say it’s truly got social media until it’s got Facebook right. Right now it hasn’t. All too often it’s a tumbleweed corporate page shovelling out press releases and a handful of brave people following. Often it’s nothing at all. That’s as social as standing outside the Town Hall waiting for someone... [read more]
What is the state of the open data movement? Yesterday, during my opening keynote at the Open Government Data Camp (held this year in Warsaw, Poland) I sought to follow up on my talk from last year's conference. Here's my take of where we are today (I'll post/link to a video of the talk as soon as the Open Knowledge Foundation makes it... [read more]
Dean Halstead is a Lead Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton and serves on the Advisory Board for the SmartBrief on Social Media. More »
John Kamensky is a Senior Fellow with the IBM Center for The Business of Government. More »
Steve Radick is a Lead Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton and serves on the Advisory Board for the SmartBrief on Social Media. More »
Maybe they'll get it right this year, they can't afford to fail again, the competition is too tight on the electric car market. Sure there's still room for breakthroughs, I read some interesting articles about it on www.partsgeek.com, we should expect some interesting electric car technologies in ...
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