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NASA’s final open government initiative revolves around “technology accelerators” — essentially, crowdsourcing. By opening up its data troves to the world, the agency is hoping that developers...
Ulrich Freise, Berlin’s Secretary of State for Home Affairs, described Berlin’s open data site as base for administrative action that citizens could use to make decisions, find facts and involve...
Senator Kate Lundy in a session "Open Source Developers Conference" in Australia, describes the three pillars that encapsulate the aspects of open government: *Democratizing...
And in what seems like a unique form of Canadian federalism, Clement said he would like to let citizens make more decisions on local matters, rather than having bureaucrats in government offices...
Open Data in government is a part of a growing movement where enlightened policy encourages the use of cloud computing, web 2.0 and social technologies to promote government transparency and...
The White House as taken public feedback on designing democracy with “ExpertNet,” a proposed citizen consultation platform. Citizen engagement platforms grew in 2010. There will be more coming...
Supporters of the Sunlight Foundation's transparency work were no doubt pleased to hear that 67.9 percent of surveyed citizens and 92.6 percent of surveyed government employees indicated that...
As OGP, its member nations and their domestic partners work to bring ambitious open government plans to life, here are a few more things they should bear in mind: *Crowd-sourced sites which...
The move to an open-government policy will require not just a technological upgrade but also a change of attitude by a governmental apparatus that has too long embraced a culture of secrecy, as...
A key tenet of the Implementation Model is that government agencies should advance their open government initiatives incrementally, focusing on one implementation stage at a time. Starting from...
Watch the video and be inspired to take part as a citizen archivists! The program is very comprehensive so you'll totally learn about how important crowdsourcing, open government and the role...
Now that 2011 is almost complete, I think its fitting to single out several people who have helped shape the landscape of the open gov movement in Philadelphia. These are by no means the only...
Hedi Ben Abbes, secretary of state for the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Tunisia addresses the Open Government Partnership in Brasilia and speaks to the Guardian's Public Leaders Network...
When President Obama took office in 2008 he implemented the Transparency and Open Government Initiative to incorporate transparency, participation, and collaboration between the American people and...
In order to fix the gap between government and citizen, there are four necessary components that need to be in place: 1. A platform that knows how to get data into and out of a city’s...
Terms, such as co-creation, mass customization, interactive value creation, or open innovation represent the increasing success of new (predominantly Internet-based) practices and give evidence that the general public can constitute a source of enhanced innovation.
In many countries the public sector has been seeking to reform itself, anyway. Do the open innovation methods, broadly understood provide a way? In this post, Dennis Hilgers and Frank Piller look at the wider benefits of an open public service and raise some of the most important issues.
In Tunisia, the post-revolution government is using the popular PiratePad collaborative, open-source text editor to help construct their constitution. The idea appears to have originated with Slim...
The Open Source Food Panel was facilitated by the following experts: Stowe Boyd (Social Philosopher & Connectivist of Work Media) Devin Balkind (Director of Sarapis Foundation) Phil...
Two recent stories demonstrate the fascinating role of Facebook/Twitter in shaping governance. Iceland was hit hard by the banking crisis of 2008, when its banks collapsed within a week, and...
Clay Johnson talks with the GSA’s Sonny Bhagowalia at the 2010 Gov 2.0 Summit about “the future of the government platform.”
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