The Open Gov Challenge – Get Involved!

As part of the Obama administration’s Open Government Directive, dozens of federal agencies are scrambling to put together “open government” plans. In an amazing example of how fast Gov 2.0 ideas, tools and ideals are taking hold in the federal space, nearly all of the agencies are using the collaborative tool IdeaScale to allow citizens [...]

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Vote for the Top Gov’t Tweeter; and for Gov’t Cheese

It was quite an fun week on the UserVoice front. I’ve written before about this easy-to-use crowdsourcing tool, but haven’t used it a terrible lot. Well, that all changed when Gywnne Kostin put me on a list for “Top Government Tweeter” nominations on a UserVoice campaign set up by the GSA’s Bev Godwin. I’m a [...]

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“Gov 2.0″ is Here to Stay

Gov 2.0 is a semantic umbrella for several movements with real muscle: open government (in the sense of transparent decision-making, “sunshine”/”sunlight”); open source software in government; free release of data collected by governments, preferably in machine-readable format; social media in government; collaboration, crowdsourcing and prediction markets in government; and traditional “eGov” online services.

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At Gov 2.0 LA with Alex Howard (@digiphile)

Discussing the first major west coast Gov 2.0 unconference.

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Help Save My Friend’s Daughter. Become a Marrow Donor Today.

Usually this is a blog about tech-enabled government reform. However, today my close friend’s daughter is in the hospital, dying of leukemia after several rounds of chemotherapy gave her only a six-month reprieve from the disease. She URGENTLY needs a bone marrow donor match to live, and her most likely match will be found in [...]

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