36 days ago by Daniel Dietrich

Am 08. Februar 2012 findet das Medienforum.Berlin ab 17:30 Uhr in der Landesvertretung NRW in Berlin statt. Unter dem Motto Open Data, Open Government – Neue Regeln, neue (Medien-) Politik? diskutieren hochkarätige nationale und internationale Gäste über Best Practices und Zukunftsperspektiven offen ...

36 days ago by David Eaves

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 sad ...

36 days ago by Franco Iacomella

POCLAD, the Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy: The group describes itself as “a group of 11 people instigating democratic conversations and actions that contest the authority of corporations to govern. David Bollier: “Our analysis evolves through historical and legal research, writing, publ ...

37 days ago by Tim

In December, the White House issued a request for input regarding the U.S. Open Government National Action Plan. Their list of seven questions included one on e-participation. To jog your memory, here it is once again: What are the most effective forms of technology and web tools to encourage public ...

39 days ago by David Sasaki

Along with David Brooks, Jeffrey Goldberg, and Jad Abumrad, Kurt Anderson belongs to my select fraternity of idealized, intellectual American man-crush. So I was kinda, well, crushed when I read his cover story for this year’s Time Person of the Year. Like the rest of mainstream media’s coverage of ...

39 days ago by Tim

In a blog post the other week, Code for America helped promote the White House’s most recent request for input, asking: How do you measure participation? The post approaches this question with an understanding of “participation in its broadest sense”. Not to be too nit-picky, but that’s probably not ...

41 days ago by Martin Simamora

Badan negara komputasi dan Informatika Korea Selatan "National Computing & Information Agency-NCIA", telah mulai mewujudkan sebuah ide agar pemerintah menempatkan semua sumber daya IT yang dimiliki semua lembaga pemerintah secara terpusat di satu tempat dan mengelolanya sebagai sumber daya IT yang t ...

44 days ago by LeggiOggi

La Regione Piemonte si conferma la PA italiana leader in materia di Open Data: dopo essere stata la prima Regione a dotarsi di un portale dei dati pubblici (dati.piemonte.it) e ad adottare delle “Linee Guida” per il riutilizzo del patrimonio informativo pubblico, ha approvato anche la prima legge re ...

48 days ago by Paul Wright

Out of 16 categories, Philadelphia projects won or were runner up nine times in the 2011 GovFresh awards. It is fantastic to be a part of rethinking and acting upon new thoughts that bring people together for true citizen benefit. Here’s the link: http://govfresh.com/2011/12/2011-govfresh-awards-win ...

48 days ago by David Ferriero

Today we launch the Citizen Archivist Dashboard ( http://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist/) and encourage you to get involved in elevating the visibility of the records of the United States. Did you know that many grade school children aren’t taught cursive handwriting anymore and can’t read cursi ...