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An Exclusive Governing People Preview of the Gov 2.0 Summit

September 1, 2010 by Alex Torpey
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OSeptember 7th and 8th, some of the most engaged, creative and innovative minds will converge at the Grand Hyatt in Washington DC for the 2010 Gov 2.0 Summit. Last year was O’Reilly Media’s first Gov 2.0 Summit and this year the event will no doubt... [read more]

State CIOs and Emerging Technology

September 3, 2010 by susankirk
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The 2010 state CIO survey by NASCIO , Grant Thornton and Tech America and reveals interesting information about emerging technologies.  Emerging technologies can add value to public service, increase efficiencies and lower operation costs. State CIOs and cloud computing 50% are investing in cloud computing 33% are running active or... [read more]

4 Reasons Why Police Don’t Talk Back On Twitter

September 1, 2010 by Lauri Stevens
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Being a former police officer I am kind of baffled why law enforcement is failing to build community via Twitter.  I have been following numerous law enforcement agencies over the past year and they Tweet out information, which is informative, but there is no two-way Tweeting. What is lacking is the community building... [read more]

Cities’ competative advantage more reliant on networks than size, study says

September 1, 2010 by Jeff Smith
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A new study released Monday by a University of Michigan sociologist finds that cities’ size and location are waning as indicators of its economic prowess. Assistant professor Zachary Neal credits the growth of communication technologies and other networks for realigning economic hub zones from places like Detroit and Cleveland to Raleigh... [read more]

Passport to Social Media

August 31, 2010 by John Moore
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Traveling around the world you are bound to be in a situation where the world as you know it will be challenged.  You may be in a situation where you need directions or have an important meeting with a client that requires mastery of local social etiquette.  You may not be fluent in the local language or the societal... [read more]

Wash. Gov responds to citizen budget ideas

August 31, 2010 by Jeff Smith
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As part of an effort to reduce the State of Washington’s $3 billion budget gap, Governor Chris Gregoire recently closed the brainstorming and voting period for a Web-based crowdsourcing effort. Gov. Gregoire commented on some of the citizen-submitted ideas through a series of YouTube addresses last week.   Website visitors submitted... [read more]

Vermont to launch statewide eProcurement system

August 30, 2010 by Jeff Smith
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Last week, Vermont Governor Jim Douglas announced plans to begin a phased implementation of a web-based eProcurement system. The statewide portal will streamline the bid process, Gov. Douglas said, and it is expected to save Vermont at least $3 million annually.   The system, scheduled to launch in early 2011, will be a driver of... [read more]

Dear IT Guy, Can You Actually Use the Tool You’re Creating?

August 28, 2010 by Steve Radick
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Do the top developers for Google’s Android operating system use Blackberries?  Do the IT guys developing Windows 7 use Macs?  Do the folks at WordPress use Blogger to host their personal blogs? These are purposely ridiculous questions – wouldn’t the best developers use the actual tools they’re responsible for building?... [read more]

Cutting Won’t Fix Oregon, But There is a Solution

August 28, 2010 by John Moore
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Oregon is broken, and if we don’t fix it, Oregon will be broke. We cannot “cut” our way out of this. Yes, cuts are required, but cuts don’t solve the underlying problems we face and they only pretend to ward off the inevitable collapse. To solve the problem we must face three realities and address them—simultaneously and immediately. [read more]

Are you a Public Servant? What are your Open Data Challenges?

August 27, 2010 by David Eaves
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A number of governments have begun to initiate open data and open government strategies. With more governments moving in this direction a growing number of public servants are beginning to understand the issues, obstacles, challenges and opportunities surrounding open data and open government. Indeed, these challenges are why many of... [read more]

100 examples of social media and open data in localgov

August 26, 2010 by Ingrid Koehler
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Hurrah! I just published my 100th example of social media use in local government. I’ve been collecting examples of social media use in local government for probably a year and a half.  I published a slide deck of examples using slide share last year.  And although it got tons of views showing that people wanted information... [read more]

Creating effective open government portals

August 26, 2010 by David Eaves
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In the past few years a number of governments have launched open data portals. These sites, like www.data.gov or data.vancouver.ca share data - in machine readable formats (e.g. that you can play with on your computer) that government agencies collect. Increasingly, people approach me and ask: what makes for a good open data portal?... [read more]

Disaster management using open source and social media

August 25, 2010 by Craig Thomler
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Some of you may be aware of the Mercury 10 national counter-terrorism exercise currently being held in Australia, involving a variety of government bodies. While this type of scenario is only one of potentially many different types of crises or disasters that could occur, natural disasters, pandemics, rocks from space, and so on, it... [read more]
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