Currently viewing the category:
"Gov 2.0"
.habla-desktop {display:none !important;} Last week I attended the 2011 Annual NASCIO Conference in Denver, CO. Many readers of this blog already know that NASCIO is the National Association of State Chief Information Officers. It’s an incredibly tight knit group of all of the nation’s state-level CIOs as well as the CIOs of DC, Guam and [...]
Continue Reading →For nearly two years, participants in the Open Data movement, have worked tirelessly to make unfettered access to public data, at all levels of government, a sustainable and irreversible reality. Open Data sites are springing up all around the world, while those who put Open Data on the map like Data.gov, Medicare, NOAA, San Francisco, [...]
Continue Reading →Yesterday we announced that on July 21st, we will launch a broad market study to benchmark the state of Open Data in government. We believe this will be the very first time that government stakeholders, mainstream citizens and civic application developers will all be invited to share their perspectives on this nascent movement. Why are [...]
Continue Reading →Led by New York City Council Member Gale A. Brewer, on Monday June 21, 2010 the New York City Council Committee on Technology will hold a hearing on Open Data standards for all NYC agencies. The specifics of the hearing are as follows: The New York City Council Committee on Technology will hold an important hearing [...]
Continue Reading →Can the government really be “open” if it’s not open for everyone? As Federal, state, and local governments put more of their data online, it is important that they take into consideration the needs of all of their constituents, including those who are disabled and use special technologies to access the Internet. This becomes especially important [...]
Continue Reading →There is a global open data movement underway. Cities, counties, states and national governments are sharing their data with citizens. But all we citizens are not alike. One size does not fit all. Socrata has spent the majority of the last three years focused on understanding the consumption side of the data publishing equation. We’re [...]
Continue Reading →You know that the whole open government, transparency, government 2.0 movement is reaching critical mass when there are overlapping, conflicting events. You’ll find Socrata folks at two upcoming events, which might interest readers of this blog as well. Socrata Technical Program Manager Chris Metcalf and CEO Kevin Merritt will be at Transparency Camp in DC [...]
Continue Reading →Last week, Peter Orszag, Director at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum for the heads of executive departments and agencies. This memo is the Open Government Directive. You can read the full 11-page memo, including the attached Open Government Plan here. I read the memo in detail and wrote up an [...]
Continue Reading →