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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Why Doesn’t Government Use the Web to Organize Its Work?
I’ve been reading Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky. It’s a brilliant book on the information revolution that we’re going through. He believes that this revolution is as momentous as the development of the printing press, which triggered the Reformation … Continue reading
The Four Stages of Job Markets
A Guide to the Recovering Job Market I’ve had the experience of looking for work during the worst economic periods of the last twenty years. As a recent college graduate, I passed out resumes during the post-Cold War sag of … Continue reading
Clay Shirky on the End of Newspapers
Like it or not, newspapers are going away. Printing day-old news on dead trees and then shipping the results to subscribers by gas-burning trucks seems antiquated and inefficient, a process that has become obsolete in our lifetimes. I love newspapers. … Continue reading
Vivek Kundra at FOSE on Transforming Government
Vivek Kundra is the newly appointed Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the federal government. He is the first federal CIO ever and previously served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the District of Columbia. He spoke this morning at FOSE, … Continue reading
Chris Anderson on “Delivering on the Promise of Gov 2.0″
Chris Anderson, of Wired magazine and “The Long Tail” fame, was the keynote speaker at FOSE this morning. He spoke on “For the People and By the People: Delivering on the Promise of Gov 2.0″. Anderson started off with an interesting … Continue reading
Friday’s Links
Here’s what’s interested me this week: Government 2.0: The Midlife Crisis Hard truths about the difficulties of implementing Web 2.0 in government. It’s Time for Governance Even more hard truths, this time about professionalizing web site management in government. Wil … Continue reading
More Thoughts on Transparency Camp 09
Some more random thoughts about Transparency Camp 09. Here are my big take-aways from the conference. Excitement: There’s a tremendous amount of enthusiasm among enlightened advocates of government transparency, fueled by the election of Obama and the mainstreaming of Web … Continue reading
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Transparency Camp 09: Pushing Government Forward
What’s Transparency Camp? This un-conference is about convening a trans-partisan tribe of open government advocates from all walks — government representatives, technologists, developers, NGOs, wonks and activists — to share knowledge on how to use new technologies to make … Continue reading