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Oct 28th 2009
The federal government is losing another of its rising stars — but only the larger goal of public service.
Earlier, we told you that GovLoop — the burgeoning online government-focused collaboration platform that describes itself as the Facebook for feds — was purchased by Scott Burn’s GovDelivery...
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Sep 15th 2009
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Spetember 14th, 2009
Amtower interviews Karen Evans, partner at KE&T Partners and former eGov Administrator at OMB...
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Jul 22nd 2009
Editor’s note: This item is re-posted from earlier this week. Unfortunately, for some reason, the item has just disappeared. Federal News Radio’s tech team is working on it, but… it is one of my favorite posts — so I am just re-posting it...
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Jul 21st 2009
They say that journalism is the first draft of history. Well, with the transparency and openness out there these days, my guess is that most journalism is actually the second draft of history… with Tweets being the first draft...
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Jul 20th 2009
On Tuesday morning, I am attending 1105 Government Information Group’s Open Government conference. I don’t know if the event ended up being profitable, but… they have put together a very good line-up...
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Jul 10th 2009
It has been all of about one day since the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board — yes, the RAT Board — and Smartronix, the company that was just awarded a $9...
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Jul 9th 2009
Let me start out by noting that this is a discussion going on in Britain, but there are many organizations — including parts of the media — that I think would just like this whole Internet thing to go away...
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Jul 7th 2009
I’ve been working throughout the day to catch up on what I missed over the past week while I was away with some time off. (I often post while I’m away...
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Jun 22nd 2009
Earlier, we told you about an initiative by Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) to crowdsource the redesign of his Web site. But could crowdsouring be used in other areas, like the design of a bus stop...
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Jun 21st 2009
It is just fascinating to watch what is happening in Iran. It is interesting with all the discussion about how the Obama campaign used so-called “new media,” but this is almost more… not real, but… more raw, maybe… it is fascinating to see how it is happening...
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Jun 3rd 2009
Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) is looking to redesign his Web site. How does one go about doing that? Crowdsourcing.
Honda details the thinking behind it on his blog:
Recently, I announced the launch of a new pioneering project to improve civic engagement in Congress via crowdSPRING...
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May 26th 2009
I mentioned earlier that I was on DC’s NewsChannel 8 tonight — their Federal News Tonight program — talking about transparency. Youcan read the “liner notes” here...
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May 26th 2009
I’ll be on DC’s NewsChannel 8 in the 7:30p ET half-hour — their Federal News Tonight program — and I’ll be talking about(what else) transparency...
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May 22nd 2009
Very quickly, federal CIO Vivek Kundra has managed to get Data.gov up — it launched today.
I have just started looking at it, but… here is what they say about it themselves…
Welcome to Data...
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May 6th 2009
The 2009 Webbie Awards have been announced — for those who don’t know, these are the preeminent online awards.
The Webbies have scores ofcategories...
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