How user friendly data (from governments) and civic app contests complement journalism.
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Chris
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Chris
A new group called Code for America (which is backed by Tim O’Reilly) is trying to help local governments “leverage the power of the web.” GovTech has a great article on this new group.
They are on Twitter at @codeforamerica.
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followyourgov
New post: Code for America and Local Gov Web 2.0 http://followyourgov.com/2010/01/30/code-for-america-and-local-gov-web-2-0/ #web20
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Chris
Here’s a Federal Times article on federal agencies using the IdeaScale platform to do online discussion forums. IdeaScale’s demo can be seen here, along with their OpenGov forum (done in conjunction with the National Academy of Public Administration). And ReadWriteWeb has a good overview of IdeaScale.
Also, IdeaScale is @IdeaScale on Twitter.
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followyourgov
New post: Online Discussion with IdeaScale http://bit.ly/4nGmFl
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Chris
Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist, links to a great CNN article about mobile apps and gov 2.0.
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followyourgov
New post: Newmark Link about Gov 2.0 http://bit.ly/4Cz786
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Chris
To follow up on yesterday’s post on using internal blogs, Government Technology talks about how Oakland County uses an internal blog to save money:
Phil Bertolini, CIO of Oakland County, Mich., established a Cost-Reduction/Investment blog in summer 2009 on which employees, regardless of rank, could propose cost-cutting ideas. Suggestions from the blog have slashed $600,000 from the county’s annual IT budget so far.
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followyourgov
New post: Saving Money with an Internal Blog http://bit.ly/6KuDqV
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Chris
Another of the Governing magazine articles on social media in government: Twitter and Earthquake Detection. This one is a short article about a U.S. Geological Survey system (the Twitter Earthquake Detector) that pulls tweets and other user-made updates (and photos) that specifically relate to earthquakes. The purpose of the project is to allow quicker detection and notification of earthquakes.
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followyourgov
New post: Detecting Earthquakes with Twitter? http://bit.ly/5h0luL
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Chris
Here is the list of apps submitted in New York City’s BigApps contest.
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followyourgov
New post: NYC’s App Contest http://bit.ly/8pjky3
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Chris
How the City of Santa Clarita Uses Social Media. And on the future of social media use in Santa Clarita:
In early 2010, the City will expand the business utility of social networking for our residents by adding a Twitter component to our CRM application, referred to in Santa Clarita as “eService.”
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Chris
Five predictions for government 2.0 in the next three years, including innovation coming from local governments, rise of Citizen 2.0, more video, and always on the record.
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followyourgov
New post: Gov 2.0 Predictions for Next 3 Years http://bit.ly/6jCS2O
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Chris
Social Computing Journal has 7 government 2.0 predictions for 2010, which include: self-service integration (and mashups), increased transparency and citizen involvement (due to apps), and incorporating more social media.
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followyourgov
New post: Gov 2.0 Predictions for 2010 http://bit.ly/5tGIH9
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clindsey
RT @followyourgov: New post: Gov 2.0 Predictions for 2010 http://bit.ly/5tGIH9
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Chris
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followyourgov
New post: Governing on Open Government http://bit.ly/6XIYsY
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Chris
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followyourgov
New post: iPhone App for Mobile City Hall http://bit.ly/8t7MN2
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Chris
The New York Times has a great article today on local governments that are opening up their data to be used in mashups, apps, and mobile apps (think iPhone apps).
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followyourgov
New post: NYTimes on Local Government Data http://bit.ly/7APhLc
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clindsey
RT @followyourgov: New post: NYTimes on Local Government Data http://bit.ly/7APhLc
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Chris
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followyourgov
New post: More on Open Gov in San Francisco http://bit.ly/7kknms
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Chris
Great list of 6 examples of government crowd-sourcing and getting public opinion online (here’s more on crowd-sourcing).
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followyourgov
New post: Example Gov Crowdsourcing Sites http://bit.ly/5tJatA
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chokha
Example Gov Crowdsourcing Sites « FollowYourGov http://bit.ly/73Bog1
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followyourgov 3:55 am on February 3, 2010 Permalink
New post: Local Govs Need to Release More Data http://bit.ly/bzpnmH #gov20
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