Design for America Contest for Data Accessibility
Sunlight Labs is opening up a contest called Design for America that encourages the public to create data visualizations with open government data. See news of the contest at Wired and govfresh.
Public Data and Google’s Explorer
Governing has a short piece on using Google’s great new Public Data Explorer.
Gov 2.0 Predictions for Next 3 Years
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.
Gov 2.0 Predictions for 2010
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.
NYTimes on Local Government Data
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).