Open data platforms: a tool to revolutionise governance?
in which former South African minister Jay Naidoo beautifully conflates open data with open government
How opengov struggles like "Gov 2.0"
Really nice comment from Dan Beverly (@dbevarly) on this thread; worth the read.
For some, writing on windows = opengov
John S. Bracken @jsb (December 21 2012)
YOUR city officials use paper: nominee, #opengov photo of year: @chicagocdo @brettgoldstein thinks out loud. @danoneil http://www.flickr.com/photos/juggernautco/8291328545/in/photostream
How will we know if open government is successful?
Nice look at how access to technology may exacerbate power differentials rather than ameliorate them. HT Andrew
Open Government is an essential part of Open Policymaking.
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Hmm…is that the right order of things? (From the UK government’s consultations with civil society on the Open Government Partnership.)
HT Andrew E.
(Source: opengovernment.org.uk)
O'Reilly Radar Tumblr: White House announces Presidential Innovation Fellows
This morning, US Chief Technology Officer Todd Park announced the first class of “Presidential Innovation Fellows.”
“The Presidential Innovation Fellows program leverages the ingenuity of leading problem solvers from across America together with federal innovators to tackle projects that aim to…
Amazingly brutal honesty here: “[In Russia] Open Government is not meant to aid dialogue between the authorities and the people. It provides for dialogue of a limited number of experts with the government.
Code for America: #opengov interchangeable with #opendata
This is a really stark example of where the terminology goes off the rails…sigh.
Nice debate at the International Open Government Data Conference (Washington, DC)
HT Andrew
David Sasaki (@oso)
I still find @dgrobinson’s framing of “political accountability” vs. “public service delivery” problematic. #IOGDC Needs clearer vocab.
Daniel Schuman (@danielschuman)
@oso @dgrobinson as do I. It’s a bad/fuzzy/overbuild distinction #iogdc
Alex Howard (@digiphile)
@danielschuman @oso part of a reaction in #opengov movement to def including broader range of areas than transparency/accountability. #iogdc
Harlan Yu (@harlanyu)
@oso @digiphile @danielschuman It’s a simplification; all sorts of motivations for#opendata. But those are most common & are perceived diff
Alex Howard (@digiphile)
@harlanyu @oso @danielschuman Seeing #opendata this morning as a group of blind men might regard an elephant? bit.ly/4Edh4 #IOGDC
The Case Against Open Data in Yemen
My rebuttal to Walid’s piece
Open data vital for a new Yemen. Do you agree?
From long-time independent Yemeni journalist Walid Al-Saqaf
Useful Twitter conversation debating what #opengov is
Thanks for the heads up Andrew…
Alex Howard (@digiphile)
@cheeky_geeky @Publicyte Spin much? @GovTech article has 0 reference to what@Microsoft buying Yammer means for #opengov; title is just #gov
Dr. Mark Drapeau (@cheeky_geeky)
@digiphile You don’t think that a more agile, collaborative social enterprise falls under the category of “open government”? I do. #opengov
Alex Howard (@digiphile)
@cheeky_geeky As for what I think? Easy. Your tweets suggest @Microsoft would like to position its products under the category of #opengov.
Andrea DiMaio (@AndreaDiMaio)
@digiphile @cheeky_geeky @Microsoft bit.ly/MWVbx0 agreed, I read the article because of its references to #opengov and there was none
Alex Howard (@digiphile)
@AndreaDiMaio Yup. And it’s not at all unfair to point that out, despite the spin that followed.#opengov
gbyehuda (@gbyehuda)
Intra-governmental collaboration is #gov20; #opengov is a different Gov20 project.@cheeky_geeky @digiphile @AndreaDiMaio @D_Chehab
Andrea DiMaio (@AndreaDiMaio)
@gbyehuda @cheeky_geeky @digiphile @D_Chehab Not according to the Open Government Directive
Alex Howard (@digiphile)
@AndreaDiMaio Yup. Although perhaps we could agree that there’s more to #opengov than@OpenGov?
Andrea DiMaio (@AndreaDiMaio)
@digiphile Absolutely. I’ve always said that #opengov is a powerful internal tool, so maybe I’m in sync with @cheeky_geeky
Alex Howard (@digiphile)
@AndreaDiMaio Do your clients in govt report that Sharepoint helps them be more agile or collaborative? Or makes data searchable? #opengov
Andrea DiMaio (@AndreaDiMaio)
@digiphile Internal use of #opengov goes far beyond collab platforms. Sharepoint, Connections, Jive etc are not the crux of the matter here
Alex Howard (@digiphile)
@AndreaDiMaio No doubt. But my question stands.
Andrea DiMaio (@AndreaDiMaio)
@digiphile Er, which one - I have three in the last three tweets :)
Kevin Curry (@kmcurry)
@AndreaDiMaio The one where @digiphile asked if your gov clients report improvements in the areas he cited due their choice of a collab CMS.
Alex Howard (@digiphile)
@kmcurry that’s kind of a key question, for sure. hope @AndreaDiMaio circles back & blogs about that results of collab CMS choices.
Kevin Curry (@kmcurry)
@digiphile @AndreaDiMaio can we link to published results of gov customer surveys about their use of collaborative CMS, i.e., know of any?
Andrea DiMaio (@AndreaDiMaio)
@kmcurry @digiphile We have data in our Magic Quadrants about which tools are best. But the main challenge for #opengov is not technical
Kevin Curry (@kmcurry)
@AndreaDiMaio @digiphile Good reason to understand which tech makes cultural change EZ, which are painful. Can U help me nav 2 magic quads?
