Gordon Brown on data.gov.uk and Open government

2 February 2010

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke about the recently released data.gov.uk, and opening up government during a speech yesterday at the RSA (forward to 15:19).

On Citizen empowerment
But the test of our commitment to democracy is not merely the changes we make to the institutions at the centre: it is how far we are prepared to [...]

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San Francisco seeking cost saving ideas

1 February 2010

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced last week, how he’ll be seeking help and ideas from citizens on how to cut $522 million deficit from the City’s budget. In his weekly YouTube address, he outlined how he’ll be hosting two town hall meetings in February – an online meeting and a more traditional, in-person, [...]

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GSA: Supporting Open Government

28 January 2010

Earlier today, the White House blog featured GSA as a part of its President’s Cabinet Reporting to You series. In the video below, Stephen Leeds is the Acting Administrator for GSA, outlines the achievements of the agency and how it’s contributed to President Obama agenda for change in the way government works and how [...]

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The chart is the message

26 January 2010

TargetPoint’s VP and Director of Research, Alex Lundry, was recently a featured speaker at DC Ignite, where he gave an enlightening talk on the Political Power of Data Visualization.
The talk is only 5 minutes long and consists of insights into how data visualisations can be used for political ends. It also includes this reconfiguration of [...]

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How to create a civic innovation contest

24 January 2010

Peter Corbett, founder of iStrategyLabs, recently released a step-by-step guide on how to create a civic application development competition, to harness the potential of citizens to develop apps based on Open Government data.
The methods outlined in the guide can apply to local, state, and federal government, as well as non-profit and for-profit entities.
Create an Apps [...]

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