E Government

Automating 'We the People': New White House Initiative for Citizen Petitions

Sarah Granger | Posted 11.04.2011

Read More: Social Media, White House, change.org, E-Government, Petitions, Care2, whitehouse.gov, Barack Obama, Technology News
Sarah Granger

The new site, to be released in the near future, will allow for petition creation, signage, promotion and review on the White House website.

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What's in a Name? Open Gov and Good Gov

Beth Simone Noveck | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Transparency, Good Government, E-Government, Jon Stewart, Open Government, Government Reform, Politics News
Beth Simone Noveck

Putting the cabinet secretary's schedule up online does little to produce greater accountability or better government. At least there's no empirical evidence to suggest that it does.

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Why Cutting E-Gov Funding Threatens American Jobs

Beth Simone Noveck | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gov. 2.0, Jobs Crisis, E-Government, data.gov, USAspending.Gov, Open Data, Open Government, Politics News
Beth Simone Noveck

By making government data available through E-Gov programs, public officials can then reach outside of government for creative answers to tough problems, which, in turn can save money.

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India Govcamp Reveals Fast Global Gov 2.0 Growth

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy, Open Government, Govcamp, Microsoft, Fast Growing Technology, Alan W. Silberberg, India, Open Source, E-Government, Government 2.0, Gov2in, gov20la, Gov 2.0, gov30, gov20, Gov2a, Politics News
Alan W. Silberberg

India Govcamp shows the Global Growth of Gov 2.0 and Open Government http://gov2.in/ Governments and the people they serve around the world are stru...

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Gov 2.0 Comes to Singapore

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gov 2.0, Singapore, Microsoft, People, Voting, Social Media, Twitter, Transparency, E-Government, Open Source, Government, Govcamp, Technology News
Alan W. Silberberg

Singapore Govcamp shows the Global Growth of Gov 2.0 and Open Government http://www.gov2.net Governments and the people they serve around the world ...

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Technology, Innovation, and the Future of Government

Anne Hill | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Gov 2.0, E-Government, Dream Talk Radio, Bill Fenwick, American Dream, Program for the Future, American Democracy, Doug-Engelbart, Collective Intelligence, Video, Healthy Living News
Anne Hill

I took Dream Talk Radio to Silicon Valley recently for a very interesting multi-media event about e-government; the idea that advances in technology a...

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Practical Strategies for Breaking Gender Barriers in Government Using Social Media

Sarah Granger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Media, Women, Politics, E-Government, Feminism, Government 2.0, Gender, Impact News
Sarah Granger

Sunday I sat down with a small group at Government 2.0 Camp LA to pow-wow about how to get more women involved in government transparency.

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Recovery.gov: the First Step Toward Smart Regulation?

W. David Stephenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: E-Government, Gov 2.0, Sec, Recovery, Economic Stimulus Package, Smart Regulation, Economic Crisis, Regulation, Financial Crisis, recovery.gov, E-Gov, Recession, Business News
W. David Stephenson

If it becomes the core of an ambitious "smart regulation" switch, recovery.gov could cut corporate costs, improve governmental efficiency, and drastically increase transparency.

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Where is Obama on Social Media and E-Government?

Ari Herzog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Media, Kazakhstan, E-Government, Bulgaria, Unesco, Ecuador, World Bank, East Africa, New Media, Vietnam, Technology, Barack Obama, Politics News
Ari Herzog

At a time when the World Bank describes the Obama Administration as embracing e-government themes, why does the President-elect's own tech roadmap fail to mention it by name?

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Next President Has "Open" Opportunity

Leslie Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foia, E-Government, Electorate, Information, Open Government, President, Election, Internet, Censorship, Net Neutrality, Politics News
Leslie Harris

The issue of a government-led artificial restriction on access to information has more or less flown under the radar screen but it won't remain that way; it can't.

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Bloggers Lead Media to Report McCain/Palin's Campaign "Lies"

Alan W. Silberberg and Ralph J. Shapira | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, E-Government, Myspace, Bloggers, Politics, Blog Journalism, Twitter, Political Process, Digital Democracy, Presidential Election 2008, Facebook, 2008 Election, Local Power, Ralph J. Shapira, GW Bush, Political Social Networking, Social Networking, Alan W. Silberberg, Participatory Politics, You2gov, Media News
Alan W. Silberberg and Ralph J. Shapira

While traditional media have disparaged blogs as being unreliable, that chaotic, unmediated world known as "the blogosphere" has led the way in ferreting truth from falsehood.

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Automated Data Feeds Make Smart Regulation Possible Now

W. David Stephenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Economy, Wall Street, Weak Economy, Economy, Banking, U. S. Economy, Regulation, Federal Reserve, Government Bailout, Financial Crisis, RSS Feed, Wall Street Crisis, XML Tags, Techonological Regulation, Patent Technology, E-Government, Obama, E-Gov, Kml, Business News
W. David Stephenson

What we need isn't more regulation of banking and business in general, but "smart" regulation.

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The Power of Small Features Over E-Gov

David Weinberger | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: E-Democracy, E-Government, Social Networks, E-Gov, Barack Obama, Healthy Living News
David Weinberger

Inevitably, one day in early 2011, the media will discover that PolarKing111 is a 15 year-old girl.

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