Government Technology

The Heartbeat of Bogotá: Engaging the Population of a City to Reinvent Itself for the Digital Age

Don Tapscott | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Open Network Government, Government Crowdsourcing, Crowdsourcing-Technology, Open Government, Crowdsourcing, Small Government Technology, Crowdsource, Government Technology, Crowd Sourcing, Local Government, World News
Don Tapscott

Around the world our cities are in desperate need of rejuvenation and transformation. Elected officials are scrambling to equip their cities for the 21st century, talking about creating "open," "networked," and "smart" cities.

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Separating Wheat From Chaff

Susan Landau | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State Department Technology, Social Media, Sms, Twitter, Government Technology, Iran Twitter, Technology, Technology News
Susan Landau

The U.S. government is helping dissident groups across the globe get access to new types of communications technologies. The plain folk are speaking, and the U.S. government is listening.

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Jason Linkins

This Day In Failed Government Technology

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government Website, Senate Finance Committee, Government Technology, Eat the Press, Media News

Matt Yglesias points his readers to the website of the Senate Finance Committee, as an example of just how spectacularly behind the curve the federal ...

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Government Technology: New Alcohol Sweat Monitor Threatens Privacy

washingtonpost.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, Government Surveillance, Gov 2.0, Government Technology, SCRAM Anklet, Sweat Alcohol Monitor, Surveillance, Government-Monitoring, Scram, Big Brother, Technology News

The idea that governments could monitor its citizens' every move with technology has been the stuff of fiction for decades, and the technology that al...

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