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Another Perspective on Open Government

Another Perspective on Open Government

federalnewsradio.com –

Noel Dickover, federal IT consultant for Communibuild Technologies, and Alexander Howard, a Washington, D.C., based writer and editor, join host John Gilroy on this week's show. Both have been active in the federal information technology community and share their insights on open government. On another recent Federal Tech Talk show, Health and Human Services CIO Bryan Sivak and Federal CTO Todd Park spoke with Johnabout the new executive order put in place to make data sets open to the public more...

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D C on June 12, 2013

An Arab Open Government Maturity Model for Social Media Engagement

An Arab Open Government Maturity Model for Social Media Engagement

According to recent findings by Tahseen Consulting, the Arab Public Sector should seek to inculcate institutional changes within its social media strategies in the attempts to cater to the public demands for government transparency, participation in decision making, and collaboration in public service delivery. The report describes organizational changes government leaders can implement to help their agencies leverage social media to complement national strategies to increase citizen more...

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D C on June 10, 2013

Open Government Data - Towards Empirical Analysis of Open Government Data Initiatives

Open Government Data - Towards Empirical Analysis of Open Government Data Initiatives

oecd-ilibrary.org –

Open Government Data (OGD) initiatives, and in particular the development of OGD portals, have proliferated since the mid-2000s both at central and local government levels in OECD and non OECD countries. Understanding the preconditions that enable the efficient and effective implementation of these initiatives is essential for achieving their overall objectives. This is especially true in terms of the role played by OGD in relation to Open Government policies in general. This paper highlights more...

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D C on June 7, 2013

Open Data and Mobile Apps Are Changing the Government-Citizen Relationship - Infographics

statetechmagazine.com –

Increasingly, governments are finding that smartphones are the perfect place to engage with citizens, and since 87 percent of adults own cell phones and nearly half own smartphones, the opportunity is impossible to ignore. Since the inception of optional weather- and emergency-related alerts from the government in 2006, creative ideas like 311 apps and mobile public transportation payment systems, along with a movement towards open and transparent data, have spawned a new era of government- more...

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D C on June 3, 2013

Social Networks and Democracy

Social Networks and Democracy

themonkeycage.org –

Foreign policy pundits have been bullish about the ability of social media to bring democratic change in authoritarian regimes. Observers have argued that social media can literally “make history” by helping topple regimes, and democracy promoters are sinking big money into a variety of trainings with this very goal. But in countries such as China, Russia, and Iran, where users of local social networks still far outnumber users of Facebook and Twitter, authoritarian governments have more...

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D C on May 29, 2013

Philippine Agriculture Department boosts transparency with open data portal

Philippine Agriculture Department boosts transparency with open data portal

e-agriculture.org –

As support to President Aquino’s call for transparency, the Department of Agriculture launched its open data portal called DAAN (Department of Agriculture Accountability Network) website which aims to promote public awareness of its community-focused projects and activities nationwide. The portal provides a library of the agency’s on-going and completed projects nationwide. It also details their fund allocations and cumulative disbursements, completion period, percentage of accomplishment and more...

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D C on May 29, 2013

Training course on Fiscal Decentralisation and local finance, 16-27 September 2013

Training course on Fiscal Decentralisation and local finance, 16-27 September 2013

thehagueacademy.com –

This course, developed in cooperation with the Urban Institute in Washington, helps you in answering questions such as: How can spending responsibilities and revenue resources be best assigned to the different government layers? How can financial management at the local level be improved? What are sources for local income generating? And how can local authorities be held accountable in a transparant way? During the course, we will discuss various examples of financing public more...

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The Hague Acade... on May 28, 2013

Open by Default

Open by Default

epsiplatform.eu –

The White House has taken further steps in favour of open government data, through an Executive Order and a new Open Data Policy that give teeth to President Obama's 2009 Open Government Initiative. Signed on 9 May 2013, the unprecedented Executive Order requires that information generated and stored by the U.S. Federal Government be made available in open, machine-readable formats (even while safeguarding privacy, confidentiality, and security). Along with the Open Data Policy, the move is more...

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D C on May 27, 2013

Big Data, Big Promise

Big Data, Big Promise

forms.erepublic.com –

The possibilities of big data in the public sector are endless. With every passing hour, the goldmine of government data expands as information systems, sensors and networks churn out enormous volumes of data. Faced with this information overload, it’s easy for analysis paralysis to set in. But it doesn’t have to. By simply leveraging an existing asset, governments can yield insights that create dramatic cost efficiencies, improve employee productivity and constituent services, and even save more...

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D C on May 27, 2013

ELLA BRIEF: Fighting Corruption by Improving Transparency and Access to Information

ella.practicalaction.org –

Using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), in the last decades countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama and Paraguay have designed and created electronic platforms that make information about procurement and government officials’ personal assets public. These electronic platforms have guaranteed an effective and transparent flow of public information, thereby empowering citizens to identify and demand action against corruption and allowing oversight more...

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Mark Turner on May 24, 2013

Right to Internet: Bringing Information to the Citizens

Right to Internet: Bringing Information to the Citizens

internetrights.in –

The best way to characterise human rights is to identify the outcomes that we are trying to ensure. These include critical freedoms like freedom of speech and freedom of access to information - and those are not necessarily bound to any particular technology at any particular time. Citizens must always check that they aren’t getting incomplete or biased data. Open Data are almost always data that should surely be open, and that almost never contain any personal information. Right now, India is more...

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D C on May 22, 2013

The "Fix-Rate" – Citizens Can Make a Difference

The "Fix-Rate" – Citizens Can Make a Difference

integrityaction.org –

Over the past decade there has been great interest in the power of citizens to transform society. Engaged citizens are seen as essential in fighting corruption, promoting transparency and accountability, strengthening governance and improving development outcomes. Yet, the evidence base linking citizen action to improved results is often questioned. Yesterday saw an interesting panel discussion on citizen’s role in tackling corruption held at the ODI, London. Integrity Action’s Fredrik Galtung more...

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D C on May 22, 2013

Can an 'open' government site be open if it is poorly designed?

Can an 'open' government site be open if it is poorly designed?

egovau.blogspot.in –

For some technically orientated people design can be an afterthought. Their focus is on making a system or machine work as it should, able to take in data and spit out information correctly and quickly. For these people, design is a 'nice to have' added towards the end of the process, with sites and systems made 'pretty' to appease the communications and marketing people, but is otherwise non-functional. I've participated in many IT-led 'design' processes, where the focus was on how entities more...

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D C on May 22, 2013

Russia Retracts Commitment with Transparency, Leaves Open Government Partnership

Russia Retracts Commitment with Transparency, Leaves Open Government Partnership

globalintegrity.org –

"Inevitably, there will be questions about what we are each prepared to sign up to," said British Prime Minister David Cameron in January 13, in his letter to fellow G8 leaders. Four months later, Russia has made clear it clear what it wasn't willing to sing onto: the Open Government Partnership (OGP). The most recent update on Russia is that the Kremlin will be pursuing "open government" on its own terms. Russia has withdrawn the letter of intent that it submitted on April 2012 in more...

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D C on May 22, 2013

Innovations for Citizen Engagement in Fragile States

Innovations for Citizen Engagement in Fragile States

slideshare.net –

This presentation by Soren Gigler (on May 08, 2013) provides an overview about several cases showing how innovations in ICTs can be leveraged to improve the delivery of public services to poor communities. Under which conditions can technologies be transformational in fragile states? What are the opportunities and critical challenges in particular in the context of fragile states? The presentation was part of the session on Using Innovative Approaches for Enhancing Citizen Engagement in Fragile more...

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John Daly on May 21, 2013

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