links for 2009-05-09

  • FutureGov – “FutureGov Consultancy brings together experts with complementary skills from across government, research, IT and business sectors. The collaborative approach of FutureGov enables it to be agile and adaptable, able to work across a wide range of disciplines within local and central government.”
  • Why Aneesh Chopra is a Great Choice for Federal CTO – O’Reilly Radar – “The news has now been leaked that President Obama intends to nominate Aneesh Chopra as the nation’s first Chief Technology Officer.”
  • Sunlight Labs: Blog – Redesigning the Government: Data.gov – “One thing we’ve been most excited about here at the Sunlight Foundation is the concept of Data.gov. Due later this year, new federal CIO Vivek Kundra will release a new central repository for government data and research. And while in this series we traditionally re-design federal websites, we thought we’d actually take the opportunity to design data.gov right off the bat to show you all what we’d like to see happen.”
  • Convening the Tribe of Government 2.0 thought leaders in the public, private and academic sectors -
  • Government 2.0 – Best Practices Wiki – “The intent of this wiki is to compile a central list of current initiatives (and eventually “best practices”) involving social media and government. These can be internal or external, marketing, HR or IT, it doesn’t matter.”
  • Ushahidi :: Crowdsourcing Crisis Information (FOSS) – ” The Ushahidi Engine is a platform that allows anyone to gather distributed data via SMS, email or web and visualize it on a map or timeline. Our goal is to create the simplest way of aggregating information from the public for use in crisis response.”
  • Adriel Hampton – Blog about Government 2.0 and social media.
  • Government 2.0 – Truly new for government? | ePractice – Thoughts by Alexander Schellong on social media and government transformation at the ePractice website of the European Union.
  • Peer to Patent, Community Patent Review – “The Peer-to-Patent: Community Patent Review pilot, developed by the New York Law School Institute for Information Law and Policy in cooperation with the USPTO, enables the public to submit prior art and commentary relevant to the claims of pending patent applications in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security (TC2100). This historic initiative connects an open network of community input to the legal decision-making process.”
  • Geospatial Revolution Project – “Penn State Public Broadcasting is developing the Geospatial Revolution Project, an integrated public media and outreach initiative about the world of digital mapping and how it is changing the way we think, behave, and interact.”
  • Citizen Engagement Through Apps for Democracy Community Edition | Apps for Democracy – “Apps for Democracy produced more savings for the D.C. government than any other initiative.” − Vivek Kundra, former CTO of Washington, DC and current Federal CIO.

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