MIT Civic Media conference examines the success and failures of open...
The 2012 Civic Media Conference featured two full days of conversations about (what else?) the future of civic media and democracy. One conversation is particularly worth calling out and sharing with...
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U.S. cities form working group to share predictive data analytics skills
Yesterday, I published an interview with Michael Flowers, New York City’s director of analytics for the Office of Policy and Strategic Planning in Mayor Bloomberg’s office. In the interview,...
View ArticleSocial citizenship: CNN and Facebook to partner on “I’m Voting” app in 2012...
Two years ago, I wondered whether “social voting” on Foursquare would increase voter participation. That experiment is about to be writ much larger. In a release today, first reported (as far as I can...
View ArticleSahelResponse.org showcases the power of open data and neocartography
On January 9th, I wondered whether 2012 would be “the year of the open map.” I started reporting on digital maps made with powerful new software and open data last winter, in the context of open...
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Jay Nath on how San Franscisco is working to get its Gov 2.0 groove back
Back in January, Govfresh founder wrote about how San Francisco can “get its Gov 2.0 groove back,” offering six recommendations to the city government to use technology better. [Image Credit: Fog City...
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Are “Commons 2.0″ and participatory urbanism hype or hope?
“…armed with low-cost phones and an Internet connection, people are using civic-minded apps like ForageCity to tackle everything from public safety to potholes. The question is whether the technology...
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Can government innovation rise above partisan politics?
Earlier today, the White House announced the first class of Presidential Innovation Fellows. Following is the story you might have missed on the Twitter backchannel, followed by a NodeX graph of the...
View ArticleDo newspapers need to adopt data science to cover campaigns?
Last October, New York Times elections developer Derek Willis was worried about what we don’t know about elections: While campaigns have a public presence that is mostly recorded and observed, the...
View ArticleDelivering Government 2.0 at GOV.UK
Mike Bracken, U.K. government’s executive director of digital, talks with the Wall Street Journal about how new technologies and approaches can reduce one of the biggest issues in government IT:...
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San Francisco experiments with citizensourcing better ideas
As significant as the revisions to San Francisco’s open data policy may prove to be, city officials and civic startups alike emphasize that it’s people are fundamental to sustained improvements in...
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African News Challenge funds data journalism and open government tech
The post-industrial future of journalism is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed yet. The same trends changing journalism and society have the potential to create significant social change...
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