‘Well ahead of the open government curve’
Founder and CEO of Crimereports.com Greg Whisenant mentions my work with GovFresh and manor.govfresh in How do we get government to share data? on O’Reilly Radar.
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Government, developers need to build a more structured, scalable approach to leveraging technology
The time has come to build a reliable, open platform that allows local governments to post development requirements and give private developers the ability to respond and build these applications for free.
Going a step further, we need to build a free, open source platform specifically for government, making it easier for government to install and implement and leverage plugins or modules for anything from standard contact forms to 311 citizen requests applications.
GovFresh and Gov 2.0 Hero Day on O’Reilly Radar
O’Reilly Radar contributor Brian Ahier interviewed me about GovFresh and Gov 2.0 Hero Day. (A tip of the hat to GovFresh founder Luke Fretwell).
The politics of open government free speech
I occasionally post critical comments when government is operating outside my definition of ‘open’ and only do so when I believe it’s important for the community at large to consider it in context of their own actions. By and large, GovFresh posts are positive, educational and, at times, congratulatory pieces that highly offset the critiques.
Keeping Gov 2.0 fresh
Booz Allen Hamilton social media strategist interviewed me about GovFresh for his blog Social Media Strategery (Keeping Gov 2.0 Fresh).
New GovFreshTV video with Mark Drapeau
New GovFreshTV video interview with Gov 2.0 Expo co-chair Dr. Mark Drapeau (@cheeky_geeky).
GovFresh interviews Craig Newmark
Here’s the video interview I did with Craigslist founder Craig Newmark for the GovFresh ‘Gov 2.0 Hero’ series.
Why Gov 2.0 means the U.S. Government must centralize its Web operations
Re-published from GovFresh In an earlier post, I offered recommendations on centralizing U.S. Government Web operations, which seemed naive or misinformed to some. Here’s what I recommended: Centralize all government Web operations under one agency Hire a Chief User Experience Officer Unify look/feel of all government/military Web sites Hire talented writers and editors to produce [...]
Sunlight features GovFresh
Sunlight Foundation’s Ellen Miller featured GovFresh when it first launched.