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GovScape
The voices of connected govt - e-Gov / Gov 2.0 / Open Gov for Fed, State & Local public sectors, tech leaders + civic innovators. Hosts: Allison Hornery & John Wells Producers: Cofluence
[More info, links and social media at gov20radio.com] Privacy complaints and enquiries are on the rise. We talk with Timothy Pilgrim, Australian Privacy Commissioner in the countdown to the international Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) 2014.
[More info, links and social media at gov20radio.com] In a special live recording at the GovInnovate Gov 2.0 Conference in Australia's capital city Canberra, facilitator John Wells leads a round-up discussion with a panel featuring: Susan Sly, Chief Information Officer, VicRoadsCraig Thomler, Gov 20. Advocate and General Manager Delib AustraliaMary-Anne Williams, Associate Dean Engineering and IT, University of Technology SydneyDon Easter, IT Supplier Advocate, Australian Government The broad-ranging conversation tackles questions such as: What are the connections between e-government, Gov 2.0 and open government - is it a continuum?What is the role of citizens in creating "Society 2.0"?Why is big data important to government?What are the big questions for 2014?
[More info, links and social media at gov20radio.com] Government Technology Exhibition and Conference (GTEC) is widely regarded as Canada's pre-eminent Gov-Tech Conference. Thom Kearney and Richard Pietro talk to us about their experiences with the 2013 conference in October and, against that backdrop, discuss how the govtech landscape is shifting in Canada.
[More info, links and social media at gov20radio.com] The Open Government Partnership is a 60-nation network and growing. After some two years, Australia's Federal Government has just committed to joining the OGP. We talk with John McMillan, the Australian Government's Information Commissioner, about what the OGP might mean for a nation well-known for its early adoption of Gov 2.0 and other forms of connected government.
[More info, links and social media at gov20radio.com] The City of Edmonton has launched a Citizen Dashboard on top of their open data catalogue. Ashley Casovan, Edmonton's Strategic Coordinator for ICT, explains how the initiative is creating new insights for citizens as well as city officials about how the city is performing on delivery of a selection of key services.
[More info, links and social media at gov20radio.com] CommsCamp 2013 brought together practitioners from across UK Government to Birmingham for an unconference about all things communication in the public sector. Ann Kempster from the UK Government Communication Network, and one of the co-organisers of the event, shares some of the key themes and insights from the event.
[More info, links and social media at gov20radio.com] Inspired by programs such as Code For America, the newly-formed Commons4Europe program is working with seven cities to bring together government administrations, digital innovators, volunteers and local businesses to develop and push a civic transformation program. Esteve Almirall and Carles Ferreiro from the Commons4EU consortium, based in Barcelona, Spain, explain the integrated approach they're taking to innovation and development across a diverse range of civic cultures.
[More info, links and social media at gov20radio.com] As the deadline for submissions approaches for the News Challenge on Open Government, John Bracken, the Knight Foundation's Director of Media Innovation shares his observations on the journey so far and provides some insights for making project submissions, as well as how everyone can contribute to this timely Challenge to accelerate better ways that government and citizens can interact.
[More info, links and social media at gov20radio.com] The State of Utah has been well regarded for a number of years for its portal at Utah.gov, and the University of Utah's Center for Public Policy and Administration has recently completed a study to quantify the financial benefit of delivering these online government services. The results - based on just nine online services from over 1,200 available at Utah.gov - found a total of $61 million saved over five years. Tune in to hear from Dr Jennifer Robinson from the Utah University's Center for Public Policy and Administration and Rich Olsen from Utah Interactive talk about the findings from the report, and the importance of measuring the impact of online service delivery.
[More info, links and social media at www.gov20radio.com] Ahead of taking formal applications, an "inspiration phase" has been launched for the 2013 Knight News Challenge. Some $5 million of Knight Foundation funding will be announced in June for innovative projects around Open Government. Amid much talk (and much tech) focused on more open, transparent, connected governments - as well as the emergence of the 58 nation Open Government Partnership - this Challenge program aims to enable projects that in the broadest sense foster better communication in support of the Open Gov movement. We hear from Chris Sopher, Project Manager for the 2013 Knight News Challenge, about the Challenge goals and how the inspiration phase will help potential participants to shape their submission ideas through a new online space developed with OpenIDEO. The Knight News Challenge is international and open to submissions from governments and public sector agencies as well as civic innovators, private sector and non-profit organisations. If you're considering a pitch, don't miss this episode!
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How can ICT-fuelled trade and economic development help build sustainable communities? The United Nations Commission on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) focuses on innovative ways to improve living standards through trade, investment, finance and technology, particularly for developing countries.
Torbjörn Fredriksson, UNCTAD's Chief of ICT Analysis, explains the how good macro- and micro-level data and insight leads to adopting good policies, and highlights how a healthy e-business sector can make a significant contribution to more sustainable communities and economies.
[Don't miss links, images, social channels + more at gov20radio.com] For 24 hours in January 2013, the Institute For The Future hosted a global game for citizens around the world to imagine the future of government through civic innovation. Jake Dunagan, IFTF's Research Director talks about the Connected Citizens program, and why this is an important theme to explore.
Two years ago, the Knight Foundation embarked on a program to look at ideas, tools and projects to increase civic engagement and participation.
Damian Thorman, National Program Director, shares some insights from the KF Tech for Engagement initiative so far, and highlights some of the key focus areas for collaboration in the future.
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Botswana, like many African countries, has a strong history of traditional tribal leadership and administration. Kheira Belkacem from the egovlab at the University of Stockholm is leading the Botswana Speaks project to enable citizens, traditional leaders and local kgotla assemblies in four constituencies of Botswana to use digital tools to share their views and policy concerns with their elected representatives.
For more information on this interview, see http://gov20radio.com Most of the time, we talk about or experience collaboration in the context of a tangible project or an initiative, but how does it work when you are trying to progress an issue where there isn't a known pathway? Max Hardy talks about the differences between consultation and collaboration, and how "inviting people into your dilemma" can lead to more enduring solutions, and how complexity theory can help shift your perspective.
A commitment to open government in Francophone countries has emerged from the recent Heads of State of meeting in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including the launch of a new 2020 Francophone digital strategy.
Jean-François Gauthier and Mario Asselin from Democratie Ouverte discuss how they have been working with the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) as well as their colleagues across the French speaking world to support Governments to broaden and deepen the opengov and open democracy movement.
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For more information, visit http://gov20radio.com/cebitgov2012/ A special live recording of a panel session at CeBIT Gov 2.0 Conference in Canberra, Australia. The panel features: Zachary Tumin, Harvard Kennedy School Deirdre O'Donnell, Information Commissioner, Office of the Information Commissioner NSW Martin Stewart-Weeks, Director, Public Sector Consulting APAC, Cisco Facilitator John Wells leads a discussion with the panel to answer the questions: How can a culture of Gov 2.0 impact the relationship of citizens to government? And within government? Analysis of the connections between e-government, social media and open government What are the risks, rewards, and potential of open and connected government?
Nigel Shadbolt discusses the realities of harnessing the potential of open data for governments, businesses and citizens. With Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Professor Shadbolt is the joint head of the newly formed Open Data Institute in London which he summarises as "... building the supply side; building capability and empowerment; developing a demand side". For more information on this episode, including links and downloads, please visit gov20radio.com
The electronic government landscape is increasingly pointing towards a diffusion of power, and an increased role and voice for citizens in public decision-making. Tomasz Janowski from the UNU-IIST Center for Electronic Governance discusses some of the global trends that he is observing: participatory democracy, the increased regulation of new service delivery channels and the need for leadership in ICT services, challenging the notion of what "whole of government" really means in practice. For more information, including links and resources please visit http://gov20radio.com
David Ferriero is the 10th Archivist of the United States and Head of the National Archives and Record Administration, including the Presidential Libraries. The collection includes some 12 billion pages and 40 million photos and now holds all Federal Government tweets. We explore the linkages between open government and record-keeping public data as well as how social media is challenging the notions of what defines a 'record'. For more information on this interview, including links and downloads - please see gov20radio.com
Theresa Pardo is well known for her work leading the Center for Technology in Government (CTG). This discussion looks at public value and taking a portfolio approach to open government, as articulated through the CTG's Public Value Assessment Tool.
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With the emergence of new trends like open government and open data, there is a perception by many that eGovernment is yesterday's news, and has largely been completed.
In a candid conversation, Barbara-Chiara Ubaldi, head of the OECD's eGovernment unit, explains that there is much work still to be done to bring eGovernment into the daily work of the public sector.
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The US Data.Gov platform now features more than 470,000 datasets from 172 agencies, as well as thematic communities representing such diverse interests as health and education through to developers and consumers. Jeanne Holm shares some of the lessons learned over the last 12 months of escalating the platform, reinforcing the importance of a focus on people rather than the data itself. Jeanne also discusses the collaboration between the US Data.gov and Indian data.gov.in teams to develop the open source Open Government Platform, and give us an update on the activities of the W3C e-Government group. More info + links at http://gov20radio.com
Beyond the buzz, for many agencies the journey to open government and open data is tempered by a need to see and understand the evidence of benefits. Andrew Stott, former UK Government Director of Transparency and Digital Engagement, shares some compelling examples where the release of open data is driving innovation within public agencies. Andrew also highlights some of the key themes emerging from open government practitioners at the Open Knowledge Festival recently held in Helsinki, Finland. See links + downloads at www.gov20radio.com/.
In 2001 Professor Jim Hendler jointly conceptualised the semantic web along with Tim Berners-Lee and Ora Lassila. When he invented the World Wide Web, Berners-Lee always envisaged it as highly linked, and the idea of the semantic web - a web of linked data with meaning - is now emerging as a reality. Jim Hendler takes us on a journey into this semantic web, unpacking related terms such as Web 3.0, and exploring its potential for government. He emphasises the importance of linked open government data, and points to some useful tools and demos of how linked data can be used to create new insights.
Digital public sector recordkeeping is one of the unsung cornerstones in the open government and open data discussion.
Dr Anne Thurston talks about past and current challenges of digital recordkeeping and preservation for government - particularly in developing countries. She also highlights how the open government movement holds opportunities for the public sector recordkeeping profession.
The 54 countries of the Commonwealth of Nations represents more than 2 billion people across every region of the world and a vast diversity in development and capacity. Professor Tim Unwin, well-known as UNESCO Chair in ICT4D, now heads up the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO). In this wide-ranging and provocative discussion, he explores the impact of ICT across diverse economies, the value of technology for governance and also provides an overview of the CTO, including a new strategic focus on six key themes. Prof. Unwin claims that, while it can change the relationship between citizens and the state, by itself technology doesn't change very much. He also argues that social media's role in participatory democracy may be over-hyped, and that while technology can accelerate change, it only does so for those who have not only access but also the literacy to use it, and that an over-focus on technology can in fact create a greater development divide.
Open access to Government information is a key element of the open government discussion, both in policy and practice terms.
Baden Appleyard shares his experience in developing and applying the Australian Government's Open Access and Licensing Framework, and highlights the opportunities and challenges faced in opening up information from Governments as well as public research bodies through licensing options such as Creative Commons.
Building a culture of collaboration and participation is a key ingredient to making innovative programs work in cities.
Mark Headd talks about his time with Code for America as their Head of Government Relations, and shares some of the emergent learnings from the intersection between the various elements of CfA's program - the cities, the fellows, the brigade, the commons and now the start-ups.
In times of austerity and change, social technologies and new forms of collaboration enable governments, industry and citizens to create new opportunities and solve problems. In part 2 of this special 2-part interview with Zachary Tumin from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government's Belfer Centre, we talk about the 'collaboration lifecycle' which features in the new book 'Collaborate or Perish' authored by Zach and William Bratton.
In times of austerity and change, social technologies and new forms of collaboration enable governments, industry and citizens to create new opportunities and solve problems. In part 1 of this special 2-part interview with Zachary Tumin from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government's Belfer Centre, we look at how all parts of society can collaborate to innovate.
The emerging discipline of service design is playing an increasingly important role in the public sector.
In this special live recording from Paris, we speak with Christophe Tallec of Utilisacteur/Uinfoshare and Anne Marie Boutin, head of the French National Design Centre (Agence pour la promotion de la création industrielle) to learn how service design and design thinking helps organisations to focus on asking the right questions before looking for solutions.
When the Government of British Columbia in Canada released their Government 2.0 Strategy, it built on their social communication experience during two key 'catalyst events': the H1N1 virus pandemic and the 2010 Winter Olympics. Kieran Harrop talks about his time with the Office of the CIO in the BC Government, and how events such as these, together with strong leadership and building a culture of trust among the civil service, creates cut-through and momentum around new ways of communicating.
What happens when you bring a room of entrepreneurs, developers, designers and government practitioners together for 54 hours to create new enterprises and solve public challenges?
Mack Kolarich, co-organizer of the DC Gov 2.0 Startup Weekend, talks about how he and his team are adapting the highly-successful international Startup Weekend format to focus on innovation and entrepreneurship in the public sector.
Content comes first when it comes to delivering sustainable digital public services at Devon County Council. Carl Haggerty, Digital Communications Manager for the Council shares his insights on the importance of a digital content strategy, where his approach to designing services, not websites or platforms, is transforming the way the organisation interacts with its citizens. Carl also discusses the UK Digital Government Service, and asks the question of whether there needs to be a Local Government Digital Service.
The Black Saturday fires devastated Australia and shocked the world. Now, the Country Fire Authority of Victoria has become a leading example of the use of social media for emergency management, winning this year's Australian eGovernment award.
Martin Anderson, CFA's Digital Media Manager and Australian Government 2.0 Innovator of the Year for 2012, explains how the experience of the February 2009 fires highlighted the importance of social communication tools in emergency situations, and that even within a command-and-control environment, agencies need to look outside the box, be flexible and improvise.
The Open Technology Foundation is a new Australian-based organisation that is a hub for technology and people networks in government to share, reuse and co-invest in open technology initiatives across the public sector. OTF Chair Terry Cutler and General Manager Steve Schmid tell us why the Foundation is a timely initiative, and how they are working to federate data, code and experiences to escalate open technology take-up across all tiers of government.
Nicholas Gruen, economist and former chair of the Australian Gov 2.0 Taskforce debates the ways in which 2.0 thinking and technologies are changing economic definitions of public goods. In this far-ranging discussion, Nicholas explains how Gov 2.0 is a nexus between 'Jefferson's dream' of the transformative potential of ideas as public goods, and 'Schumpeter's nightmare' of the chaos of direct democracy. He argues that democracy is chaos unless it's mediated by specialists, and that the social web actually makes it harder to get the leaders we need to govern.
A fun and inspiring chat with the German-based team behind Global Service Jam events who are now collaborating with the Australian Department of Innovation to pilot GovJams nationally and worldwide.
Hear Adam Lawrence and Markus Hormeß on the stages of rapid prototyping, city-specific Jams and... lots of inspiring stuff.
A case of big government "innovating about doing innovation". To demo co-creation of user-centric problem solving, the Australian Government's Department of Innovation is leading a national and worldwide network of 48 hour service Jam events in a collaboration with the @GSJam team and others.
Wayne Larkin and Mikaela Griffiths take us through the stages of service design.
EdgeRyders is a joint project of the Council of Europe and the European Commission, and has been described as 'the largest think-tank in the world' where young Europeans are collaborating and sharing experiences about what it means to transition to an independent, active life.
Alberto Cottica and Lyne Robichaud from the EdgeRyders team discuss how the project's combination of social technologies and open conversation with ethnographic analysis is revealing new ways for Government to design policies and programs not just for young people, but also for society at large.
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From deploying Yammer for policy and program support, to creative use of YouTube for recruitment, and even using QR codes to create the world's first Wikipedia town, the UK's Monmouthshire County Council is a leading example of how local government can move beyond social tech to social communication for internal and external engagement. Helen Reynolds, Communications Officer for Monmouthshire County Council discusses a selection of these innovative initiatives, and also shares her experience with introducing these ideas into local government, and how influence rather than ROI matters for public sector use of social media channels and tools.
How ready are citizens to be part of a more connected public space? Where is the UK heading in citizen participation? Ahead of CITIZEN2012 in London, conference organiser Jeffrey Peel - with guest speakers Andy Williamson of Future Digital and David Moody of Kana - discuss building the democratic commons, including tools and trends in next-generation government/citizen engagement.
Jenny Clark and David Kane from the UK's National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) are bringing civil society to the open data table through their Voluntary Sector DataStore and associated initiatives. Jenny and David talk about 'dipping the toe in the water' to bring together the data collected held and collected by voluntary and community organisations in the UK, and support civil society to contribute to and benefit from open data for the public sphere. More on gov20radio.com about this episode: http://cof.lu/JBHhpk
The Sunlight Foundation brings together developers, journalists and citizens to explore issues of transparency and openness in the public sphere. Sunlight's Director of Policy John Wonderlich shares national and international perspectives on open government, where collaboration between government and civil society, and good decision-making about data are the next open government frontiers for public agencies. John also highlights key learnings from their 2012 Transparency Camp as well as the Open Government Partnership meeting in Brazil. More information on Gov20Radio.com about this episode: http://cof.lu/KsWVmc
Dr Don Lenihan - Vice-President, Engagement, at Canada's Public Policy Forum - explores the breadth of issues and some of the common misconceptions around engagement and co-design, including "who" needs to be engaged and "how". In this wide-ranging episode, Don challenges many assumptions such as the use of online/social tools; "public" vs "citizen" engagement; and the role of citizens as well as policy-makers in the co-design process. Don also overviews the "Co-design Community Engagement Prototype" developed this year with Australian Federal and Local Government organisations. For additional information on this episode at gov20radio.com: http://cof.lu/Jij5Il
In "Revolution @ State" Fergus Hanson - Visiting Fellow from The Brookings Institution - explores practical cases of what Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has called 'creative diplomacy' and 21st Century Statecraft. A useful reference for agencies of all sizes, this wide-ranging report describes how the US Department of State has infused the use of connective tech through all aspects of their mission in a whole-of-organization approach, from operational development through to public diplomacy. For additional information about this episode on gov20radio.com: http://cof.lu/IZHXyf
Allison Hornery and guest co-host Lyne Robichaud speak with Jean-François Gauthier from Démocratie Ouverte about the recent GouvCamp Paris, including plans to form a foundation, in the vein of the Sunlight Foundation and the Open Knowledge Foundation, to support greater Open Government take-up by Francophone countries.
Lors de notre premier épisode multilingue, Jean-François Gauthier, de Démocratie Ouverte, raconte à Allison Hornery, de même qu'à Lyne Robichaud, notre co-animatrice spécialement invitée pour cet épisode, comment s'est déroulé le récent Gouvcamp qu'il a organisé à Paris. Jean-François a aussi mentionné la possibilité de création d'un projet de fondation, dans le style de la Sunlight Foundation et de l'OFKN, dont la mission serait d'aider les pays francophones à élaborer leurs plans de gouvernement ouvert et d'accompagner l'implantation de projets.
Amanda Eamich from the US Department of Agriculture shares some insights into her approach to including new media as part of the communications mix for the Department. Amanda also talks about how to infuse innovation, open government and new media channels into the broader activities of the Department.
The polar regions are Earth's window to outer space. As part of our International Space Apps global coverage Gov 2.0 Radio drops in to the ice continent talking with Clay Ellis in Antarctica and Brian McLaughlin in Maryland, United States. Clay is McMurdo Ground Station operator with the NASA Space Communications Network Services (SCNS) project. Brian, formerly with Hubble and LandSat, is the Lead for Simulator Development with the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program. We discuss life under Antarctic conditions; McMurdo's role as a fast-access data gateway for the world's weather services and others; as well as how opening and sharing data creates new opportunities for scientists and citizens.
We talk with Alan Silberberg of Silberberg Innovations about GovCamps and other unconference format events including the third annual Gov 2.0 LA gathering organised by Alan in association with Pepperdine University in Malibu. We look at how open-forum unconferences can impact the day-to-day work of participants as well as exploring current trends in gov 2.0 in Los Angeles and across the United States, asking if "citizen 2.0" has yet matured. Among other topics, Alan comments on the impact of the conventional contracting process on connected and open government.
Astronaut Ron Garan shares his experiences aboard the International Space Station - glimpses of relevant technology as well as some personal reflections. With the imminent Space Apps Challenge in 25 cities across all continents - and in space - we explore Ron's observations as an astronaut of some practical examples of linkages between space science (in the NASA context) and the "on-the-ground" public innovation Challenges being undertaken within the Space Apps event.
As the use of social and digital tools in the public sector increases, UK digital engagement advisor Steph Gray is helping to answer some of the knotty questions about how to maximise the value of digital engagement efforts and investment. In March 2012, he launched the Digital Engagement Guide, a collection of ideas and practical help to use digital and social media in the public sector.
In advance of the Open-Data Cities Conference in Brighton, UK, convenor Greg Hadfield talks about the ways in which all elements of a city - leaders, government, local institutions and businesses as well as citizens - have a role to play in creating open and sustainable cities of the future.
In the countdown to the OGP2012 forum in Brasilia, Tiago Peixoto from the World Bank Institute's ICT4Gov program discusses the value, opportunities and challenges of participatory budgeting. Tiago also emphasises the escalating impact of mobile technologies to enable a more inclusive participatory budgeting program.
NASA's Nicholas Skytland and Alicia Llewellyn preview the NASA Open Government Plan 2.0 which highlights the progress that NASA has made in the Open Government arena, and plots a course for the future. Nicholas and Alicia talk about some of the influences and inspirations for the new-style plan, and share with listeners an insight into the process of embedding Open Government into the culture of the agency.
Talking with the White House's Chris Vein and NASA's Nicholas Skytland on the April Open Government Partnership meeting of nations ahead of NASA's Space Apps Challenge in over 25 cities. The first global code-a-thon to also include the Space Station and Antarctica promises to show how a diversity of people and skills can collaborate to create scientific and social benefits from open data.
Jessica Jackson and Michael Walter from the City of Houston's Office of Emergency Management talk about the upcoming Southeast Texas Regional Technology Seminar & Fair, which has a focus on technology, best practices and regional collaboration in the area of emergency management and public safety.
David Eaves was special guest keynote at the OECD High Level Meeting on e-Government held in Mexico City on 26-27 March 2012. This National e-Leaders gathering focused on 'New ICT Solutions for Public Sector Agility' and explored opportunities to develop digital governance mechanisms for better public services, agile public sectors, more efficient spending and inclusive democracies. John Wells chats to David about his reflections inspired by the meeting, and his perspectives on the value of these intergovernmental gatherings to people working in the trenches. This opens up a wider discussion about the ways that governments create and leverage roles such as CIO and CTO, and what this communicates about a Government's attitude towards technology.
In the first of Gov 2.0 Radio's Country Profiles, we look at connected government in the United Arab Emirates. Host Allison Hornery is joined by Salem Al Shair Al Suwaidi, the Director General of Emirates eGovernment to talk about the Emirates' journey to reach their current ranking by UNPAN's recent eGovernment survey as #1 in the Arab region.
In the second of this 2-part program, the G2R team talk with the "original crew": GovLoop's Steve Ressler, GovTwit's Steve Lunceford and Luke Fretwell of GovFresh. We reminisce on the evolution of gov 2.0 & open gov and ask the tough question: "Is gov 2.0 dead or alive"?
In the first of this 2-part program, the new G2R crew deliver a sneak preview of good things for 2012 and - with founder Adriel Hampton - look back on 3 years of all things gov 2.0 & open gov. We explore the use of 2.0 tech for comms and what it means to be a gov innovation advocate now.
This special 5 min episode is your invitation to celebrate G2R's upcoming "reboot" launch. Comments from Adriel Hampton & the crew. Join Allison Hornery & John Wells for this update.
Join us for a conversation with Chris Yiu, Head of the Digital Government Unit at Policy Exchange, one of the UK's leading thinktanks. Chris will be chatting about the newly-released research note 'A right to data' which reviews the state of open data policy in the UK.
Join us as we chat with Nick Grossman about supporting open innovation in the government and civic technology space.
Join us for a chat with Matt Woodward and Jason Blum from the Office of the Sergeant at Arms at the United States Senate about the upcoming Open CF Summit and Hackfest
Join us for a discussion with Maurits van der Vlugt, one of the co-founders of Australia's Bushfire Connect service on the power of the crowd in an emergency.
Join us for a conversation with Gwynne Kostin, Director of Mobile for the Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies in the U.S. General Services Administration. Featuring the Mobile Gov Community of Practice and the Making Mobile Gov Project.
Join us as we chat with Julio Gonzalez Altamirano from Open Austin and Matt Esquibel from City of Austin about open government, open data, and civic application development in the city.
Join us for a discussion with Michael P McDonald and Micah Altman of the Public Mapping Project, which is an organization that is using open source software to enable people to create their own redistricting maps and send them to local government for potential adoption. Using a tool called District Builder, citizens can make their own maps based on demographics, voting patterns and legal requirements (among other criteria) and submit them to local government for consideration for redistricting. Michael McDonald is Assistant Professor of Government and Politics in the Public and International Affairs Department at George Mason University, and a visiting fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. His research interests include voting behavior, redistricting, Congress, American political development, and political methodology. Micah Altman is a Senior Research Scientist and Director of Archiving and Acquisitions at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institutions.
Our guest this week is Mark Headd to chat about civic innovation - hacking, start-ups and what Governments can do to encourage local action. Mark is a writer, speaker and thought leader on communication technologies and open government. He currently works as a Developer Evangelist for Voxeo Labs. He holds a Master's degree in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and is a former adjunct instructor at the University of Delaware teaching a course in electronic government. He served for three years as the chief policy and budget advisor for the State of Delaware's Department of Technology and Information. He has also served as Director of the Delaware Government Information Center and as Technology Adviser to former Delaware Governor Thomas Carper. Mark has built open government applications for the District of Columbia, the Sunlight Foundation, the New York State Senate, and the cities of New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Baltimore and Philadelphia. He most recently organized civic hacking events in Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Kevin Curry, founder of CityCamp, talks about Brigade, the new civic tech organizing program he's heading up for Code for America.
In the final Gov 2.0 Radio episode for 2011, we chat with Nathaniel Heller, the founder and Executive Director of Global Integrity about the Open Government Partnership, and the innovative Networking Mechanism that aims to connect #opengov practitioners inside and outside Government.
Join Adriel Hampton and Allison Hornery as we talk with Cook County deputy director of new media Sebastian James regarding the launch of Data.cookcountyil.gov.
Fresh off International Open Data Day, Allison Hornery and I join Steve Spiker, IT director for the Urban Strategies Council in Oakland, California, to talk about open data's role in taking on urban poverty. Steve explains that the cost of government data can be a major factor in how effective non-profit groups can be in taking on pernicious urban issues like foreclosures and crime, and that low-cost data can spur new businesses and community benefits in urban regions such as Oakland and Alameda County. Open data is "far more impacting than we actually though," he says. Steve organized and hosted the Open Data Day Bay Area event, and on Gov 2.0 Radio he shares about a new app developed during the day of hacking that helps find fee-free credit union ATMs in the SF Bay Area, 99atms.com. Steve stresses that there is a need to link existing advocacy communities to the open data and Gov 2.0 movements to increase their impact.
Join the G2R team as we chat with David Eaves, one of the organisers of the 2011 International Open Data Day Hackathon on December 3.
A conversation with Russ Wallace, founder of CivicSponsor, about his startup for allowing anyone to make tax-deductible contributions to public works projects in their towns.
Join Allison Hornery and Adriel Hampton for a discussion with Julian Carver, a founding member of Open NZ - bringing citizens and government together around open data standards. Julian also talks about the two devestating quakes in the Christchurch region of New Zealand, and how open government is assisting the recovery process.
Join Adriel Hampton and Allison Hornery for a chat with Deb Boyer from the OpenDataPhilly team to talk about about opening data for public use, and the Open Data Race.
Join Adriel Hampton and Allison Hornery as they chat with Lucy Chambers from the Open Knowledge Foundation about the upcoming Open Government Data Camp in Warsaw on 20-21st October, where more than 400 participants from over 40 countries are expected.
Honolulu Deputy Chief Information Officer Forest Frizzell joins GovFresh's Luke Fretwell to discuss Honolulu open government and Gov 2.0, CityCamp Honolulu and the city's upcoming partnership with Code for America.
Join us for a discussion with Angela Oster, director of online for Ohio Citizen Action. How are civic groups that built their membership with door to door and phone canvasses adapting to the age of Internet activism and social media?
Join a conversation with Kurt Daradics, co-founder of CitySourced, on civic engagement, mobile apps and innovation in cities. With Adriel Hampton, Allison Hornery and Steve Lunceford.
Join us for a conversation with Jeanne Holm, Evangelist for data.gov and Chair of the e-Government Interest Group for the W3C
Join us as we chat with Pia Waugh, the organiser of last weekend's GovCamp Australia, held in Canberra.
Tariq Khokhar joined the World Bank as its Open Data Evangelist in June 2011. Join Allison Hornery and Adriel Hampton in a discussion with Tariq about how data is impacting development priorities.
Steve Lunceford, Adriel Hampton and Allison Hornery talk with Bryan Sivak, new chief innovation officer for the State of Maryland, about innovating in government, and trying to keep a web-savvy citizenry up to speed during the recent DC-area earthquake and Hurricane Irene.
Join Allison Hornery and Adriel Hampton for a chat with Kristy Fifelski, of GovGirl.com and Reno.gov. Kristy will share about Reno's planned inaugural civic hackathon, her GovGirl video series, the upcoming National Association of Government Webmasters conference, and the new NV.gov.
Nicholas Skytland is NASA's program manager for the Open Government Initiative. Adriel Hampton and Allison Hornery talk to him about open government and NASA's public participation and innovation programs.
Join us for a discussion with Brett Husbands, CEO of Firmstep, and a look at the launch of Achieve City, a hosted Drupal solution for municipalities to quickly stand up a free website.
Join us for a conversation with W. David Stephenson about his new book, "Data Dynamite: how liberating information will transform our world" "The book's message is directly relevant to making structural changes rather than just nibbling at the edges in the current debt-reduction crisis: [data liberation] would cut the costs of delivering services, cut companies' reporting costs, and stimulate the economy to boot," says Stephenson.
Allison Hornery, Steve Lunceford and Adriel Hampton interview Louis Shallal, CIO of the York Region in Canada and organiser of the massive MISA Ontario Conference on municipal IT and shared services.
We interview Chicago's new CTO, IBM veteran John Tolva, about bringing innovation and emerging technologies to his new role.
From the first-known mayoral forum exclusively focused on open government and technology issues to CityCamp to the "Summer of Smart," grassroots civic technology advocacy has taken off in a big way in San Francisco. We talk about the SFOpen forum, the second CityCampSF, and the ongoing "Summer of Smart."
Bob Fine, editor of The Big Book of Social Media, has done it again, launching the first print magazine devoted exclusively to social media. The first edition of "The Social Media Monthly" recently launched, and will be in book stores in August. We talk to Bob about the genesis of the new magazine, and his imprint Cool Blue Press.
Join Gov 2.0 Radio for a conversation with CityCamp Raleigh organizer Jason Hibbets, organizer and Councilman Bonner Gaylord, and participant and "Open It Up" development team representative Jason Horne. With hosts Adriel Hampton, Allison Hornery and Steve Lunceford.
Join Gov 2.0 Radio for a conversation with Paul Dombowsky, creator of Ideavibes and Fundchange, on crowdsourcing ideas and funding for social innovation.
Gov 2.0 Radio hosts Adriel Hampton and Allison Hornery talk about the lastest in Gov 2.0, including an update from the World Summit on the Information Society, Adriel's first week at NationBuilder, progress on the SF Fire App initiative, the DC Let's Do It World "World Cleanup 2012" workshop held on Saturday, and the upcoming CityCamps in Raleigh and San Francisco.
Join us for a conversation with Kristy Fifelski around making social media fun in government. Kristy is Reno's Web services manager, a board member of the National Association of Government Webmasters, a popular Gov 2.0 speaker, and creator of the GovGirl.com video series.
Join us with Granicus CEO Tom Spengler and Long Beach City Clerk Larry Herrera for a discussion of Legistar, which helps manage millions of pieces of legislative data for more than 100 governments.
Join us for a convestation with Ross Mayfield, chairman and co-founder of SocialText of SocialText and VP of business development for SlideShare. Adriel Hampton, Allison Hornery and Steve Lunceford talk with Ross about wikis, social intranets, document sharing in the cloud and what happened when the White House posted President Obama's long-form birth certificate to SlideShare.
We talk with Stephen Hood, co-founder of Blockboard, about the new neighborhood app, and about working with the City of San Francisco and the local media to define needs and features.
James Kliemt, senior digital communications officer with the Queensland Police, joins Gov 2.0 Radio's Adriel Hampton and John Wells of CivicTech to discuss using social media as an emergency management tool during the Queensland floods and Cyclone Yasi.
Join us for a discussion with Julie Germany and Lovisa Williams about the first Mobile Citizen Summit in DC this Saturday, and with Brian Purchia and Luke Fretwell about the new sf.GovFresh and upcoming OpenGov San Francisco mayoral candidates debate.
We talk with Leigh Budlong, founder of Zonability, about building a business around government data.
Join us for a discussion of social business with Daschis/Headshift consultant James Dellow. Also, Adriel Hampton, Allison Horney and Steve Lunceford discuss the news of the week, including upcoming events and the battle over OpenGov budget cuts in the U.S.
Join a discussion with Javier Muniz and Tom Spengler, co-founders of government webstreaming provider Granicus.
On May 3, 2008, in one of the world's pivotal moments for tech-enabled mass collaboration, 40,000 volunteers removed all of the garbage in the country of Estonia in just one day. Since then, similar "Let's Do It" cleanups have been completed throughout Europe and across the world. Today, the visionary Estonian organizers behind that action have a bigger goal: Clean up illegal dumping, polluted waterways and countrysides across the whole world, state by state, nation by nation, in single days of action staged from March to September 2012. Irmelin Hiie, lead regional coordinator for World Cleanup 2012, explains plans for a September conference in San Francisco and the recent launch of Let's Do It's campaign to organize 17 world regions and millions of volunteers. Volunteers and media can learn more about World Cleanup 2012 on the web, or contact Hiie at Irmelin@letsdoitworld.org.
A discussion with Major Juanita Chang, U.S. Army Director, Online and Social Media Division, Office of the Chief of Public Affairs, and Matt MacLaughlin from SCoE Mobile, where the Army developed its new official social media handbook iPhone app.
Major Chang discusses a number of developments for Army social media, as well as challenges, including:
The Army just produced its 17th "weekly social media roundup. "We realize that most Army public affairs offices cannot dedicate one person to social media, so we do all the homework for them and send them a weekly roll up of what they need to know and some latest lessons/pointers/case studies, etc.," says Chang. The roundups are posted on on the Army's official Slideshare page;
Integration of the Facebook "like" button on Army.mil stories has dramatically increased traffic to the website;
Chang will discuss the atypical challenges Army faces in social media, including enforcing operational security features that the average citizen does not worry about, such as the dangers of geo-tagging photos, and educating friends and family members of these security issues;
The Army is working closely with Facebook to combat two impersonation challenges: fake profiles that are being set up for very senior Army leaders, and fake profiles pretending to by soldiers to scam women out of money;
Army UStreamed its first live event two weeks ago from a conference center in Florida;
As of April 29, 2010, Army had 28,429 Twitter followers and 236,748 Facebook fans, Chang says. "Today, we have 58,560 Twitter followers and 636,536 followers on Facebook."
Gov 2.0 Radio interviews Dana Lampert, CEO of Wiggio, and Jared Dearing, coordinator of Sacramento for Jerry Brown. Wiggio is a web tool that allows community managers to coordinate with volunteers through voice calls, text messages and social media using one integrated campaign dashboard.
Join Gov 2.0 Radio for a discussion with Phase2 CEO Jeff Walpole about open source in government and emerging business models for non-proprietary Web and open data projects.
Join us for a discussion with Groundcrew co-founder Joe Edelman and Neighbors for Neighbors' Joseph Porcelli. Groundcrew is a startup that facilitates on-the-ground actions through mobile networks. Porcelli recently used Groundcrew to help crowdsource snow removal for senior citizens on the east coast.
Drupal creator and Acquia CTO Dries Buytaert and Acquia VP Tim Bertrand join us to discuss open source in government, from municipal sites to Capitol Hill.
Join a conversation with Richard Price, Fire Chief of the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District. Chief Price led a project to develop a mobile phone application that connects trained volunteers with cardiac arrest victims in their vicinity. Learn more at http://firedepartment.mobi
Abhi Nemani of Code for America, Jay Nath of the SF Dept. of Technology, and Chris Heuer, co-founder of the Social Media Club, join us to talk about building sustainable Gov 2.0 community at the grassroots level.
Community organizers join in a live discussion and concurrent web chat to discuss OpenGov and Gov 2.0. Some of the questions we'll examine:
What is the general state of the opengov and Gov 2.0 communities? Are they significantly different communities?
Which voices need to join the opengov and Gov 2.0 communities and how can we reach them?
What outcomes do the Gov 2.0 and opengov communities need in 2011?
What outcomes do the Gov 2.0 and opengov communities need from in-person events?
What are effective emerging formats for in-person events that will help us achieve those outcomes?
What collaboration is possible (and desirable) across communities?
Confirmed participants include Lucas Cioffi, Sarah Schacht, Alan Silberberg, Alex Howard (co-hosting) and Wayne Moses Burke.
In 2009, Bob Fine organized 20 social media conferences around the world in just 7 months. Through these events, Bob met some of social media's most interested and accomplished strategists, marketers and practitioners. "The Big Book of Social Media" tells their stories. Bob joins us to discuss his new book, which includes familiar Gov 2.0 names in its 42 chapters.
SPECIAL: Gov 2.0 Radio fans get 50% off Bob's book at http://thebestofsocial.com - use code gov20 at checkout.
I'm sure you've seen the slider bars and dynamic graphs that TV news organizations use to provide real-time audience and focus group feedback during major speeches and debates. Well, Gov 2.0 Radio is partnering with IdeaScale to promote a new app that allows iPhone users to rate President Obama's State of the Union address in real time. Just download and install the app "SurveySwipe" and it will ping you when the President goes live on Tuesday night. Gov 2.0 Radio will be publishing survey results after the speech. In this podcast, Adriel Hampton talks with Rob Hoehn of IdeaScale about how the new mobile survey tool works, and some of its benefits.
John Tschohl has published several books on customer service and is a frequent speaker on the topic. He joins us to discuss organizational culture and the importance of a front line customer service staff empowered to solve problems and meet needs.
Join a discussion with Andrew Wright, co-founder of Grasshopr about effective grassroots advocacy and the social Web.
Join a discussion with Sarah Schacht and Stephanie Hayes about Open Gov West and promoting civic innovation and government access from San Francisco to Vancouver and beyond. Sarah is director of Knowledge as Power, a non-profit focused on empowering politically engaged citizens, and Stephanie is a senior consultant at Avantage Partners and blogs at TheConnectedWorker.com
Government Market Master Mark Amtower talks about his latest book, "Selling to the Government" and forecasts major government business trends for 2011, including green products and cyber security. We also discuss the growing role of social networking tools in B2G.
Alex Howard, aka Digiphile, recaps some of the most innovative tech and civic engagement initiatives of 2010.
Lauren Modeen and Shannon Donelson of GovLoop join us to discuss the best of government collaboration, social media and more in 2010.
Nic Adler, owner of The Roxy live music club, joins Gov 2.0 Radio to share the story of how he and other business owners have used social media to revitalize the legendary Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, and how their experiences can help transform local communities and business districts.
Lovisa Williams of the U.S. State Department shares how diplomats are using social media, and discusses the challenges of bringing disruptive technologies into a large-scale government enterprise. She also discusses her thoughts on "Global Citizenship."
Join a conversation about how state CIOs are adapting to emerging technologies on limited budgets and how the Gov 2.0 and open data movements are impacting the state of Oklahoma.
Local government technology specialist Brooks Bennett of Round Rocks, TX, joins Gov 2.0 Radio for a discussion of mobile sites, Flickr and other social media for community outreach, and other Government 2.0 innovations for local government.
Gov 2.0 trailblazer Chris J. Moore, CIO of Edmonton, talks about cultural change in municipal agencies, open innovation in government IT, and collaborating across the globe to put best practices into action.
Gillian Vrooman and Nick Charney talk about the upcoming Open Gov West B.C. with Gov 2.0 Radio's Adriel Hampton and Steve Lunceford. Also, discussion of the global Beyond 2010 conference and unconferences for government.
Join a conversation between Adriel Hampton and Annie Crombie, founder of ReThink Strategic Consulting about metrics, web strategy, social media and G2B.
Join Gov 2.0 Radio's Adriel Hampton for a conversation with Christina Morrison, HP's public sector marketing manager, about a new survey of 103 local, state and federal senior IT professionals discussing Gov 2.0 adoption. Also, join Adriel for a conversation with Luke Closs, co-creator of the civic app VanTrash, on open data and apps contests.
Join Adriel Hampton and Steve Lunceford for a fast-paced discussion with Walter Luh and Gilbert Guerrero of Ansca Mobile discussing their new Pillbox app for iPhone and Android, and Andrew Wilson of SAMHSA on health mashups and the state of government social media.
NewsGator VP Eric Sauve discusses social software deployments in the military and civilian government. High levels of social engagement behind the firewall are often linked to YouTube-like videos, game mechanics and rich profiles, he says.
Yammer CEO David Sacks talks to Gov 2.0 Radio about secure social networking in government and the enterprise, including use of Yammer in the Gulf oil spill response.
Join us for a discussion with Heather Krasna about her new book, "Jobs That Matter - Find a Stable, Fulfilling Career in Public Service."
Join us for a discussion of innovation in local government, focusing on emergency management, in advance of the manor.govfresh conference.
San Francisco CIO Chris Vein and Allison Hornery of CivicTec join us for a wrap of the Inaugural General Assembly of the World e-Governments Organization of Cities and Local Governments, held early September in Seoul.
In the fourth of our series on crowdsourcing and innovation tools, we talk to Rob Hoehn, co-founder of IdeaScale. Rob talks about being SaaS before the cloud was cool, and how much working with the government taught his company about Section 508.
Join us for a conversation about ideation, crowdsourcing and innovation in government and the enterprise, with Matt Greeley, co-founder of Silicon Valley's BrightIdea.
Join Gov 2.0 Radio for a conversation about engaging internal and external stakeholders in the ideation process using Web tools and game mechanics.
We join gov social media and e-gov consultant Jed Sundwall for a conversation about his efforts to open up local government in San Diego, and discuss the .gov URL shortener, Spanish-language social media outreach, and open source for government.
We interview Empire Avenue CEO Duleep Wijayawardhana about how governments and cause activists can harness social media and game mechanics to engage their communities.
San Francisco startup UserVoice allows governments, politicians, nonprofits and businesses small and large to harness the ideas and feedback of their employees, communities and citizens online. Gov 2.0 Radio host Adriel Hampton talks with CEO Richard White about best practices for local government use of this kind of feedback tool, and some of the best and worst examples of the platform in action.
On the agenda with Sen. Lundy: Australia's recent Declaration of Open Government, the AU Government 2.0 Taskforce, upcoming public sphere discussions around open government, the National Broadband Network (delivery of a fiber at 100Mbps to over 90 percent of Australians, with rural areas getting 12Mbps via wireless or satellite), global Gov 2.0 issues such as standards and interoperability, and the controversy over a proposed Internet filter in Australia.
Join a conversation with Kevin Mernitt, CEO of Socrata, a Seattle-based company supporting government open data rollouts.
Join a conversation about social media and local government with Morris County, NJ, Web Manager Carol Spencer, treasurer of the National Association of Government Webmasters. A veteran of IBM, Spencer calls social media the biggest revolution in technology since the personal computer. On gov't agencies blocking social media, she says, "You're blocking access to the way people live." With hosts Adriel Hampton and Steve Ressler.
A discussion with Mark Headd, an app developer and former govie, about civic apps. Mark Headd explains Open311 and accessing government services and lowering costs using Twitter, and gives ideas on how to engage developers around government civic apps contests.
OhMyGov is one of the early success stories in the government social media community - a startup news site and public affairs consulting firm dedicated to highlighting Gov 2.0 innovations. Join us for a conversation with OMG executive editor Mark Malseed on the gov social media landscape, and the company's past and future.
We chat up GovLoop staffers Andy Krzmarzick and Attia Nasar about Gov 2.0 Expo, the international conference on technology and government reform held last week in Washington, DC.
Join us for look at the Gov 2.0 Expo from Alena Popova, Russian entrepreneur and founder of Duma 2.0, live from Washington, DC.
Before there was Gov 2.0 Radio, there was Armed with Science, the Department of Defense's BlogTalkRadio podcast highlighting the role of science and technology in the U.S. military. Join us for a discussion with AwS host Dr. John Ohab. Also joining the discussion is Allison Hornery of CivicTech, with an update from the e-Gov't session from UN World Summit on Information Society. With guest co-host John F. Moore.
Join us for a discussion about social media and public engagement with Price Floyd of the U.S. Department of Defense. Floyd is a speaker at next week's Gov 2.0 Expo, and newly appointed Special Advisor for International Communication.
A week before Gov 2.0 takes over DC for the Gov 2.0 Expo, join a discussion with Laurel Ruma and Alex Howard on the state and future of tech-enabled government reform.
Join a conversation with Amy Sinclair, who has helped turn the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (sfwater.org) into a social media powerhouse, with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogging, video contests and more.
Join us for a conversation with Joel Whitaker of the US Institute for Peace on using technology to prevent and resolve armed conflicts.
Maxine Teller of MixtMedia Strategies reports from the second Open Government Innovations Conference.
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We'll be talking with Sid Burgess and OK State Rep. Jason Murphey about the upcoming Gov 2.0a conference and open government efforts in Oklahoma.
GovFresh has been called the "TechCrunch of Open Government." Join a conversation with founder Luke Fretwell to talk about its first year.
Join us for a conversation with attorneys Christina Gagnier and Lisa Borodkin on the challenges and opportunities in changing government through Web 2.0 and social media, with hosts Adriel Hampton, Steve Ressler and Steve Lunceford.
A conversation about how open source technologies benefit government, with Michael Walsh and Andrew Hoppin, live from DrupalCon.
The Orange County Transportation Authority uses Twitter, e-newsletters, YouTube and more to inform the public about transit projects, rail safety and more. The team recently won the California Public Information Officers award for new media. Join a conversation with Ryan Mahoney, Sarah Swensson and Ted Nguyen on how new media is working for the agency. With hosts Adriel Hampton and Steve Lunceford.
How does NASA match good government and massive computational needs? By launching the federal governments most aggressive cloud computing pilot project, of course. Join us as we talk with Gretchen Curtis, NASA Nebula's communications director about infrastructure-as-a-service and the future of public sector cloud.
NASA isn't just an early adopter of social media, they go BIG. First their astronauts were relaying tweets from space, then they were tweeting live from orbit. NASA has also holds space-themed tweetups for their fans. Tune in for a chat with Beth Beck, NASA's space operations outreach manager. (Recorded 4/4/10)
A discussion on the changing role of the government communicator, with Colin Mathews, CEO of readMedia, & Jennifer Jones, Superintendent of Recreation for City of Staunton.
Weekly podcast on technology and collaborative government, with hosts Adriel Hampton, Steve Ressler and Steve Lunceford.Join a conversation with Jess Weiss, Mass.gov project analyst, and Brad Blake, director of new media for Governor Deval Patrick, about how the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is using social media, barcamps and other creative initiatives to advance collaboration and public participation in state government. Says Blake, "People deserve to better understand what their government is doing and participate in shaping public policy."
A discussion of public sector marketing and social media adoption in the Canadian public service, with Mike Kujawski, vice president of the Centre of Excellence for Public Sector Marketing, with hosts Adriel Hampton, Steve Ressler and Steve Lunceford.
On this Sunday's live show, we'll be talking about data privacy with Don McIntosh, director of marketing and product planning for Space-Time Research, a data transparency, visualization and privacy firm out of Australia.
On Sunday's LIVE Gov 2.0 Radio show, 9 p.m. ET, we've got Sarah Bourne of MassGov and Yasmin Fodil from HKS giving you a taste of the upcoming Gov 2.0 Camp New England, followed by a conversation with Wayne Moses Burke of the Open Forum Foundation.
We've got an extra special show planned for this Sunday night, as we lead off with a discussion of the Federal government's use of collaborative online tools to solicit citizen's ideas for reform. Guests Jenn Gustetic, John F. Moore and Dave Briggs, with hosts Adriel Hampton, Steve Ressler and Steve Lunceford.
Join us as we pick the brain of - and turn the tables on - nationally-known speaker and consultant Mark Amtower, host of Amtower Off-Center on Federal News Radio.
Californians, what's the future of your health records as the state works on a plan for a new health information exchange using federal stimulus money? How should they be shared, opt-in or opt-out? And who really owns your health records, including their accuracy and the rights to access them? Join a freewheeling discussion with Health 2.0 innovator and Health Information Exchange volunteer Mike Kirkwood on these topics, and get engaged right away with California's ehealth strategy.
Sunday on Gov 2.0 Radio, we'll be discussing Gov 2.0 applications for local offices and agencies, and highlighting next weeks Gov 2.0 Camp LA. We'll also discuss community collaboration and the challenges of building participatory community around issues and actions. Special guests include Erin Kotecki Vest, political and special projects director for BlogHer, Ron Vinson, Deputy Director of San Francisco's Department of Technology, and eCommunications manager Martha McLean of Ottawa.
Join us for a conversation about social media, law enforcement, and emergency management, with guests Christa Miller, co-founder of the Cops 2.0 blog, Lauri Stevens of LAwS Communication and Connected Cops, and crisis communications consultant Ellen Rossano.
The U.S. tech community has responded in force to the natural disaster in Haiti, organizing impromptu "crisis camps" around the nation to assist in this humanitarian crisis. Tonight, one of the organizers, Noel Dickover, joined us for a synopsis of activities and ideas on how you can help. Check out the Crisis Camp Haiti resources at CrisisCommons.org as well
A conversation with Christopher J. Dorobek, co-anchor at Federal News Radio and past editor-in-chief of Federal Computer Week. We discuss the changing face of journalism in the digital age, the past and future of e-gov and Gov 2.0, and how the Open Government Directive fits into the history of Federal reform initiatives. With guest host Luke Fretwell, founder of GovFresh. Also, 45 minutes into the show we'll have a special update on Crisis Camp Haiti and how techies can help with the humanitarian crisis.
Social media is just a toe in the water for Gov 2.0. Join hosts Adriel Hampton, Steve Ressler and Steve Lunceford for a discussion with Dan Munz about bringing collaboration to the government workplace.
Talking about Gov 2.0 and the Harvard Kennedy School with goverati Yasmin Fodil and Anna York.
Discussing government applications for Second Life and virtual worlds, with Bill May, Lovisa Williams, Pam Broviak and Eric Hackathorn. Hosts Adriel Hampton, Steve Ressler and Steve Lunceford.
We host a Gov 2.0 discussion with two of Washington State's most well-known social media practitioners, Walter Neary of the Lakewood City Council, and Barb Chamberlain, public affairs director for WSU.
Australian e-gov expert Craig Thomler, with hosts Adriel Hampton, Steve Ressler and Steve Lunceford. Craig will offer operational insights into Gov 2.0 happenings in Australia. The discussion will cover topics ranging from current Gov 2.0 initiatives in Australia, the Gov 2.0 Taskforce's report, National Broadband Network and mandatory Internet filtering.
A conversation with Lewis Shepherd, CTO of Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments, with hosts Adriel Hampton and Steve Lunceford.
Discussing citizen engagement, Gov 2.0, and quality of life issues with SeeClickFix CEO Ben Berkowitz and Andrew Greenhill, mayor's chief of staff in Tucson. City of Tucson is rolling out a new mobile app suite for pothole reporting. Hosts Adriel Hampton, Steve Ressler and Steve Lunceford.
Guest Dustin Haisler, CIO of Manor, Texas, discusses Manor Labs and local government innovation. Laurel Ruma of O'Reilly Media will also join us at the top of the hour. More info: http://manor.govfresh.com/ http://en.oreilly.com/gov2fall09
Adriel Hampton in conversation with David Hale about the Pillbox project, and brainstorming the future of gov.
We host a conversation with Bill Eggers and John O'Leary, authors of the new reform treatise "If We Can Put a Man on the Moon: Getting Big Things Done in Government." Eggers in 2005 chronicled the rise of innovative e-gov projects and the potential for tech-enabled reform in "Government 2.0," a work of research well ahead of the curve. In "Man on the Moon," Eggers and O'Leary apply process thinking to the sticky business of managing complex public initiatives.
We join Jill Miller Zimon (Pepper Pike, Ohio) and Ari Herzog (Newburyport, Mass.), both newly elected to their city councils, to discuss campaigns and personal and community empowerment in the social media era.
We discuss what's working and what's not in government with retired career fed Stephen Buckley and collaboration consultant Brian Drake. Drake is planning the Government 2.0 #FAIL workshop, while Buckley, who in the '90s managed a 1,000 member "Reinventing Government" listserv, is working on an unconference around the forthcoming Open Government Directive.
Hosts Adriel Hampton and Steve Lunceford discuss enterprise knowledge management and Web 2.0 with Scott Ryser, CEO of Yakabod.
Join federal Web developer Scott Horvath for a lively discussion of the U.S. Geographical Survey's Web initiatives, including "Did You Feel That?" and the Twitter Earthquake Detector (TED) project. With hosts Adriel Hampton, Steve Ressler and Steve Lunceford.
A discussion about Gov 2.0 and public service with Canadian govie and blogger Nick Charney and host Adriel Hampton.
It was a big week for Gov 2.0 Radio co-host Steve Ressler, as his social network, GovLoop, joined G2C communications provider GovDelivery and Steve left the feds to manage the community full time. As GovLoop nears 20,000 members, we discuss how real collaboration between local, state and federal govies is catalyzing reform. Hear about new developments and initiatives on the network that's helping make Gov 2.0 a reality. Joining the discussion will be Scott Burns of GovDelivery; Meghan Harvey, co-producer of Gov 2.0 Radio and new media producer for WomenCount.org; and Gov 2.0 Radio co-host and GovTwit founder Steve Lunceford. Your calls are welcome.
Alan Silberberg, Nisha Chittal and Jim Gilliam on Congress Camp and the future of Gov 2.0 and the federal legislature. Find out more at http://congresscamp.org. Hosted by Steve Lunceford, Steve Ressler and Adriel Hampton.
Listen to co-hosts Steve Ressler of GovLoop and Steve Lunceford of GovTwit discuss Rethinking Conference Learning.
Conferences have existed forever but there are new ways that conferences are collaborating and capturing knowledge. Hear from Andy Krzmarzick as he discusses the Open Government Innovations Tweetbook. Ken Fischer of the Potomac Forum will talk about his upcoming August 26-27 Gov 2.0 Best Practices Forums and some ways they hope to capture best practices.
We discuss the challenges of turning from strict hierarchies to collaborative culture, with guest Gwynne Kostin, a federal new media practitioner and publisher of the blog "On Dot-Gov."
Join us for a conversation with Mary Davie, Assistant Commissioner of GSA's Office of Assisted Acquisition Services, and Noel Dickover of DoDTechipedia, about bringing government acquisition services into the digital age.
We talk with City of San Francisco CTO Blair Adams, SF innovations manager Jay Nath, and Web developer Tom Croucher about the open access to government data.
We discuss collaboration and governmental culture change with Maxine Teller of MiXT Media Strategies and Nova Scotian city administrator Bob Ashley.
Dr. Mark Drapeau and Dick O'Neill join us to discuss upcoming Gov 2.0 events in the nation's capitol.
We talk with Justin Herman of the Beltway and David Tallen of Ontario, Canada, about the promise and pitfalls of Gov 2.0, waxing philosophical, we hope.
We talk Gov 2.0, feed aggregation and community building with Silona and GovFresh's Luke Fretwell.
Join a freewheeling discussion of the transformational power of Gov 2.0, with author/consultant David Stephenson, and Scott Burns of e-government solutions provider GovDelivery. Stephenson offers insights into the management style of new U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra.
Gov 2.0 Radio hosts Lauren Vargas and Lindy Kyzer in a discussion of how the modern military is using Web 2.0 tools to fulfill its mission.
Joining us to talk about using social media and new technology in a local and state government context are communications specialist Cara Keithley and consultant and social media trailblazer Steve Radick.
Guests Andrew P. Wilson and of the Health and Human Services social media team and civil servant and Health 2.0 enthusiast Dan Deakin will talk about using Web 2.0 to educate and respond to health emergencies, as well as to collaborate and share knowledge.
We talk with Overtone VP Neil Patil and Gov 2.0 consultant Peter Corbett about enabling collaborative government using Web 2.0 tools.
Government 2.0 means increased transparency, open data and collaboration. Join us for a free-wheeling discussion with Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, and Marilyn Clark from the Federal Web Managers Social Media Sub-Council.
Join us for a discussion Gov 2.0 and social media practices around the world, with Ari Herzog, Andrew Krzmarzick and Jeffrey Levy.
Alan Black (@AFPADude on Twitter), Chief for Public Affairs Force Management for the USAF & Dave Faggard Chief, New Media and Emerging Technology at Office of the Secretary of the Air Force for Public Affairs joins Gov 2.0 Radio to talk about why social media is playing a bigger role in the Air Force's communications efforts.
GovLoop founder Steve Ressler and Adriel Hampton will be joined by Clay Johnson, Director of Sunlight Labs (@cjoh on Twitter). To discuss Sunlight's Apps for America Contest, lus much more!
Andrea Baker is a Renaissance woman, geek grrl and director of Enterprise 2.0 for Navstar. She's also a Gov 2.0 junkie and has worked with the federal government since 1994. Liz Rosas is e-Gov program manager for the County of Santa Clara and a member of the Federal Web Managers Social Media Subcouncil.
GovLoop founder Steve Ressler and Steve Lunceford of GovTwit and BearingPoint along with host Adriel Hampton will be joined by Jeffrey Levy, EPA Web Manager, Federal Web Managers Council and Social Media Subcouncil Co-Chair (@LevyJ413 on Twitter). Join them! Be sure and DM @meghan1018 on Twitter with your number ahead of time if you plan on calling in.
GovLoop founder Steve Ressler and Steve Lunceford of GovTwit and BearingPoint along with host Adriel Hampton will be chatting it up with the folks behind TweetCongress, Chris McCroskey, Wynn Netherland.
GovLoop founder Steve Ressler and Steve Lunceford of GovTwit and BearingPoint in conversation with O'Reilly Media's Tim O'Reilly. Adriel Hampton hosting, with special guests Sally Lieber, three-term Assemblywoman from Silicon Valley, and Michael Russell on DC's upcoming Gov 2.0 Camp. O'Reilly will be taking listener calls.
Free-wheeling Government 2.0 discussion with hosts Steve Ressler and Adriel Hampton, guest host Ari Herzog, guests Alan W. Silberberg (You2Gov.org), Steve Radick (BAH social media lead), Andrea Baker of Navstar and Maxine Teller of MiXT Media Strategies live from SXSW, Jeffrey Levy and Marilyn Clark from the Federal Web Manager's Council and Social Media Subcouncil, and social media expert Michael J Russell.