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Citizen 2.0 White Paper Highlights 17 Examples of Government Social Media Innovation
Switzerland-based RedCut has released Citizen 2.0, a white paper of case studies that include 17 examples of social media and government innovation. We asked CEO Hadi Barkat to share his methodology and what he learned...
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How Andrew Krzmarzick Uses Open Source To Empower Citizens In Government
As the Community Manager of GovLoop—a highly active online community connecting more than 50,000 public sector professionals, including Federal CTO Todd Park—Andrew Krzmarzick suspects his role is pretty similar to leading an open source project. The open source way guides the company's decisions, communications, and interactions. And open source solutions enable them to empower citizens around the country (and the world!) who don't want to wait for their cities to make updates to a page or build apps and resources that makes their lives easier. Read More »
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How To Cash In On Government As A Platform
At TechCrunch Disrupt New York , the White House’s chief geeks — CTO Todd Park and CIO Steve Van Roekel — rang the bell for Silicon Valley to step up and help recode the federal government with their Digital Government Strategy. They hammered home the need for developers to leverage the mountains of open data coming out of the government to create new services and products for consumers.
Is IT The Department Of 'No?'
There is an interesting conversation going on at GovLoop about how a number of government leaders are often turned down when they try to convince their IT shops to try new technologies. Read More »
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Open-Source Benefits To Govt Outweigh Misconceptions, Report Says
Security challenges, lack of education, interoperability concerns and licensing and legal concerns are some of the top obstacles government officials see for adopting open-source software in agencies, according to a survey in a recent report from GovLoop. Read More »
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Too Awesome: Federal CTO Todd Park 'joins' GovLoop!
...last Friday I was honored to spend time with Todd Park and his staff, talking about the power of collaboration within government. It was music to my ears as he discussed how much power government had within its own agencies and employees. He talked about the need to improve the sharing of best practices, ideas, and connecting the innovators.
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Lessons Learned: Roadblocks and Opportunities for Open Source Software in U.S. Government
Join GovLoop, the Homeland Open Source Technology (HOST) program, and a number of OSFA luminaries on June 7, 2012 at 2PM ET to discuss a recent HOST report. The report highlights key roadblocks and opportunities in the government application of open technology solutions (OTS), as reported in interviews of experts, suppliers, and potential users. Attend this webinar to learn:
- Current Open Source Software roadblocks
- The state of the collaborative development of software
- Open Source Software security: Fact or Fiction
- Opportunities for Open Source Software in Government
- Available solutions
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