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NASA Takes To Reddit To Spur ‘Grand’ Ideas For Finding Asteroids
NASA is going to put a man on an asteroid in the next dozen years, and, like Uncle Sam, it wants you to help. Read More »
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker Says Government Must Embrace Tech, Be Open Source
Monday afternoon Newark Mayor Cory Booker crossed the Hudson River to chat at the OnMedia NYC conference about changes he believes government can make through technology. His administration uses social media to get residents more active in improving their community... Read More »
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News Participation Starts At ‘Home’
Seemingly every major news event worldwide is heightening participation in news. People are eager to share updates and photos of an unfolding news event, ask questions of media outlets, and share important information. But there are two important aspects to this type of participation [...]. In other words, people write about their immediate world using their ‘home’ or go-to platform. Read More »
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Oakland Pulls Ahead Of SF In The Bay Bridge Open Government Series
It hasn’t garnered the accolades San Francisco historically has, but it appears Oakland is starting to pull ahead in the Bay Bridge Open Government Series. Read More »
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Obama: Technology Will Make Health Insurance Transparent
President Barack Obama signed an executive order in May that made all federal data freely accessible in a form that can be used by software developers, which has come to be known as “machine-readable format.” [...] Read More »
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Open Data For Development Camp Highlights Challenges And Innovations In Aid Transparency
From May 12-13, AidData's Anna Lauridsen attended the Open Data for Development Camp (ODDC) in Amsterdam. The camp, hosted by Open for Change, allowed participants from the development and technology fields to discuss challenges, benefits, and lessons learned associated with open data. Read More »
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Open Data Platforms: A Tool To Revolutionise Governance
Jay Naidoo shares lessons on how to engage citizens in governance and strengthen civil society through open data Read More »
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Open Development And Social Impact Bonds: Rethinking Healthcare Delivery
By incentivising investment through payment on results, and by making information open, local entrepreneurs can fill the gaps and help deliver much needed services Read More »
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Open Government Is An Open Conversation
President Obama launched the first U.S. Open Government National Action Plan in September 2011, as part of the Nation’s commitment to the principles of the global Open Government Partnership. [...] Read More »
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Open Government Partnership Marks First Anniversary
A year ago, President Obama and 46 other heads of state launched the Open Government Partnership, an initiative designed to increase transparency within governments around the world. The group’s declaration said that all adherent countries would [do the following]: Read More »
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Open Government Week Call For Contributors
Transparency, participation, and collaboration are key components to open source but also to the open government movement. During the month of May, Opensource.com will feature stories where open source and government are transforming communities.
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Open Source Urban Planning
If any one go to Google and look OPEN SOURCE the first definition form Wikipedia would tell him/her that ” open source is a philosophy, or pragmatic methodology that promotes free redistribution and access to an end product’s design and implementation details”. It is common to think that open sourcing started as a result of the Internet... Read More »
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Open Source Your City With Open Government
My latest writing project has been quite challenging. At the beginning of 2013, I wrapped up the first draft of a book I’m writing about the open government movement in Raleigh, North Carolina. The City of Raleigh has made a lot of progress over the last two years, which is part of the inspiration for collecting Raleigh’s story... Read More »
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Public Health Veteran To Head WA State Department Of Health
Washington State Governor Jay Islee has appointed a new Department of Health director, the current Clark County Public Health director, John Wiesman. Read More »
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Putting People First In The Post-2015 Development Framework
This post sets out what open government is and why it matters, explains the relevance of open government to the post-2015 development framework, and poses some questions about whether and how the principles of open government might feature in the post-2015 development framework. Read More »
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