by Andrea Di Maio | July 13, 2009 | 3 Comments
Last week GSA awarded an 18 million dollar contract to redesign Recovery.gov to Smartronix, a firm headquartered in Maryland, through the Alliant contract vehicle, which was conceived a few years ago (although this is the first contract awarded under the scheme). This looks like a hefty price, although just a slice of the 84 million [...]
Category: web 2.0 in government Tags: ARRA, GSA, recovery.gov
by Andrea Di Maio | June 3, 2009 | 3 Comments
Some time ago I posted about the innovative initiative taken by the US government to gather ideas about how to build Recovery.gov, the web site that is supposed to allow every dollar from the stimulus package to be tracked to relevant outcomes (such as projects and jobs created). According to today’s news, the Recovery Accountability [...]
Category: e-government Tags: ARRA, crowdsourcing, recovery.gov
by Andrea Di Maio | May 3, 2009 | 3 Comments
As indicated in a previous post, ideas about how to develop recovery.gov (the web site reporting about how the ARRA money is being used) are being submitted between April 27th and May 3rd. Browsing through the list of submission (little short than 100 so far), there are two that stem out of the lot for [...]
Category: e-government social networks in government Tags: ARRA, open data, open government, recovery.gov, stimulus package
by Andrea Di Maio | April 23, 2009 | 9 Comments
Starting on April 27th, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and the OMB in partnership with the National Academy of Public Administration will run a national online dialogue to engage leading information technology (IT) vendors, thinkers, and consumers in answering the following question: What ideas, tools, and approaches can make Recovery.gov a place where all [...]
Category: e-government web 2.0 in government Tags: ARRA, crowdsourcing, Obama, recovery.gov, US CTO
by Andrea Di Maio | March 20, 2009 | Comments Off
I know I know, this question is counter-intuitive while the US and other countries (such UK and Singapore) deploy or plan to deploy more broadband access as a means to close the digital divide, boost competitiveness, re-ignite the economy, and so forth. It does make sense, at times of recession (or worse) to spend in [...]
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Category: social networks in government Tags: ARRA, broadband
by Andrea Di Maio | February 18, 2009 | 2 Comments
Now that the US President has signed the American Recovery and Re-Investment Act and money must be made available as soon as possible to re-ignite the economy, US states use the Internet to gather ideas from their constituents. One good example is stimulus.virginia.gov, which allows people to register by their email address and fill a [...]
Category: social networks in government Tags: ARRA, stimulus package
by Andrea Di Maio | February 13, 2009 | 5 Comments
I was looking for information about the US stimulus package (American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan) and I finally found it on the blog section of whitehouse.gov. There is post there, inviting to take a look, send thoughts, comments and ideas. I clicked on the link with great expectations and found a page with four further [...]
Category: web 2.0 in government Tags: ARRA, ARRP. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Obama, transparency
by Andrea Di Maio | February 12, 2009 | 1 Comment
At last, agreement has been reached between the US Congress and Senate about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, as noted in a blog entry on the White House web site. This is an extraordinary effort that we all hope will have a positive effect on the economy and will trigger what is required to reignite [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, ARRA, stimulus package
